Sim Min, Governor of Imsil County, Joins Campaign to Raise Awareness of Population Issues

Governor Shim Min Nominates Choi Youngil, Governor of Sunchang County, as the Next Participant

Shim Min, Governor of Imsil County in North Jeolla Province, participated in a relay campaign on the 9th to raise awareness about the seriousness of population decline caused by low birth rates and an aging population across South Korea.

Shim Min, governor of Imsil County, Jeonbuk, participated in the relay campaign to raise awareness of population issues on the 9th. Photo by Imsil County

This campaign, jointly organized by the Ministry of Health and Welfare and the Korea Human Resources Development Institute for Health and Welfare, has been ongoing since October last year. Governor Shim Min joined the campaign after being nominated by Kim Byungnae, Mayor of Nam-gu, Gwangju.

Imsil County is one of the 89 regions designated by the Ministry of the Interior and Safety in 2021 as areas experiencing population decline.

To address population issues, the county aims to attract 400 new households by improving residential conditions such as constructing public rental apartments, usher in an era of 10 million annual visitors through enhanced cultural and tourism infrastructure, and maintain a net social population increase of +100 people by improving education and job environments as part of its population response policies.

Governor Shim Min stated, "We will build a consensus with residents on the seriousness of the population crisis and promote policy projects to address it."

Governor Shim Min nominated Choi Youngil, Governor of Sunchang County, as the next participant.