First Meeting of 'Haeoreum Alliance' Leaders, Actively Promoting Ultra-Wide Area Cooperation Projects

Joint Agreement Signed by Haeoreum Alliance Win-Win Council for Shared Prosperity and Future Development

Active Cooperation in Establishing Southeast Region Haeoreum Ultra-Wide Area Subway Network and Infrastructure Alliance

The first meeting of the local government heads of the 8th Minseon Era Haerum Alliance promised to actively promote ultra-wide area cooperation projects.

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Dongguk Lee] The heads of the three cities in the Haeoreum Alliance?Pohang, Ulsan, and Gyeongju?held the first regular meeting of the 8th local government term on the 25th at Hwangryongwon in Gyeongju.

On this day, the mayors of the three Haeoreum Alliance cities, including Lee Kang-deok of Pohang, Kim Doo-gyeom of Ulsan, and Joo Nak-young of Gyeongju, agreed to actively promote super-regional cooperation projects based on the mutual trust they have built so far, and signed a pact to jointly strive to expand the Haeoreum Alliance into an economic and industrial community.

The agreement includes mutual cooperation to actively discover super-regional cooperation projects such as the establishment of the Southeast region Haeoreum super-regional railway network, formation of a national advanced accelerator infrastructure alliance, creation of the East Sea Haeoreum coastal tourism complex, the Haeoreum Brothers River win-win project, and the establishment of an innovation platform for the Haeoreum future industrial complex.

To this end, the three cities plan to jointly conduct a research project next year to establish a development strategy for the Haeoreum Alliance cities.

Lee Kang-deok, mayor of Pohang, expressed gratitude to Ulsan for actively supporting Pohang and Gyeongju, which were damaged by Typhoon Hin Nam-no, and said, “In this era of local autonomy, the national government is prioritizing budget support for super-regional cooperation projects, and we must propose region-tailored policies to the central government through a bottom-up approach. We will actively cooperate so that the Haeoreum Alliance cities can grow together through mutual cooperation.”

The Haeoreum Alliance was formed as an administrative consultative body in 2016 with the opening of the Pohang-Ulsan Expressway, and is promoting 31 public-private exchange projects across four fields including industry and R&D.

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