Kim Jang-ho, Mayor of Gumi, Proposes Local Issues to Kim Ki-hyun, Leader of the People Power Party

Designation of Semiconductor Specialized Complex and Expansion of Wide-Area Transportation Network Linked to New Airport

Facilitated by Secretary Gu Ja-geun, Meeting Achieved Between Party Leader and Gumi Mayor

Kim Jang-ho, Mayor of Gumi City, held a direct meeting with Kim Ki-hyun, leader of the People Power Party, on the 17th, requesting active support for resolving local issues.

On the 17th, Kim Jang-ho, Mayor of Gumi City, held a meeting with Kim Ki-hyun, leader of the People Power Party, and requested active support for resolving local issues.

Arranged by Gu Ja-geun, Secretary-General to the Party Leader (Gumi City Gap), the meeting addressed urgent matters requiring government and National Assembly support, including ▲designation of Gumi as an ‘Advanced Strategic Industry Specialized Complex (semiconductor materials and components sector)’ ▲upgrading National Road No. 33 to a national highway (branch line) connecting Industrial Complex No. 5 and the new airport ▲construction of a highway between Gumi and Gunwi.

Mayor Kim expressed gratitude to the National Assembly for passing the Daegu-Gyeongbuk New Airport Special Act, which laid the foundation for the joint development of the Daegu-Gyeongbuk region, and emphasized that “to vitalize the new airport, securing transportation accessibility between Gumi National Industrial Complex and the airport through highway construction and national road upgrades is essential.”

He also requested support for designating Gumi City, the only semiconductor company cluster outside the metropolitan area, as a ‘specialized complex for semiconductor materials and components’ to contribute to the development of the national advanced industry.

In response, Leader Kim Ki-hyun pledged to “actively review the proposed local issues,” and National Assembly member Gu Ja-geun stated, “As Secretary-General to the Party Leader, I will fulfill the central role of communication between local governments and the party.”

Recently, Mayor Kim Jang-ho has been traveling nationwide, visiting relevant ministries and agencies to resolve local issues in cooperation with the government, National Assembly, and Gyeongbuk Province. The success in attracting the long-awaited ‘Defense Industry Innovation Cluster’ to Gumi is also regarded as the result of such ‘boots-on-the-ground administration.’

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