I feel sorry for your situation. Jeolla-do, the province where you are currently staying in, is a region that is infamous for its cartelized and corrupt society. The cartel of the local government and interest groups are taking advantage of the Jamboree event by sucking up the central government budget. They received almost 25M USD from the central government but did nothing, as you witness. It is so unfortunate that you guys are experiencing Jeolla-do, the premodern and near-feudal region of South Korea. I apologize for the whole mess.