Launch of the Committee for Preserving Former President Kim Dae-jung's Donggyodong Residence

Park Gang-su, Mayor of Mapo-gu, Holds 2024 1st Kim Dae-jung President Donggyo-dong Residence Preservation Committee Meeting on the Morning of the 3rd at Mapo-gu Office Conference Room... Kim Dae-jung Foundation Chairman Kwon No-gap and Vice Chairman Moon Hee-sang Appointed as Advisory Members

Mapo-gu (Mayor Park Gang-su) held the 1st 2024 meeting of the Kim Dae-jung President Donggyo-dong Residence Preservation Promotion Committee on the morning of the 3rd in the Mapo-gu Office's medium conference room.

Before the meeting, Park Gang-su, Mayor of Mapo-gu, appointed Kwon No-gap, Chairman, and Moon Hee-sang, Vice Chairman, of the Kim Dae-jung Foundation as advisors.

As committee members, Kim Jong-dae, representative of the Re’Generation Movement and a bereaved family member of President Kim Dae-jung, Bae Gi-seon, Secretary General of the Kim Dae-jung Foundation, Professor Kim Jong-seok of Kookmin University, lawyer Hwang Chi-o, and Han Il-yong, Chairman of the Mapo Talent Development Scholarship Foundation, were appointed and presented with appointment letters.

Finally, tax accountant Yoo Sang-yeol was appointed as the auditor of the committee.

Afterwards, the attendees received a report on Mapo-gu’s efforts and progress made so far for the preservation of President Kim Dae-jung’s Donggyo-dong residence.

The meeting, which began with an opening declaration by Mayor Park Gang-su, discussed the purchase plan for the Donggyo-dong residence, procedures for preservation, and preparation matters.

Mayor Park Gang-su of Mapo-gu said, “I sincerely thank everyone who has come together with a shared will to preserve President Kim Dae-jung’s Donggyo-dong residence,” adding, “I hope Mapo-gu and all of you will continue to work together until the Donggyo-dong residence is registered as a national registered cultural heritage and preserved in its original form to become a space for history, culture, and education.”

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