Yeo New City Project, First Visit to Guri, Not Gimpo, for 'Seoul Incorporation'

Jokyungtae "Visiting the site at 4 PM on the 15th"
Guri City holds a press conference including meeting Seoul Mayor Oh Se-hoon... "Strong demands from local residents"

The People Power Party's New City Project Special Committee will make its first field visit to Guri, Gyeonggi Province, on the 15th. This is the first field visit since the committee was formed, and instead of visiting Gimpo City in Gyeonggi Province, which was originally discussed as the target for 'Mega Seoul,' they will visit Guri City. This is interpreted as a response to the strong expression of residents' desire for integration into the megacity in Guri recently.

Jo Kyung-tae, chairman of the Special Committee, announced during the committee's third meeting held at the National Assembly on the 13th, "We plan to visit Guri City at 4 p.m. on Wednesday." The committee had previously stated that when promoting the inclusion of local cities into the megacity, they would adopt a bottom-up approach starting from places with strong demands from residents and local governments, rather than a top-down decision-making process.

On the 7th, at the People Power Party New City Project Special Committee meeting held at the National Assembly, Chairman Jo Kyung-tae is speaking. Photo by Hyunmin Kim kimhyun81@

Guri City is strongly demanding incorporation into Seoul. On this day, Baek Kyung-hyun, mayor of Guri, met with Oh Se-hoon, mayor of Seoul, to discuss Seoul incorporation. Earlier, Mayor Baek held a press conference on the 2nd and announced plans to promote Guri's incorporation into Seoul.

After meeting with Mayor Oh, Mayor Baek told reporters, "We had a meaningful and significant 30-minute conversation regarding Guri City's incorporation into Mega City Seoul," adding, "Guri is the smallest city with a population of 190,000, making it very difficult to function as a self-sufficient city, and we conveyed the position that various developments can enhance benefits."

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