Pohang City Faces Setback in '510,000 Population Recovery'... 700 Residents Removed from Registration Due to Unknown Residence

Three Consecutive Months of Growth This Year Halted

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Choi Jae-ho] On the 26th, Pohang City held the 'Pohang Love Address Registration Movement Eup-Myeon-Dong Current Issues Countermeasure Meeting' at the city hall's main conference room, presided over by Vice Mayor Kim Byung-sam, with 31 participants including eup, myeon, and dong chiefs.

The meeting was organized to discuss countermeasures in response to the expected population decrease of about 700 people by the end of May due to the deletion of registration details of long-term missing residents conducted by the Ministry of the Interior and Safety, and to devise plans to revitalize the address registration movement in the second half of the year.

This fact-finding investigation was conducted for long-term missing residents according to the Resident Registration Act, carried out by each eup, myeon, and dong. Administrative measures were taken against those among long-term missing residents of over five years for whom it was difficult to find evidence of survival through the use of administrative services.

As a result, Pohang City's population, which had surpassed 504,100 after increasing for three consecutive months from 502,736 in January this year, is expected to decline to around 503,000 due to this investigation of missing residents.

Vice Mayor Kim Byung-sam of Pohang City stated, "Due to the fact-finding investigation of missing residents conducted according to government policy, the population that had been increasing for three months suddenly decreased," and added, "We will do our best to recover the population to 510,000 within this year by discovering various policies that citizens can participate in to maintain the momentum of the address registration movement until the end of the year."

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