'Kim Dong-yeon Visiting Gwangju: "Gimpo City's Incorporation into Seoul Is Political Deception... Will Unite with Other Local Governments"'

A post and photo uploaded by Kim Dong-yeon, Governor of Gyeonggi Province, on his SNS

Gyeonggi Province Governor Kim Dong-yeon called the push to incorporate Gimpo City into Seoul a "political deception" and promised, "I will engage in dialogue with other metropolitan leaders to gather wisdom."

On the 14th, after meeting with Gwangju Mayor Kang Ki-jung, Governor Kim posted on his social media, "I had breakfast with Mayor Kang Ki-jung of Gwangju this morning," introducing the place as "a location visited by President Roh Moo-hyun."

He continued, "We exchanged many opinions with Mayor Kang about regional balanced development, which was President Roh's dream," and conveyed that "we share the view that incorporating Gimpo City into Seoul is a political deception ahead of the election."

Furthermore, he added, "I will continue to engage in dialogue with other metropolitan leaders to gather wisdom."

On the same day, Governor Kim held a breakfast meeting with Mayor Kang Ki-jung at a gukbap restaurant in Yangdong Market, Seo-gu, Gwangju, asserting that "the incorporation of Gimpo is, policy-wise, a way to kill local governments, and politically, a deception ahead of next year's election."

The restaurant where the two leaders had breakfast is known as the "Roh Moo-hyun Gukbap Restaurant," named after the late President Roh Moo-hyun, who visited there just before the December 2002 presidential election.

Earlier, following the May Gyeonggi Province-Gwangju City mutual growth agreement, the two have been strengthening various cooperative projects in fields such as artificial intelligence (AI), advanced automobiles, and renewable energy.

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