Democratic Party House Representative Hong Yo-pyo: ``Incorporation of Gimpo City into Seoul City is a wrong policy that goes against balanced regional development.'' - South Korea

On the 10th, Hong Ik-pyo, the floor leader of the Democratic Party (opposition), said that regarding the incorporation of Gyeonggi-do (Gimpo) City into Seoul City, which is being promoted by the People's Power (ruling party), ``regional
"This is a wrong policy that goes against balanced development and instead maximizes Seoul and the metropolitan area." On this day, Representative Hong met with Gwangju Mayor Kang Ki-jeong at the National Assembly.
``As announced by many research institutions, including the Bank of Korea, what is most urgent is to create a regional hub city next to Seoul,'' he said.
Mayor Kang also said, ``The steps taken to set the stage are very wrong.The government is promoting ``regional megacities'' first, and then the capital
We need to think about how to develop the region in line with balanced development policies." Representative Hong Won-nai is pushing for the ``Moonlight High Speed Rail Special Law'' to be passed within this month in a project to connect regional hub cities.
He also said that he would proceed. Furthermore, ``Mayor Kang and Daegu Mayor Hong Jun-pyo are in favor of the moonlight high-speed rail project that connects Gwangju City and Daegu City, and Yoon Jae-ok (Yun Jae-ok) is in favor of the project.
It was sponsored by the House Representative of the People's Power (ruling party) and jointly sponsored by 261 members of the ruling and opposition parties. "I don't understand why (the ruling party) doesn't push forward with this bill," he said.
Lim Oh-kyung said that during the private meeting, Hongwon expressed his intention to ``cooperate as much as possible so that the special law can be passed quickly.''
This was reported by the House spokesperson.