Daejeon City, "Strong Regret Over Promotion of Space Cheong Establishment in Gyeongnam"

[Asia Economy (Daejeon) Reporter Jeong Il-woong] Daejeon is protesting against the Presidential Transition Committee's decision to select Gyeongnam as the candidate site for the Aerospace Agency.

Daejeon City and the Democratic Party Daejeon Branch have recently issued official statements regarding the establishment of the Aerospace Agency in Gyeongnam, demanding a reconsideration of the candidate site.

Daejeon City stated, "Daejeon is a region densely populated with key research and development institutions of government ministries, military facilities, and government-funded research institutes related to space policy formulation, industrial promotion, and space risk response," adding, "This infrastructure is the reason why Daejeon can be considered the optimal location for space policy formulation and research and development."

They continued, "The location of the Aerospace Agency should be considered at the national level, not based on regional interests," and argued, "In this context, the establishment of the Aerospace Agency excluding Daejeon, which has strengths in the industry-academia-research-government-military infrastructure necessary for the agency's location, must be reconsidered."

The Democratic Party Daejeon Branch said, "The establishment of the Aerospace Agency in Gyeongnam contradicts the government's policy direction of placing agency-level government institutions in Daejeon," and added, "(The Transition Committee) ignored the consistency of government policy and even undermined the credibility of government policy."

Heo Tae-jung, Mayor of Daejeon, also expressed strong regret in a meeting with reporters, saying, "We strongly regret the exclusion of Daejeon, which initially proposed the establishment of the Aerospace Agency and is supposed to lead major projects in the future," and stated, "The establishment of administrative offices and the determination of their locations should be decided comprehensively considering suitability, relevance, and efficiency, not as political acts. However, I believe the Transition Committee's decision was strongly influenced by political factors."

He added, "We will strive to correct the issue of the Aerospace Agency's establishment during the consultation process with the government going forward."

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