Mokpo City Council Research Group 'If Mokpo Were Sinan' Launches with Enthusiasm

Full-Scale Activities in Step with the Opening of the 387th Extraordinary Session

The Mokpo City Council research group ‘Mokpo ga Sinan iramyeon’ officially began its activities on the 14th, coinciding with the opening of the 387th extraordinary session.

The research group ‘Mokpo ga Sinan iramyeon’ focuses on policy research related to the integration of Mokpo and Sinan, aiming for urban growth and balanced regional development.

According to the council member research group ‘Mokpo ga Sinan iramyeon,’ they held in-depth discussions on exploring future research directions, selecting research topics, and the rational integration direction of the two cities at the Citizens’ Hall of the Mokpo City Council.

Members of the Mokpo City Council research group "If Mokpo Were Sinan" are taking a commemorative photo. [Photo by Mokpo City Council]

Notably, they agreed to actively gather diverse opinions from both sides by reconsidering the issue not only from Mokpo’s perspective but also from Sinan County’s standpoint to ensure Sinan’s development and uniqueness are preserved.

In the era of local extinction, to overcome the ongoing population decline crisis and secure urban competitiveness, Mokpo and Sinan are fostering various consensuses on private-led integration. At the council level, they plan to invite related experts for lectures and hold forums on integration to propose policies that both cities and counties can tangibly feel.

Chairman of the research group, Councilor Yu Chang-hoon, stated, “Due to the sharp decline in Mokpo’s birth rate, the crisis of local extinction and employment conditions caused by the decrease in the youth population make the integration of Mokpo and Sinan a timely and very important task that draws a blueprint for the next hundred years. We will open the door to integration by discovering policies that residents directly participate in and that various social classes can empathize with, rather than policies led by the authorities.”

The members of ‘Mokpo ga Sinan iramyeon’ include Councilor Yu Chang-hoon (Chairman), Councilor Choi Ji-seon (Secretary), Councilor Jo Seong-o, Councilor Lee Hyung-wan, Councilor Kim Gwan-ho, Councilor Jeong Jae-hoon, Councilor Go Gyeong-wook, and Councilor Choi Won-seok. They plan to carry out various activities until December.

The vigorous progress of this research group, where experienced multi-term councilors and energetic first-term councilors gather to dedicate themselves to joint research topics, is drawing attention.

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