Governor Kim Taeheum: "We Will Proceed with the 2030 Geumsan World Ginseng Expo"

"Administrative Integration of Daejeon and Chungnam
Is Essential for the Future of the Chungcheong Region"

From the left, Kim Taeheum, Governor of Chungnam Province, Park Beomin, Mayor of Geumsan County (Photo by Mo Seokbong)

Kim Taeheum, Governor of Chungnam Province, stated, "Even if the government does not provide budget support, Chungnam Province and Geumsan County will independently proceed with the 2030 Geumsan World Ginseng Expo."

On November 4, during a press conference held prior to a town hall meeting with residents at Darakwon in Geumsan County as part of his fourth-year tour of cities and counties under the eighth popularly elected administration, Governor Kim explained, "There is a regulation that prevents the government from supporting expos or exhibitions in the same region more than three times." He added, "If it is difficult to revise this regulation, Chungnam Province and Geumsan County can still move forward with the event on their own."

Governor Kim also shared his views on the administrative integration of Daejeon and Chungnam.

He emphasized, "The administrative integration of Daejeon and Chungnam is an essential project for the future of the Chungcheong region," and urged, "Please join efforts so that the 'Special Act on the Establishment of Daejeon-Chungnam Special City and the Creation of an Economic and Science Capital,' which has been submitted to the National Assembly, can be passed by as early as the end of this year or, at the latest, by February next year."

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