Seoul District Mayors Consider Enacting 'Support Ordinance for Honoring Descendants of Independence Patriots'

Kwangbokhoe Held Meeting with Seoul District Mayors on the 13th

The district mayors who attended the event agreed to work on enacting ordinances to support the descendants of independence activists. From the right: Cha Hyeon-il, Mayor of Yeongdeungpo District; Yoo Dong-gyun, Mayor of Mapo District; Kim Young-jong, Mayor of Jongno District; Kim Won-woong, President of the Liberation Association (center); Yoo Sung-hoon, Mayor of Geumcheon District; Kim Jeong-yuk, Secretary General of the Liberation Association

[Asia Economy Reporter Park Jong-il] Seoul district mayors have decided to enact ordinances to honor the descendants of independence activists.

The Liberation Association (Chairman Kim Won-ung) held a meeting with district mayors in Seoul on the 13th and made this decision.

Attendees included Kim Young-jong, Mayor of Jongno-gu (Chairman of the Seoul District Mayors Council), as well as Chae Hyun-il, Mayor of Yeongdeungpo-gu, Yoo Dong-gyun, Mayor of Mapo-gu, and Yoo Sung-hoon, Mayor of Geumcheon-gu, who discussed policies to promote the spirit of independence and welfare support for the descendants of independence activists.

On this day, Chairman Kim Won-ung proposed the idea of naming public facilities such as roads and parks after local independence activists based on the spirit of grassroots democracy, which the district mayors agreed with.

Additionally, the district mayors expressed their intention to actively consider enacting an ordinance (tentatively titled) "On the Honor of Descendants of Independence Activists."

The district mayors who attended the event took photos holding a reproduction of the Taegukgi flag used during the March 1st Movement at Jingwansa Temple in the Gwangbokhoe Hall after the meeting. From the right: Kim Won-woong, President of Gwangbokhoe; Yoo Seong-hoon, Mayor of Geumcheon District; Kim Young-jong, Mayor of Jongno District; Yoo Dong-gyun, Mayor of Mapo District; Chae Hyun-il, Mayor of Yeongdeungpo District; Kim Jeong-yuk, Secretary General of Gwangbokhoe.