Suwon City Launches 'New Campaign to Encourage Domestic Goods' in Response to Japan's Economic Retaliation

[Suwon Ilbo = Reporter Jang Kyung-hee] Suwon City is launching a 'New Campaign to Encourage Domestic Goods' that practices boycotts of Japanese products and refrains from Japanese travel.

City civil servants pledged to lead the way by boycotting Japanese products on the 1st, while soliciting ideas to vitalize the 'New Campaign to Encourage Domestic Goods,' and to conduct civic participation campaigns in cooperation with resident autonomy councils and Saemaul organizations.

Additionally, the city plans to conduct a comprehensive survey of Japanese products currently in use across all departments under its jurisdiction and review replacing them with domestic products. This measure will be sustained until the Japanese government withdraws its economic retaliation measures.

Mayor Yum Tae-young proposed at the 'August Expanded Executive Meeting' held in the conference room of City Hall on the 24th of last month, "Let us practice boycotts of Japanese products in all departments, including administrative welfare centers, and make Suwon City a model case for the entire nation."

Participation from Suwon residents is continuing. On this day, a resolution rally of Yeongdeungpo District residents was held in the main conference room of Yeongdeungpo District Office to condemn and urge the withdrawal of Japan's economic retaliation.

The resolution rally, hosted by the Yeongdeungpo District Organizations' Cooperative Council and chaired by the Yeongdeungpo District Resident Autonomy Committee Chairmen's Council, was attended by representatives from 22 organizations including the City Merchants' Federation and the Childcare Centers' Federation, as well as approximately 200 Yeongdeungpo District residents.

Yeongdeungpo District residents previously stated, "We strongly condemn the retaliatory nature of Japan's export restrictions, which violate the free trade order," and "We pledge to lead the boycott movement against Japanese products until the Japanese government withdraws its economic retaliation."

On the 30th of last month, officials from regional organizations in Jangan District held a resolution at the Yeonmu-dong Administrative Welfare Center to refrain from Japanese travel and to boycott Japanese products.