Gyeryong Emerges as a Defense Industry Hub... Kim Tae-heum: "Accelerating Four Strategic Projects"

Chungcheongnam-do Accelerates Key Projects:
Attracting Defense Institutions, Gyeryong Station Transfer Center, Knowledge Industry Center, and Military Theme Park

Chungcheongnam-do Province is accelerating efforts to establish the military cultural city of Gyeryong as a hub for the national defense industry by attracting defense-related public institutions and expanding transportation, industrial, and tourism infrastructure.

On October 30, Governor Kim Tae-heum visited Gyeryong and stated, "The future competitiveness of Gyeryong depends on its leap forward as a city centered on the defense industry," announcing plans to accelerate four key projects.

The province is intensifying efforts to attract major defense institutions such as the Defense Rapid Acquisition Technology Research Institute and the Korea Institute for Defense Analyses, in line with the second phase of relocating public institutions from the Seoul metropolitan area to regional cities.

Gyeryong is home to the headquarters of all three military branches and Gyeryongdae, while the Korea National Defense University and the Agency for Defense Development are located nearby, making it an optimal location for building a defense cluster.

Additionally, the province is in discussions with the Ministry of National Defense to designate the construction of the National Military Museum as a national project. This initiative is being promoted as a key symbolic project to enhance public security awareness and vitalize military culture tourism.

The Gyeryong Station Transfer Center, a core part of transportation infrastructure expansion, will be completed by 2027 in conjunction with the first phase of the Chungcheong region metropolitan railway project. The center will include a transfer parking lot, connecting passageways, and an access bridge. This is expected to alleviate parking shortages and strengthen connections to public transportation, laying the foundation for the Chungcheong region megacity.

A public rental knowledge industry center will be built within the second industrial complex in Gyeryong, with a total investment of 27.5 billion won and a total floor area of 10,308 square meters. Once completed, it will attract military supplies manufacturing and defense R&D companies, greatly expanding youth employment opportunities and the local startup ecosystem.

In addition, a military theme park is being developed as a military cultural tourism belt, combining facilities such as a barracks experience center, Sky Sound Trail, and VR combat experiences.

The province expects that, upon completion, Gyeryong will establish itself as the nation's only military culture experiential landmark, contributing to increased tourist inflow and revitalization of the local economy.

Meanwhile, the expansion and paving of Local Road No. 645 between Duma and Noseong is a project to connect a 9.25-kilometer section from Eomsa-myeon in Gyeryong to Sangwol-myeon in Nonsan as a two-lane road. This is expected to help distribute traffic from National Routes 1 and 4 and the Nonsan area.

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