Prime Minister Kim Minseok Listens to Aging Facility Issues at Wonju Food Comprehensive Center

Prime Minister Kim Minseok visited the Wonju Food Comprehensive Center, a key hub for local agricultural product distribution and food circulation systems, after attending the 30th Farmers' Day ceremony held in Wonju on November 11, 2025.

Prime Minister Kim Minseok attended the 30th Farmers' Day ceremony held in Wonju on the 11th and visited the Wonju Food Comprehensive Center, a key hub for local agricultural product distribution and food circulation system, where he took a commemorative photo with Wonju Mayor Won Gangsu and others. Photo by Wonju City

This visit was arranged to encourage frontline personnel and to listen to voices from the field. After receiving a briefing on the center’s operations, Prime Minister Kim toured major facilities such as the repackaging area, processing room, and cold storage, personally inspecting the selection and distribution processes for local agricultural products.

At the site, Lee Sangbun, Director of the Wonju Agricultural Technology Center, suggested that a national budget of 2 billion won is needed to expand the center’s storage capacity and modernize its logistics facilities in order to strengthen the competitiveness of local agricultural products. As more than ten years have passed since the center opened, aging infrastructure and limited storage capacity have emerged as major issues.

The Wonju Food Comprehensive Center is a public logistics facility established in 2014 with a total investment of 7.25 billion won, including 3 billion won from the Hangang River Basin Fund and 4.25 billion won in local government funds. It supplies food ingredients to approximately 80,000 citizens in the Wonju area, including schools (165 schools), public institutions (such as Wonju City Hall and alternative schools), and military units (8th Supply Battalion, 11th Division, etc.), thereby ensuring stable sales channels for local agricultural products. Through these efforts, the center contributes to increasing farmers’ incomes and revitalizing the local economy.

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