"POSCO Holding Company to Pohang!" Anti-Seoul Installation Press Conference by the Pohang-wide Citizen Countermeasure Committee for POSCO Holding Company Relocation to Pohang

On the 17th, the POSCO Holdings Pohang Relocation Citizens' Countermeasure Committee holds a press conference at Pohang City Hall.

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Dongguk Lee] The Citizens' Countermeasure Committee for POSCO Holding Company's Relocation to Pohang held a press conference at Pohang City Hall on the 17th to mark 300,000 signatures in solidarity.

Kang Chang-ho, chairman of the countermeasure committee, stated, "In just five days since the signature campaign began on the 12th, 260,000 people, more than half of Pohang citizens, have participated," and urged, "Chairman Choi Jung-woo must provide a responsible response to the voices of Pohang citizens by February 22."

Chairman Kang emphasized, "We will hold accountable those responsible for the current situation that obstructs national balanced development, leads to regional extinction, and darkens Pohang's future. Until the day of their removal, we will unite the power of 510,000 Pohang citizens and mobilize all means to garner the support and encouragement of 3 million provincial residents and 50 million citizens," raising his voice.

He also targeted Chairman Choi Jung-woo, who is conducting a propaganda campaign under the slogan 'POSCO's headquarters is Pohang,' saying, "I want to ask whether the corporate citizenship spirit is nothing but wordplay," and insisted, "Even now, Chairman Choi Jung-woo must immediately stop actions that incite regional division and factionalism."

Chairman Kang demanded four points: to establish the POSCO holding company headquarters in Pohang, to set up the Future Technology Research Institute in Pohang, to disclose measures for regional coexistence and cooperation, and to expand investments in the steel sector and new businesses.

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