Mayor Lee Sang-il Signs Sister City Agreement with Yanggu County: "Comprehensive Cooperation in Administration, Culture, and Economy"

Yongin Welcomes 16th Sister City, Becoming 'One Family' Like Park Soo-keun's 'Family'

"Yongin Sports Teams to Train in Yanggu... Yanggu Agricultural Products to Be Sold in Yongin"

Mayor Lee Sang-il: "Yongin and Yanggu Will Grow Together Like Family"

Yongin Special City in Gyeonggi Province (Mayor Lee Sang-il) announced on March 6 that it has established a sister city relationship with Yanggu County in Gangwon Special Self-Governing Province (County Governor Seo Heung-won) and agreed to actively cooperate for the exchange and development of both cities.

Lee Sangil, Mayor of Yongin Special City (right), signed a sister city agreement with Seo Heungwon, County Governor of Yanggu County, Gangwon Province, on the 6th in the main conference room of Yanggu County Office, agreeing to promote friendship and mutual exchange and cooperation between the two cities. They are posing for a commemorative photo. Provided by Yongin Special City

On this day, Mayor Lee Sang-il signed the sister city agreement with County Governor Seo Heung-won in the conference room of Yanggu County Office, agreeing to promote friendship and mutual exchange and cooperation between the two cities.

With this agreement, Yanggu County has become the 16th sister city of Yongin Special City.

Mayor Lee stated, "Yanggu is making bold investments in the fields of culture and the arts, and the Yanggu County Park Soo-keun Art Museum acquired the 1956 work 'Family' by artist Park Soo-keun, who was born in Yanggu, in 2023. I hope that the two cities will develop a relationship as close as family in the future," adding, "I wish that this agreement will serve as a stepping stone for both cities to strengthen cooperation and grow together."

Mayor Lee also said, "Let us strive to establish a cooperative system, for example, by promoting the excellent agricultural products of Yanggu County and Yongin City to encourage consumption in both cities. Since Yanggu is equipped with excellent sports facilities such as tennis and soccer fields, it would be great if sports teams or organizations from Yongin could visit Yanggu for training, thereby fostering cooperation in the field of sports as well."

County Governor Seo Heung-won remarked, "I believe that Yongin's infrastructure and vision play a leading role among local governments in Korea, and I hope that this agreement will lead Yongin and Yanggu to become more than just brothers," adding, "We will join hands so that Yongin and Yanggu can become cities that their citizens can be proud of."

After the sister city agreement ceremony, Mayor Lee visited the Park Soo-keun Art Museum and discussed ways to promote exchange and cooperation between the two cities.

Taking this agreement as an opportunity, the city plans to pursue exchanges and cooperation with Yanggu County for joint development in various fields, including administration, culture, tourism, economy, and sports.

In the field of administration and autonomy, the city will share exemplary policy cases to revitalize resident autonomy and promote exchanges between resident autonomy committees and workplace clubs in both cities.

In the field of culture and tourism, the two cities will promote their major festivals and tourist attractions and undertake joint promotion efforts such as setting up promotional booths during local festivals.

Sangil Lee, Mayor of Yongin Special City (right), signed a sister city agreement with Heungwon Seo, County Governor of Yanggu County, in the conference room of Yanggu County Office, Gangwon Province, on the 6th, agreeing to promote friendship and mutual exchange and cooperation between the two cities. Provided by Yongin Special City

To encourage cultural exchange, the two cities will also promote exchanges between local cultural organizations.

In the fields of economy and sports, the cities will explore ways to sell and promote local agricultural and specialty products, such as by opening pop-up stores during local festivals, and promote exchanges in community sports.

Including Yanggu County, Yongin Special City has formed sister city relationships with 16 domestic cities—Jindo County, Yeongcheon City, Jeju City, Wando County, Sacheon City, Goseong County, Hampyeong County, Sokcho City, Danyang County, Jeonju City, Gwangyang City, Andong City, Goesan County, Ulleung County, and Hwasun County—and has signed a friendship city exchange agreement with Pohang City.

In addition, Yongin Special City maintains sister and friendship city relationships with 13 overseas cities, including Williamson County and Fairfax County in the United States, Seville in Spain, and Da Nang in Vietnam.

This content was produced with the assistance of AI translation services.