Democratic Party Launches 'Southern Capital Region Realization Committee' in Daegu... Lee Jae-myung Appointed as Chairman

Former and Current Democratic Party Lawmakers Also Participate

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[Asia Economy Reporter Ki-min Lee] Lee Jae-myung, the presidential candidate of the Democratic Party of Korea, will hold the launch ceremony of the 'Southern Metropolitan Area Initiative Realization Committee' in Daegu on the 28th.

The Southern Metropolitan Area Initiative Realization Committee is an organization elevated to a direct agency under the candidate from the Southern Economic Zone Committee under the Democratic Party's election campaign headquarters. Candidate Lee will serve as the standing chairman of the realization committee and plans to actualize the Southern Metropolitan Area Initiative announced at Bongha Village on the 6th.

At that time, he stated, "We will create the southern region, which connects Yeongnam, Honam, and Jeju, into a super-regional single economic zone, called the 'Mega-region.'"

Former and current Democratic Party lawmakers such as Kim Seong-ju (Jeonbuk), Kim Seung-nam (Jeonnam), Song Gap-seok (Gwangju), Song Jae-ho (Jeju), Kim Jeong-ho (Gyeongnam), Park Jae-ho (Busan), Lee Sang-heon (Ulsan), and Hong Ui-rak (Daegu) serve as co-chairmen. Nine local businesspeople have also joined as private co-chairmen.

The Democratic Party stated that at the committee's launch event held at Dongdaegu Station rally in the afternoon, candidate Lee will say, "In the mid to long term, the Southern Metropolitan Area will become an international hub for finance and trade like Singapore and Hong Kong," adding, "By integrating existing manufacturing infrastructure with future advanced new industries, it will rise as an economic zone surpassing Taiwan."

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