Kwon Won-gang, Chairman of Kyochon, Receives Appreciation Plaque from Local Era Committee for Regional Co-growth Contributions

Presidential Agency for Addressing Regional Imbalance
Fermentation Workshop Established in 1991 in Yeongyang, Gyeongbuk
Development of Products Utilizing Tangible and Intangible Local Culture
Plan to Create Themed Facility 'Fermentation Sensory Complex Platform'

Kyochon F&B announced on the 1st that Kwon Won-gang, chairman of Kyochon Group, received a plaque of appreciation from the Presidential Committee on Local Era for his contributions to fostering balanced development through regional co-prosperity activities and spreading the value of sharing happiness.

Kwon Won-gang, Chairman of Kyochon Group (right), is taking a commemorative photo with Woo Dong-gi, Chairman of the Presidential Committee on Local Autonomy, after receiving a plaque of appreciation from the committee for contributing to regional co-prosperity at the Kyochon F&B Pangyo headquarters in Seongnam, Gyeonggi Province on the 31st of last month.
[Photo by Kyochon F&B]

The Local Era Committee is an organization launched last year under the direct control of the president to realize a local era where anywhere in the Republic of Korea is a good place to live by resolving regional imbalances, promoting autonomous development suited to regional characteristics, and decentralizing local government. On the occasion of its first anniversary this year, the committee awarded plaques of appreciation to organizations and individuals who helped raise awareness of the committee and contributed to public policy communication and policy dissemination.

In 2019, Kyochon established the agricultural corporation "Balhyo Gongbang 1991," focusing on traditional liquor and fermented sauces as key business sectors that can represent K-Food as a future food source. In 2022, it restored and reopened the 100-year-old Yeongyang Brewery.

Balhyo Gongbang 1991, supported by Yeongyang-gun, focuses on product development utilizing tangible and intangible local cultures and actively fosters local industries through purchasing raw materials necessary for product manufacturing and creating jobs within the region. Through this, in June, it was finally selected for the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport’s public-private cooperation regional win-win agreement project by promoting the "Fermentation Sensory Complex Platform Development Project" together with Yeongyang-gun, Gyeongsangbuk-do.

The Fermentation Sensory Complex Platform Development Project aims to create a large-scale complex theme facility with a land area of 6,323㎡ (approximately 1,900 pyeong) leveraging the region’s traditional culture and tourism resources. It will operate various programs such as fermentation experiences (traditional liquor and fermented sauces), education, and internal facility tours for both domestic and international visitors using Balhyo Gongbang 1991’s representative products like "Eunhasu Makgeolli."

Balhyo Gongbang 1991 has set the ultimate goal of expanding the living population in Yeongyang through coexistence, planning to contribute to promoting agricultural product consumption, employment, and job creation by producing and selling products using local specialties. Additionally, to ensure sustainable development of Yeongyang-gun, it plans to advance fermentation research and related businesses by recruiting R&D experts with 40 years of experience and encouraging local residents’ participation.

Chairman Kwon said, "Based on Kyochon’s 'Sincere Management' founded on coexistence and sharing, we will contribute to revitalizing the local economy by promoting consumption of local agricultural products and employing local talents. The profits gained will be returned to the region to create a virtuous cycle where the 100-year-old company Kyochon grows together with the local community."

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