People Power Party Standing Advisor Park Byeonghun Announces Gyeongju Mayoral Bid...Bold Pledge to Relocate the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism to Gyeongju

"I will bring Gyeongju's economic heart back to the old downtown, and return the starting point of politics to the citizens' square."

On the 12th, Park Byeonghun, Standing Advisor to the Central Committee of the People Power Party, held a campaign launch event in Gyeongju's old downtown area and officially declared his candidacy for the next Gyeongju mayoral election.

On this day, Park proclaimed a shift from a "Gyeongju of management" to a "Gyeongju of design" and announced three major innovation pledges, with the relocation of the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism to Gyeongju as the core.

Park Byunghun, prospective candidate for mayor of Gyeongju, candidacy announcement press conference. Provided by the subject.

Park's first pledge is the relocation of the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism to Gyeongju.

He defined Gyeongju as "a living museum where all pending issues of Korea's cultural policy coexist" and stressed that, for the sake of efficiency in national cultural administration, the ministry must come to Gyeongju.

He plans not to leave this as a mere campaign slogan, but to gradually make it a reality through direct negotiations with the central government, starting with a functional relocation.

This reflects his determination to elevate Gyeongju into a truly "global cultural hub city" by attracting a central government ministry.

Second, Park pledged an "economic recovery centered on the everyday population."

He laid out a strategy to move away from uniform policies that rely only on the number of tourists, and instead increase the number of people who actually stay and work in Gyeongju, thereby strengthening the basic vitality of the local economy.

The former Gyeongju Station site will be redesigned as "the center of a working city."

His plan is to guide the constant floating population generated when key functions such as the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism move in, so that it naturally flows into existing everyday commercial districts such as Seongdong Market, Jungang Market, and Jungang Shopping District.

Lastly, he pledged to introduce "Agora Square Politics" for direct communication with citizens.

This is intended to break away from authoritarian administration and put into practice politics in which citizens are the true owners.

Every two months, the mayor will spend time in the square answering citizens' questions directly.

For complex civil complaints that are difficult to answer on the spot, he will establish a system in which an expert group transparently explains whether they can be implemented and what the process would be.

With Park, a "native politician" born and raised in Gyeongju and a two-term former Gyeongsangbuk-do Provincial Assembly member, putting forward the blockbuster card of "attracting the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism," the upcoming Gyeongju mayoral race is expected to become a heated battleground focused on policy.

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