Gwangju City Council Selects Four-Character Idiom 'Geuksecheokdo' for Next Year's Legislative Activities

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Park Seon-gang] The Gwangju Metropolitan Council (Chairman Kim Yong-jip) announced on the 30th that it has selected the four-character idiom for the 2021 New Year legislative goal as ‘Geuksecheokdo (克世拓道)’.

Geuksecheokdo implies ‘overcoming difficulties and pioneering a new path’.

The Gwangju Metropolitan Council embedded a strong will to quickly overcome the COVID-19 crisis in the idiom by expressing the unique community spirit of Gwangju, ‘Sharing and Solidarity of the Gwangju Spirit,’ united by 1.5 million citizens in the new year.

Chairman Kim Yong-jip said, “I sincerely thank the 1.5 million citizens who wisely overcame several COVID-19 community spread crises throughout the year through voluntary cooperation and active compliance with quarantine rules,” and added, “I ask all citizens to gather more strength and will in the New Year of the Shin Chuk year to quickly overcome the current difficulties and for a hopeful tomorrow of Bitgoeul Gwangju. At the center of this, the 23 members of the Gwangju Metropolitan Council will stand together.”

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