Minister Park Yang-woo of the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism Visits Yeongam, Jeonnam to Inspect K-Quarantine Measures

Meeting with Professional Sports Officials and Direct Inspection of Quarantine Status

(On the right) Park Yang-woo, Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism, inspected the quarantine situation of the '2020 Huencare Women's Open Golf Tournament' on the 25th and visited South Links Yeongam CC to promote domestic professional sports. Photo by Yeongam-gun provided

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Seo Young-seo] On the 27th, Jeonnam Yeongam-gun announced that Park Yang-woo, Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism, visited South Links Yeongam CC on the 25th to inspect the quarantine situation of the ‘2020 Huencare Women's Open Golf Tournament’ and to revitalize domestic professional sports.

On that day, Minister Park held a meeting with Jeondong-pyeong, Mayor of Yeongam-gun, Choi Hyung-yeol, Jeonnam Province Corporate City Officer, Kim Soon-mi, Senior Vice President of KLPGA, and Yang Deok-jun, Chairman of Seonamhaean Leisure Co., Ltd., discussing the progress of the tournament, quarantine measures, and ways to promote KLPGA games, then personally toured the tournament venue to inspect the quarantine situation.

Afterwards, he attended a meeting with key local officials including Seo Sam-seok, Member of the National Assembly from the Democratic Party (Yeongam, Muan, Shinan), Kim Young-rok, Governor of Jeonnam Province, Jang Seok-woong, Superintendent of Jeonnam Provincial Office of Education, Jeondong-pyeong, Mayor of Yeongam-gun, and Kang Chan-won, Chairman of Yeongam County Council, discussing solutions for regional issues related to cultural tourism and sports development.

Yeongam-gun shared the current progress and future plans for three major projects, including the Yeongsanho Water Complex Leisure Park project, and requested active support and cooperation from the National Assembly and the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism.

Mayor Jeondong-pyeong said, “I would like to thank everyone who willingly attended despite their busy schedules for regional development,” and added, “We ask for active cooperation from the National Assembly, central government ministries, and Jeonnam Province to resolve pending issues for the development of our region’s culture, tourism, and sports.”

Meanwhile, the KLPGA Tour ‘2020 Huencare Women's Open,’ held since the 22nd, saw Lee So-mi (21), from Wando, Jeonnam, record a final total of 9 under par 207 strokes, narrowly defeating Kim Bo-a (25) by one stroke to claim her first career victory in her 40th tournament since debuting on the KLPGA Tour last year.

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