Gwangju City Appoints Kim Ikang as New Spokesperson and Political Special Advisor

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Park Seon-gang] Gwangju Metropolitan City (Mayor Lee Yong-seop) announced on the 22nd that it has appointed Kim Yi-gang, the current political advisor of Gwangju City, as the new spokesperson (Grade 4) through an open recruitment process.

The new spokesperson Kim will officially begin duties on the 25th.

He graduated from Hankuk University of Foreign Studies with a major in International Trade and from Chonnam National University Graduate School of Business Administration. He has served as the Deputy Chairman of the Democratic Party Policy Committee, Deputy Head of the Emergency Economic Measures Team for Moon Jae-in’s presidential campaign, and External Cooperation Officer at the Presidential Job Committee.

Having served as the political advisor for the first half of the 7th elected term of Gwangju City, he is well-versed in major municipal issues. It is expected that he will contribute to forming a harmonious cooperative relationship through broad and diverse cooperation and communication with the media to strengthen communication with citizens and municipal publicity in the latter half of the term.

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