Kim Won-i, Preliminary Candidate, Holds 'Mokpo Era Vision 2040' 10 Major Policy Pledge Briefing Session

Development of Mokpo Station Area by 2025, Major Renovation Project of the Old Downtown
Operation of Old Downtown Tram (Streetcar), Future Extension to the New Downtown

Kim Won-i, a preliminary candidate for the Democratic Party in the Mokpo City electoral district, is holding a policy briefing at the Mokpo City Council in Jeollanam-do on the morning of the 9th.

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Jeong Hyeong-seok] Kim Won-i, a preliminary candidate for the National Assembly from the Democratic Party of Korea (Mokpo City electoral district), announced plans to transform Mokpo Station into an underground facility and create the Eurasia Citizen Plaza on 60,000 pyeong above ground, promoting a major urban renewal project through the development of the Mokpo Station area.

On the 9th at 10:30 a.m., Kim Won-i held a policy briefing titled “Mokpo, the East Asian Gateway City Where Modernity and the Future Coexist” in the small conference room of the Mokpo City Council, unveiling a new “Mokpo Era Vision 2040” blueprint along with ten major pledges.

The ten pledges announced that day include ▲creating a citizen plaza on the 100-year-old Mokpo Station site ▲designating Mokpo as a modern historical and cultural special zone ▲making Mokpo and Sinan the world capital of islands ▲creating 5,000 Mokpo-style jobs and 20,000 Jeonnam-style jobs ▲revitalizing the Mokpo Seonchang economy in line with the 4th Industrial Revolution ▲developing Mokpo as a balanced city where the old town, midtown, and new town all prosper ▲fostering a premium education and childcare city ▲providing warm welfare in Mokpo that fulfills citizens’ needs ▲implementing three clear reform legislations ▲operating the public deliberation forum ‘Yudal Jeongdam’ to realize citizen democracy in Mokpo.

He explained the background of the initiative, saying, “Since its establishment in 1913, Mokpo Station has served as a communication and democracy plaza for citizens, but after the development of the new town, it has become a fixed and deepened barrier dividing the center of Mokpo, hindering the city’s reorganization.”

In particular, he emphasized, “Through ‘urban renewal of the old town via railway regeneration,’ it will become a new growth engine for the old town by revitalizing the commercial district around Mokpo Station and alleviating traffic congestion in the old town.”

Preliminary candidate Kim also revealed plans to designate Mokpo as a modern historical and cultural special zone and to make Mokpo and Sinan the world capital of islands.

He proposed to leverage the value of Mokpo’s old town as a treasure trove of modern historical and cultural heritage where 19th and 21st-century cultures coexist by promoting ▲the establishment of a national international world culinary school ▲installation of a tram (streetcar) in the old town ▲creation of a modern popular music hall of fame street ▲development of experiential tourism programs to revitalize the old town ▲and hosting modern historical and cultural festivals.

Kim Won-i stated, “I focused on creating customized pledges that Mokpo citizens can tangibly feel. With pledges unique to me that scratch where it itches, untangle what is knotted, and unblock what is clogged, I will work with Mokpo citizens to create a ‘new Mokpo.’”

Meanwhile, Kim Won-i plans to hold explanatory sessions on the ten pledges in various fields on-site with Mokpo citizens in succession.

Recently retired as Deputy Mayor for Political Affairs of Seoul, preliminary candidate Kim Won-i has a strong network in the National Assembly, Seoul City, and the Blue House, having served as an aide to lawmakers Kim Geun-tae and Cheon Jeong-bae, an administrator at the Blue House, chief political secretary of Seoul City, and policy aide to Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Education Yoo Eun-hye.

This content was produced with the assistance of AI translation services.