Muan-gun Halts Gwangju Military Airport Relocation: "We Will Fight Together with Residents"

Ilo-eup Social Organizations, Firmly Oppose Gwangju Military Airport Relocation

A rally was held at the small park in front of Iro-eup Office to oppose the relocation of Gwangju Combat Airfield. (Photo by Muan-gun)

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Seo Young-seo] The National Countermeasure Committee Against the Relocation of Gwangju Combat Airfield to Muan (Chairman Park Moon-jae, hereinafter referred to as the Committee) and the Ilro-eup Committee (Chairman Lee Soo-yong) announced on the 4th that they held a resolution rally to block the relocation of the Gwangju Combat Airfield in the small park in front of the Ilro-eup Office on the 29th of last month.

About 70 people, including members of the Muan-gun Committee, members of the Ilro-eup Committee, heads of institutions and social organizations, and village chiefs, attended the event and strongly expressed their opposition by reading the resolution against the relocation of the Gwangju Combat Airfield to Muan.

Lee Soo-yong, Chairman of the Ilro-eup Committee, said, “The relocation of the combat airfield is a project aimed at resolving noise damage and hindering regional development for residents of the Gwangju area, but Gwangju Metropolitan City is forcing the unilateral sacrifice of 100,000 Muan residents by disguising it as a Ministry of National Defense project,” adding, “We will continue to fight together with the residents until the relocation of the military airport is stopped.”

Park Moon-jae, Co-Chairman of the Committee, said, “The relocation of the combat airfield, which ignores the will of the Muan residents, must be withdrawn,” and added, “We will carry out various activities together with several organizations that share the intention to oppose the relocation of the combat airfield.”

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