Kim Gwang-yeol, Yeongdeok County Governor, New Year Inspection... Pledges Leap Toward 'A New Yeongdeok Where All Residents Are Happy'

Field-Oriented... County Administration Based on Communication and Empathy
Improving Living Conditions, Welfare, and Economic Vitality

Kim Kwang-yeol, the governor of Yeongdeok-gun, Gyeongbuk, embarked on a communication tour of the 9 towns and townships from the 15th to the 17th to make 2025 the inaugural year for "a new Yeongdeok where all residents are happy."

County Governor Kim Kwang-yeol pledges to leap toward a "new Yeongdeok where all residents are happy" during the early-year inspection tour. Photo by Yeongdeok County

At this event, Governor Kim shared last year's achievements and this year's key issues, expressing his commitment to promote county administration and projects based on communication and empathy by gathering diverse opinions from the residents.

Last year's major achievements of Yeongdeok-gun include △ being selected as Gyeongbuk's first "K-Wellness City" △ achieving a grade 3 in the comprehensive integrity evaluation for the first time in 12 years △ ranking first in the province for living population in the second quarter (290,000 people) △ receiving top awards such as the National Local Government Job Award and the Gyeongbuk Job Award △ being designated as an ecological tourism area by the Ministry of Environment for the East Coast National Geopark.

Governor Kim evaluated these achievements as steps toward "a new Yeongdeok where all residents are happy" and emphasized that he will carry out county administration that residents can tangibly feel through continuous improvement of living conditions and welfare enhancement.

In particular, taking advantage of the ITX Donghae Jungbu Line railway, which opened at the beginning of this year, and the Pohang-Yeongdeok Expressway expected to be completed by the end of the year, the region's transportation infrastructure is remarkably improving. He plans to accelerate the revitalization of local tourism with differentiated and distinctive tourism content and marketing.

Governor Kim Kwang-yeol stated, "Not only during this early-year visit but also by continuously providing opportunities to listen closely to the valuable opinions of residents, my principle is to implement open county administration and on-site administration that communicates." He pledged, "I will make this year the inaugural year of leap forward so that we can create a new future for Yeongdeok with the consensus and agreement of the local community."

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