Yoon Seok-yeol Visits Daejeon: "We Will Create a '4th Industrial Special City'... Relocate the Defense Industry Agency"

Yoon "Science Capital Daejeon, Reorganization of Industrial and Research Complexes"

Yoon Seok-yeol, the presidential candidate of the People Power Party, is giving a speech at the Chungnam Election Countermeasures Committee Victory Resolution Rally held at Aunae Indoor Gymnasium in Cheonan, Chungnam on the morning of the 21st. 2022.1.21 Photo by Yonhap News

[Asia Economy Reporter Lee Hyun-joo] Yoon Seok-yeol, the presidential candidate of the People Power Party, announced on the 21st that he will reorganize the central inland region's industrial and research complexes and promote the relocation of the Defense Industry Agency.

On the same day, Yoon visited the Daejeon and Chungnam areas and presented eight pledges, stating, "I will make Daejeon, the science capital, a special city for the 4th Industrial Revolution."

First, Yoon focused on economic development. Attending the Daejeon City Election Committee's Victory Resolution Rally, he said, "We will establish the Jungwon New Industry Belt, an advanced industrial complex leading Korea's 4th Industrial Revolution," and added, "We will comprehensively integrate the industrial and research complexes that have been partially established or planned in the central inland region." He also stated, "We will relocate the Defense Industry Agency to the site of the Ministry of SMEs and Startups, which is moving to Sejong." This is intended to achieve the 4th Industrial Revolution (advanced AI technology) and defense innovation.

He further proposed ▲construction of a metropolitan ring road in the Daejeon area ▲undergrounding of the Gyeongbu and Honam railway lines passing through downtown Daejeon ▲expansion of the Honam Expressway section in Daejeon ▲designation of Daejeon and Sejong as economic free zones ▲creation of a 2 million-pyeong-scale Daedeok Research Complex ▲transformation of the Daejeon Industrial Complex into a youth startup base ▲and establishment of a National Defense and Veterans Memorial Park.

Yoon emphasized, "In all areas of state affairs, common sense and science have been ignored, and outdated ideology and politics have prevailed," adding, "We will create a country where fair compensation is given, and a warm country that protects the socially vulnerable more robustly. Above all, under the Yoon Seok-yeol administration, the science nurtured by Daejeon will become the center of state affairs."

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