Gokseong-gun, Full Effort to Discover Projects for Local Extinction Response Fund

Discussion on 14 Fund Projects Worth 17 Billion KRW Across 5 Sectors

Gokseong-gun, Jeollanam-do, held the `2025 Local Extinction Response Fund Discovery Project Report Meeting` on the 2nd to actively respond to local extinction caused by population decline and to establish an efficient investment plan for the local extinction response fund for next year.

The meeting, presided over by County Governor Lee Sang-cheol, was attended by 24 people including the deputy governor and heads of all departments, discussing 14 projects worth 17 billion KRW across five sectors: “Housing Environment Improvement,” “Economy,” “Increase in Resident Population,” “Culture,” and “Medical Care.”

[Photo by Gokseong-gun]

The county plans to prioritize projects that can produce visible effects in attracting population, focusing on projects discovered by each department and linking them with existing fund projects from 2022 to 2024. Afterward, through discussions at the public-private-academic working council for local extinction response in Gokseong-gun in February, the final investment plan for 2025 will be reflected.

Governor Lee Sang-cheol said, “I hope all departments cooperate to discover differentiated projects to prevent population outflow and increase population in various fields so that our county can leap forward as a younger and more vibrant region through population inflow such as youth and rural study programs.”

Meanwhile, Gokseong-gun received an A grade in the 2024 local extinction response fund investment plan evaluation, securing 11.2 billion KRW in the basic account, and including 9 billion KRW from the Jeollanam-do metropolitan account, achieving a total of 20.2 billion KRW, the largest amount secured in the province.

Gokseong = Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters, Reporter Cha Jong-seon hss79@asiae.co.kr

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