"To Prevent Regional Extinction for Our Children" ... Jo Jaegu, Chairman of the Mayors, County Chiefs, and District Heads Council

Special Lecture at Daegu Bank

DGB Daegu Bank (President Hwang Byung-woo) held the ‘DGB Insight Forum,’ which is regularly conducted throughout the year to cultivate employees’ insight and innovative mindset for realizing new management values, and hosted a special lecture in June featuring Jo Jae-gu, Mayor of Nam-gu, Daegu.

The forum, held on the afternoon of the 20th at DGB Daegu Bank’s Suseong-dong headquarters, was attended by about 100 people including executives, department heads, and interested employees. Jo Jae-gu, Mayor of Nam-gu and Chairman of the Korea Association of Mayors, County Governors, and District Heads, delivered a lecture titled “A Local Era Where Anywhere in Korea is a Good Place to Live.”

Joaegoo Cho, Chairman of the Korea Association of Mayors, Governors, and District Heads, is giving a lecture at the Daegu Bank Insight Forum.

Mayor Jo Jae-gu stated, “In the next 10 years, local areas face the risk of extinction,” and presented various measures to respond to local extinction and lead local autonomy. He emphasized, “To break the vicious cycle of concentration in the metropolitan area and local extinction, the ‘Special Act on Local Autonomy Decentralization and Regional Balanced Development’ was enacted on June 9, significantly expanding the discretion and authority of local governments, enabling them to take the lead in policy implementation and promote regional development.” He added, “Going forward, together with 228 mayors, county governors, and district heads nationwide, I will do my best to ensure that local voices are actively reflected in national policy-making processes.”

He also urged, “I ask for your interest and cooperation so that we can collectively consider our roles and attitudes to prevent local extinction for the local community and our children, and to establish a genuine local era.”

As a leading regional bank, DGB Daegu Bank is making efforts to support neighborhood commercial districts through differentiated collaboration with each autonomous district. Based on this, the bank plans to explore various measures for regional development and economic revitalization. Since 2021, it has been working together to promote and boost sales for local small business owners and self-employed individuals through initiatives such as the ‘Business Agreement for Revitalizing the Nam-gu Dining District’ and the YouTube contest ‘Hide and Seek with MukTube.’

President Hwang Byung-woo of Daegu Bank shared his thoughts, saying, “The DGB Insight Forum, which covers in-depth topics such as politics, arts, and global issues, provided a valuable opportunity to understand the local era and cultivate deep and broad awareness among employees.” He added, “DGB Daegu Bank employees will share insights through special lectures and secure growth engines in the rapidly changing financial environment to become a 100-year bank with future competitiveness, striving for regional development and a livable local era.”

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