Wando County Council Member Kim Yang-hoon Draws Attention with Proposal to Establish Archive for Preserving County History

Proposal to the Executive Branch through a 5-Minute Free Speech at the 292nd Regular Assembly Plenary Session

Wando County Council member Kim Yang-hoon proposed the establishment of an archive as a military administration record center for Wando County during a 5-minute free speech at the 292nd 1st regular session plenary meeting. (Photo by Wando County)

[Wando＝Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Choi Kyung-pil] Kim Yang-hoon, a member of the Wando County Council in Jeollanam-do, drew attention by proposing the establishment of an archive to preserve the history of county administration.

According to the county council on the 21st, during the 5-minute free speech session at the 1st regular meeting of the 292nd session held on the 17th, he proposed the establishment of an archive as a record center for Wando County administration.

Regarding the reason for the proposal, Councilor Kim said, “I regret that valuable historical records and administrative artifacts being produced even at this moment are disappearing, and I propose to the executive branch the establishment of an archive as a record center for Wando County.”

An archive refers to a record center that records and preserves materials of value that must be preserved over a long period of time.

He urged the urgent establishment of an archive system to not only manage administrative records but also collect, exhibit, and systematically manage photos and documents related to past incidents and issues that attracted public interest, various certificates and plaques, commendations, souvenirs, as well as records related to former mayors and county heads, work notebooks, pay envelopes, identification cards, and various administrative office supplies.

Along with the archive establishment project, he also proposed actively promoting projects such as discovering rural and fishing village record content, publishing village record books, holding village record exhibitions, establishing a village record hub center, and producing village record films.

Furthermore, he emphasized, “Some local governments are already implementing record and training programs, and attention should be paid to operating education where residents learn how to directly collect and produce records. Even if old past materials that were not recorded or preserved cannot be helped, archiving records and administrative artifacts produced by the county and council since the first term of the civilian administration must be expedited.”

Meanwhile, Councilor Kim proposed the ‘Wando County Historical and Cultural Record Preservation and Operation Ordinance’ to establish the basis and support measures for archive construction.

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