Incheon City to Create White Paper on 'From Attracting Overseas Koreans Agency to Its Opening'

Incheon City announced on the 2nd that it will document the process and achievements of attracting the Overseas Koreans Office, a pledge project of the 8th local government, into a white paper.

The white paper will contain detailed records of the entire nine-month process from last September, when Incheon City expressed its intention to attract the Overseas Koreans Office, to the confirmation of the attraction and the opening of the office last June. The city also plans to include the significance of attracting the Overseas Koreans Office to Incheon, the success factors, and future tasks in the white paper.

The white paper is scheduled to be published around October and distributed to 10 districts and related organizations. The city expects that this white paper will serve as a reference material for attracting public institutions or large-scale international events in the future.

The Overseas Koreans Office under the Ministry of Foreign Affairs is responsible for establishing and implementing policies related to overseas Koreans and supporting related organizations. Incheon City attracted the Overseas Koreans Office to Incheon 121 years after Korea’s first official immigrants departed from Jemulpo Port to Hawaii in 1902.

An official from Incheon City stated, "We decided to publish the white paper to share the experience and knowledge of attracting a central administrative agency," adding, "It will also help Incheon attract the 2025 Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Summit."

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