Yongin City Appoints Dankook University Professor Kim Hyun-su as Director of Urban Regeneration Support Center

[Suwon Ilbo=Reporter Park No-hun] Yongin City announced on the 10th that it has appointed Professor Kim Hyun-su of Dankook University as director of the Urban Regeneration Support Center.

Professor Kim holds a doctorate in engineering from Seoul National University and currently serves as a professor in the Department of Urban Planning and Real Estate at Dankook University.

He is currently active as president of the Korean Urban Land Institute, a member of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport's Metropolitan Area Wide Transit Committee, and a member of the LH Co-Prosperity City Forum, among other roles.

As the newly appointed director, Kim will oversee all operations of the city's Urban Regeneration Support Center, provide policy direction related to urban regeneration, and serve a coordinating and supportive role for smooth communication and cooperation between the city and local residents in advancing the urban regeneration New Deal projects.

His term runs through December 31, 2021.

In this regard, the city established the ‘Urban Regeneration Basic Support Center,’ an intermediate support organization for urban regeneration projects, in April 2019.

The city is also preparing to establish separate urban regeneration field support centers in the Singal intersection and Jung-ang-dong areas.

Mayor Baek Kun-ki stated, "Please present a differentiated direction for urban regeneration unique to Yongin City and accelerate the project implementation to create tangible changes that residents can genuinely experience."