Gwangju Nam-gu, Signs Business Agreement with (Sa) Gyeongmunhyeop on the 10th... Promoting Exchange Projects

Expectations Rise with Im Jong-seok's Participation as Current Foreign Affairs and Security Special Advisor

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Park Seon-gang] Nam-gu, Gwangju Metropolitan City (District Mayor Kim Byeong-nae) announced on the 5th that it will sign a business agreement with the South-North Economic and Cultural Cooperation Foundation on the 10th, attended by Presidential Special Advisor for Foreign Affairs and Security Im Jong-seok, District Mayor Kim Byeong-nae, and members of the Nam-gu Council.

The South-North Economic and Cultural Cooperation Foundation is a non-profit corporation under the Ministry of Unification established in 2004, with Im Jong-seok, Presidential Special Advisor for Foreign Affairs and Security, serving as chairman.

In particular, based on the spirit of the June 15th Joint Declaration, the foundation actively engages in activities to contribute to peace on the Korean Peninsula and unification through economic and cultural cooperation between the South and the North.

Nam-gu and the South-North Economic and Cultural Cooperation Foundation agreed to promptly promote sustainable exchange and cooperation projects based on joint prosperity and citizen participation between the South and the North.

The cooperation project areas include humanitarian cooperation, agricultural cooperation, forestry cooperation, and healthcare cooperation projects.

With the participation of the current government's Presidential Special Advisor for Foreign Affairs and Security in the inter-Korean exchange and cooperation projects between Nam-gu and northern cities, the feasibility of this project is expected to materialize soon.

In particular, Im Jong-seok, the Special Advisor for Foreign Affairs and Security, has recently shown a strong commitment to inter-Korean exchange and cooperation projects by consecutively signing business agreements with local governments nationwide, including Hwaseong City and Suwon City in Gyeonggi Province, and Goseong County in Gangwon Province, demonstrating an active approach to permanent cooperation with northern cities.

District Mayor Kim Byeong-nae said, “There have been many pains and hardships torn apart during the years of division. As the tear-stained South-North relations mature, I earnestly hope that exchanges with our compatriots in the North will be realized soon to promote peace on the Korean Peninsula and unification.”

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