Kang Kyung-wha Joins Park Young-sun's Camp as 'K-City International Cooperation Committee Chair'

"Building Close Relationships with Governments Worldwide for Seoul's Major Transformation"

[Asia Economy Reporter Oh Ju-yeon] On the 11th, former Foreign Minister Kang Kyung-hwa joined the campaign of Park Young-sun, the Democratic Party of Korea's candidate for Seoul mayor, and agreed to serve as the chairperson of the 'K-City International Cooperation Committee.' There are four former Moon Jae-in administration ministers who have joined Park's campaign. On the same morning, Cho Jung-hoon, a member of the Transition Era party and former unification rival, also joined Park's campaign as a 'Co-Chair of the Election Countermeasures Committee.'

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At the launch ceremony of the K-City International Cooperation Committee held at the Anguk Building campaign office in Jongno-gu, Seoul, on the 11th, candidate Park said, "The K-City International Cooperation Committee will play a role in strengthening trust between Seoul and its 23 sister cities and 48 friendship cities, as well as establishing close cooperation and collaborative relationships with governments and international organizations worldwide."

She continued, "With the broad diplomatic experience, leadership, and global human network of Chairperson Kang Kyung-hwa, who has joined us in shared purpose, we will realize a great transformation toward Seoul as the global urban standard for the next 100 years."

Former Minister Kang responded, "Having worked closely as colleagues in the State Council for a long time, I truly believe that candidate Park is a highly capable and visionary female leader," adding, "I have come here today to offer even a small measure of support for candidate Park’s steps toward Seoul’s leap forward and great transformation."

In addition to former Minister Kang, former Defense Minister Jeong Kyeong-doo, former Environment Minister Cho Myung-rae, and former Culture, Sports and Tourism Minister Park Yang-woo serve as advisory group leaders in the fields of security, environment and urban affairs, and culture and arts, respectively, within Park’s campaign.

On the same morning, Representative Cho Jung-hoon agreed to serve as 'Co-Chair of the Election Countermeasures Committee' and chair of the 'Seoul Committee for Single-Person Households (Honsalmae)' within Park’s campaign. On the 7th, Cho unified with Park through a national public opinion survey. At that time, they adopted the 'Reform of the Housing Subscription System for Single-Person Households' as a joint campaign pledge.

Representative Cho emphasized, "Based on fair subscription rules for single-person households, we will promote policies to increase the proportion of single-person households in SH Corporation’s housing supply plans through consultations with the government," adding, "To prevent issues like those that occurred with LH Corporation from recurring, we will significantly strengthen public-private monitoring functions from the start of the project."

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