On the 24th, Mayor of Gunsan, Jeollabuk-do, Kang Im-joon said, “We welcome the restart of Hyundai Heavy Industries’ Gunsan Shipyard together with 270,000 Gunsan citizens.”
On the same day, Mayor Kang held a press conference at the city hall together with National Assembly member Shin Young-dae (Gunsan and the Democratic Party of Korea) and Vice-Chairman Kim Young-il of the city council and said, “After the shutdown, I made hundreds of voices to restart the operation, including a civil uprising and meeting with the central government and the prime minister, but 5 It was only following a year had passed that an official restart agreement was reached on this day,” he said.
Mayor Kang said, “The shutdown of the Gunsan Shipyard caused thousands of workers to lose their jobs and leave their hometown, and it was a series of pains, including being designated as an employment crisis area three times.” · We will do everything we can to support our partners,” he added.
Rep. Shin Young-dae said, “At the time of the general election, we made the promise of ‘restarting the Gunsan Shipyard’, and the promise was kept.” We will do our best to build industrial infrastructure.”
When asked, “If the shipbuilding industry deteriorates and the local government loses support, would Hyundai Heavy Industries stop operating the Gunsan Shipyard once more?”, Assemblyman Shin said, “Hyundai Heavy Industries has promised to operate in stages and for the long term so as not to lose work. “he explained.
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