"Pocheon City Pursues Convergence-Type Peace Economic Zone Combining Hantan River Tourism and Advanced Agriculture"

Citizen Briefing Held on Attracting the Pocheon Peace Economic Zone

Pocheon City in Gyeonggi Province (Mayor Baek Younghyun) held a citizen briefing session on the establishment of the Pocheon Peace Economic Zone on December 5 in the main conference room of Pocheon City Hall.

Baek Younghyun, Mayor of Pocheon, is holding a citizen briefing session on the establishment of the Pocheon Peace Economic Zone at the Pocheon City Hall main conference room on the 5th. Provided by Pocheon City

The briefing was attended by over 100 people, including Mayor Baek Younghyun, Lim Jonghun, Chairman of the Pocheon City Council, heads of relevant agencies, and local community leaders from towns and districts. Participants shared and discussed the proposed plan for the Pocheon Peace Economic Zone.

The establishment of the Peace Economic Zone is a measure pursuant to the enforcement of the "Act on the Designation and Operation of Special Peace Economic Zones" in December 2023. The aim is to realize an inter-Korean economic community by promoting economic exchanges and increasing mutual complementarity between South and North Korea. The Peace Economic Zone targets 17 cities and counties, including areas adjacent to North Korea. In Gyeonggi Province, eight cities and counties are included as potential sites.

To attract the Peace Economic Zone, Pocheon City conducted an 11-month research project in 2025 to develop its own proposal for the establishment of the zone. The proposed plan is based on a strategy to create a convergence-type special zone that combines Pocheon's outstanding tourism resources centered around the Hantan River with advanced agriculture, an industry for the future. The city plans to develop the zone in phases so that it can function under various scenarios of inter-Korean exchange.

A Pocheon City official stated, "Strengthening land-based economic cooperation from Pocheon, which is both a major battlefield of the Korean War and a place where military tensions still exist at the heart of the Korean Peninsula, will contribute not only to the realization of an inter-Korean peace economic community but also to balanced regional development and national competitiveness. Based on our prepared vision and strategy, we will keep all possibilities open and do our utmost to attract the special zone."

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