Gyeongbuk Provincial Council Changes Plenary Session Venue from Dokdo to Ulleungdo

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On the 12th, the Gyeongbuk Provincial Council held the 1st plenary session of the 1st regular meeting of the 340th session at the Anyongbok Memorial Hall in Ulleung-gun, attended by Chairman Bae Han-cheol, Gyeongbuk Governor Lee Cheol-woo, Gyeongbuk Superintendent of Education Lim Jong-sik, and about 170 executive officials.

As the first schedule of the day, they visited the Ulleung Native Plant Garden to review the progress of major projects in Ulleung-gun, including the construction of Ulleung Airport and the Ulleung Ring Road, and checked the status of the construction work.

Following this, after convening the 1st plenary session at the Anyongbok Memorial Hall, Nam Jin-bok, a member of the People Power Party from Ulleung-gun, delivered a '5-minute free speech.'

In his '5-minute free speech,' Councilor Nam urged the expansion of infrastructure such as Ulleung Airport, the Ring Road, and Ulleung Port. He appealed, “It is urgent to complete Ulleung Airport as planned by 2025, introduce medium-sized aircraft, and attract duty-free shops,” and called for the enactment of the “Ulleungdo-Dokdo Support Special Act.”

On the 12th, at the Ulleung-gun Ahn Yong-bok Memorial Hall, Nam Jin-bok, a member of the People Power Party from Ulleung and a Gyeongbuk Provincial Assembly member, is delivering a "5-minute free speech" at the Gyeongbuk Provincial Assembly plenary session.

Until the morning of the 13th, the Gyeongbuk Provincial Council plans to conduct on-site legislative activities by visiting major project sites by standing committees and listening to field difficulties.

Starting with the on-site plenary session in Ulleung-gun on this day, the council will conduct provincial government questioning on the 20th, review 37 agenda items including the approval of the 2022 fiscal year settlement and livelihood-related ordinances, and make the final decisions at the plenary session on the 26th.

In his opening remarks, Chairman Bae Han-cheol of the Gyeongbuk Provincial Council said, “Holding the plenary session in Ulleungdo is a meaningful event to widely announce Gyeongbuk Province’s firm will and determination to stand at the historic starting line to realize balanced development based on local decentralization in Gyeongbuk alongside the opening of the local era in the Republic of Korea.”

The Gyeongbuk Provincial Council had planned to hold the plenary session on Dokdo on the 12th, with about 300 participants including Gyeongbuk council members and related officials, to widely publicize the fact that “Dokdo is our land,” but changed the venue to the Anyongbok Memorial Hall in Ulleungdo without a clear reason.

In this regard, the Gyeongbuk Provincial Party of the Democratic Party of Korea claimed in a statement released on the same day, “Gyeongbuk Province and the Gyeongbuk Provincial Council abandoned Dokdo by changing the plenary session venue from Dokdo to Ulleungdo, conscious of the current government’s ‘pro-Japanese mood.’”

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