[Gyeongbuk] Lee Chul-woo, "Gyeongju APEC will serve as an opportunity to make a leap forward again in economy and culture."

Lee Cheol-woo, governor of North Gyeongsang Province, said at the year-end meeting that the best achievement this year was the hosting of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit in Gyeongju, adding that next year's APEC will serve as an opportunity for the economy and culture to make a leap forward.

To this end, we will invite not only the heads of 21 countries but also global business leaders to create an economic APEC system that can cooperate with Korean companies.

He added that for cultural APEC, the beauty of the so-called "K-culture" such as Korean food, hanbok, and Hangeul will be introduced to the world against the backdrop of the roofless museum Gyeongju.

Regarding the administrative integration of Daegu and North Gyeongsang Province, we decided that there would be no problem because we could prepare for six months if the Special Act on Administrative Integration was passed by the end of next year.

However, he said it is regrettable that the central control tower has disappeared due to the impeachment and that the schedule will be delayed because there is no one to transfer the authority from the center.

Regarding the construction of the new airport in Daegu and Gyeongbuk, he said that if it is difficult to raise public funds management funds promoted by Daegu City, it will be solved if Daegu and Gyeongbuk join forces to create a special purpose corporation and borrow funds.