Yangju City: “Reconsider Closure of Hanaro Mart’s Yangju Branch”... 18,981 Signatures Delivered
Urges NongHyup Economic Holdings to Keep the Store Open
Concerns Over Produce Sales Outlets and Merchants' Livelihoods
Yangju City in Gyeonggi Province delivered a petition signed by 18,981 citizens and farmers opposing the planned closure of Hanaro Mart’s Yangju branch to NongHyup Economic Holdings and called for the decision to be reconsidered.
The city said on November 2 that it had delivered a petition under the mayor’s name and the signatures opposing the closure to NongHyup Economic Holdings. Citing concerns over local farmers losing a sales outlet for their produce and seeing their incomes decline, the livelihoods of tenants and employees being affected, and inconvenience to residents, the city formally urged the company to keep the store open.
In the petition, the city stressed that Hanaro Mart’s Yangju branch has served as a reliable outlet for local produce and a key distribution hub connecting producers with consumers. It also expressed concern that closing the store based solely on business efficiency could undermine NongHyup’s public-interest role and the value of cooperation with the local community.
A total of 18,981 citizens and farmers signed the petition opposing the closure in about 10 days.
Yangju Mayor Jeong Deokyoung said, “Hanaro Mart’s Yangju branch is a valuable community space that provides an outlet for the produce of farmers in northern Gyeonggi Province and supports local jobs and residents’ daily lives. We hope NongHyup will carefully consider the difficulties local farmers and residents would face, reconsider its decision to close the store, and come up with practical measures to restore its business to normal and keep it operating.”
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Yangju City plans to continue discussions with NongHyup, seek ways to keep Hanaro Mart’s Yangju branch operating, and minimize the impact on local farmers and residents.
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