Yoon Visits Masan Fish Market... "Will Strive for Regional Development"

Visited Traditional Markets Two Days in a Row Following Ulsan Sinjeong Market Visit the Previous Day

President Yoon Suk-yeol stated on the 22nd, "If the economies of Masan and Changwon revive, more customers will visit the markets," adding, "I will work hard for regional development."

On the same day, after presiding over a public discussion on livelihood issues at the Gyeongnam Provincial Office in Changwon, Gyeongnam, President Yoon visited Masan Fish Market and responded to merchants' requests to "bring vitality to traditional markets."

This visit marked his first to a traditional market in the Gyeongnam region in six months since visiting Geoje Gohyeon Market last August. It was also his third visit to Masan Fish Market, following visits during the presidential primary in September 2021 and as president-elect in April 2022.

President Yoon shook hands individually with citizens and merchants at the market. When a merchant at a seafood store offered him gochu horaegi (small squid), one of Gyeongnam's representative dishes, President Yoon tasted it and said, "It's delicious. Let's buy some to eat at lunch," according to Kim Soo-kyung, spokesperson for the Presidential Office.

He then stopped by a store run by an elderly person, asking about their health with questions like, "Are your knees uncomfortable?" and "Which hospital do you visit when you are sick?"

President Yoon continued to visit a butcher shop, a fish store, and a jokbal (pig's trotters) shop, greeting citizens and taking commemorative photos. He left the market after about 40 minutes without giving a separate speech.

Yoon Visits Masan Fish Market... "Will Strive for Regional Development"

President Yoon Suk-yeol is greeting merchants at Masan Fish Market in Masanhappo-gu, Changwon-si, Gyeongnam, on the 22nd.
[Image source=Yonhap News]

According to spokesperson Kim, when President Yoon arrived at Changwon Central Station to board a train back to Seoul after leaving the market, taxi drivers waiting in front of the station all got out of their cars at once and applauded and cheered for the president.

Recently, President Yoon has been visiting traditional markets after presiding over regional livelihood discussions.

Following the 6th livelihood discussion held on the 25th of last month at Uijeongbu City Hall on the topic of resolving transportation disparities, he visited Uijeongbu Jeil Market. After the 10th livelihood discussion on small and medium-sized enterprises and small business policies held on the 8th of this month at Layer 57, a complex space in Seongsu-dong, Seoul, he visited Junggok Jeil Market in Gwangjin-gu.

Additionally, after the 11th livelihood discussion on the theme of the local era held on the 13th at Busan City Hall, he visited Dongnae Market in Busan. Following the 13th livelihood discussion on land use held the previous day at Ulsan City Hall, he visited Sinjeong Shopping Market in Ulsan.