Kim Soohyun, Standing Representative of the Democratic Party Sejong Innovation Council: "Relocation of the Ministry of Gender Equality and Family to Sejong Is Key to Balanced National Development"

Kim Soohyun, the standing representative of the Democratic Party Sejong Innovation Council, is holding a placard on the 20th during the National Assembly inspection in Sejong City, urging the relocation of the Ministry of Gender Equality and Family to Sejong City. Photo by Innovation Council

Kim Soohyun, the standing representative of the Democratic Party Sejong Innovation Council, appealed for the relocation of the Ministry of Gender Equality and Family to Sejong City at the Sejong City Hall Plaza on the morning of the 20th. On this day, members of the National Assembly's Public Administration and Security Committee were conducting a parliamentary inspection.

Representative Kim stated, "Elevating the status of the Ministry of Gender Equality and Family to the Ministry of Gender Equality and Family is in line with this era of major transition," and emphasized, "It is essential to relocate the ministry to Sejong City in order to fulfill the completion of the administrative capital and balanced national development, enhance inter-ministerial collaboration and administrative efficiency, and serve as a bridgehead for improving the rights and interests of women in the Chungcheong region."

He asserted, "During the regular session of the National Assembly, we must pass the amendment to the Special Act on Multifunctional Administrative City through bipartisan agreement to usher in the Sejong era for the Ministry of Gender Equality and Family. If political consensus proves difficult, the ruling party must proceed on its own to ensure its passage."

He particularly stressed that, as the completion of the administrative capital and balanced national development are being delayed and scaled back, the relocation of the Ministry of Gender Equality and Family to Sejong City should clearly demonstrate the Lee Jaemyung administration's commitment to completing the administrative capital and serve as a turning point for balanced national development, including the second phase of relocating public institutions to regional areas.

After the Constitutional Court's decision in October 2004 that the new administrative capital was unconstitutional, Kim served as the Director of Decentralization at the Daejeon Citizens' Coalition for Participation and Autonomy. He also held the positions of Secretary-General of the Pan-Chungcheong Council for the New Administrative Capital and the Pan-Daejeon Citizens' Coalition for the Continued Promotion of the New Administrative Capital, contributing to the enactment of the Special Act on Multifunctional Administrative City in March 2005. Since the launch of Sejong City in 2012, he has served as Secretary-General of the Sejong Citizens' Coalition for Participation and Autonomy and established the Sejong Citizens' Committee for the Completion of the Administrative Capital, a non-partisan coalition, serving as its executive chair. Under the administration of former Mayor Lee Choonhee of the Democratic Party, he was active as the head of the Sejong National Balanced Development Support Center and as co-representative of the Citizens' Coalition for the Completion of the Administrative Capital, consistently leading efforts on the front lines for the completion of the administrative capital.

He is also listed as a potential candidate for Sejong mayor ahead of next year's local elections.

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