Goheung County Presents Vision for a K-Aerospace Complex City Based on Yeonghonam Mutual Growth

Joint Forum with Sacheon City Held at the National Assembly

Highlighting the Justification for Enacting the Special Law on the Aerospace Complex City

Goheung County, Jeonnam-Gwangju Integrated Metropolitan City (Governor Kong Youngmin), announced that on July 15, it held a forum on the enactment of a special law for an aerospace complex city titled "Yeonghonam Aerospace Mutual Growth Alliance, Building a K-Aerospace Complex City Is the Answer" together with Sacheon City at the first small conference room of the National Assembly Members' Office Building.

This forum was jointly hosted by National Assembly members Moon Geumjoo and Seo Chunho and co-organized by Jeonnam-Gwangju Integrated Metropolitan City, Gyeongsangnam-do Province, Goheung County, and Sacheon City. The event was held to discuss the creation of an institutional foundation for nurturing the aerospace industry, mutual cooperation between Yeongnam and Honam regions, and ways to realize balanced national development.

On the 15th, Goheung County hosted a discussion forum on the enactment of the Special Act on Aerospace Complex City at the small conference room in the National Assembly Members' Office Building, together with Sacheon City. The forum was held under the theme "Yeong-Honam Aerospace Win-Win Alliance, Building a K-Aerospace Complex City Is the Only Answer." Provided by Goheung County

More than 200 participants attended the event, including numerous National Assembly members, government departments related to aerospace, research institutes, representatives from the aerospace industry, academia, and local stakeholders, expressing keen interest in the necessity and direction of enacting the special law for the aerospace complex city.

The opening ceremony began with a hand placard performance supporting "K-Aerospace" and the "Passage of the Complex City Act," followed by opening addresses, welcoming remarks, congratulatory speeches, and a commemorative photo session. This served to build a consensus and determination towards passing the special law.

In the subsequent forum, presentations and panel discussions broadly addressed the necessity of creating the aerospace complex city, the direction of the special law’s enactment, strategies for connecting functions between regions, and strategic support measures at the national level.

In particular, Goheung County emphasized that, based on its unique, accumulated space launch infrastructure centered around the Naro Space Center—the only one in Korea—as well as its national industrial complex, a foundation for launch vehicle technology commercialization, and corporate support platforms, Goheung is the optimal location to become the key hub of Korea's space industry. The county also presented its vision for growing as Korea's representative "Korean Starbase" in the future.

Kong Youngmin, Governor of Goheung County, said, "Today's forum was an opportunity to officially explain to the National Assembly and the public the justification for enacting the special law on the aerospace complex city," and added, "Goheung is fully prepared to lead the future of the Korean aerospace industry, based on the country's only space launch base and its accumulated industrial infrastructure."

He continued, "We will continue to focus all our efforts on enacting the special law, attracting the second space center, and realizing the aerospace complex city."

Goheung County intends to accelerate the discussions on enacting the special law for the aerospace complex city following this forum, while also further strengthening its efforts to expand key foundations of the space industry, including the second space center, and foster future strategic industries.

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