A Wave of Returning to Farming and Rural Living in Seoul, the Capital... Gyeongbuk Province Establishes Seoul Center for Returning to Farming and Rural Living

Securing a Forward Base to Attract Metropolitan Urban Residents in Response to Rural Population Decline and Regional Extinction

Gyeongbuk Provincial Government Office.

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Dongguk Lee] Gyeongsangbuk-do held an opening ceremony for the ‘Gyeongsangbuk-do Return-to-Farming and Return-to-Village Seoul Center’ at the Seoul Headquarters located in Yeouido on the 18th.

About ten people attended the opening ceremony, including Lee Cheol-woo, Governor of Gyeongbuk Province, the presidents of the Daegu·Gyeongbuk Residents’ Associations in Seoul, and the Gyeongsangbuk-do Return-to-Farming and Return-to-Village Federation. Along with the ceremony, they shared strategies to attract return-to-farming and return-to-village residents from the metropolitan area.

Until now, Gyeongbuk Province had no specialized consultation office for return-to-farming in the metropolitan area, which limited attracting urban residents from that region.

With the establishment of the Seoul Center, a specialized consultation office for urban residents in the metropolitan area is now available, enabling more proactive activities focused on attracting return-to-farming and return-to-village residents based on demand.

The Seoul Center will strengthen attraction and promotional activities in the metropolitan area by participating in return-to-farming and return-to-village fairs, holding briefing sessions for hometown associations, companies, and institutions, and provide customized consultation and guidance by offering comprehensive related information to prospective returnees.

Going forward, the Seoul Center plans to first promote the discovery of return-to-farming and return-to-village residents in the metropolitan area, infrastructure maintenance, and job linkage to build a database. It will be used as an advanced base for attracting metropolitan citizens to respond to rural population decline and regional extinction in the future.

Governor Lee Cheol-woo of Gyeongbuk Province said, “We have established a system that can comprehensively support all processes such as attraction, consultation, and education for return-to-farming and return-to-village residents in the metropolitan area,” and added, “We will do our best to become a driving force that can bring a new wind to the region through active urban resident attraction.”

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