Uiwang City and Seogwipo City Establish Sister City Relationship

[Suwon Ilbo=Reporter Jung Jun-sung] Uiwang City held a sister city agreement signing ceremony with Seogwipo City in Jeju (Mayor Kim Tae-yeop) on the 4th.

Attending the agreement ceremony held at Seogwipo City Hall were Uiwang City Mayor Kim Sang-don and Uiwang City Council Speaker Yun Mi-kyung from Uiwang City, and Mayor Kim Tae-yeop, Jeju Special Self-Governing Province Assemblyman Lee Sang-bong, and Assemblyman Lee Kyung-yong from Seogwipo City.

With the sister city relationship established on this day, the two cities plan to promote mutual cooperation and exchanges in a wider range of fields than before, including △civil organization exchanges △cultural experience exchanges to promote youth activities △exchanges to revitalize regional economies.

Uiwang City and Seogwipo City began as a 15-city and county network city in 1998 and started elementary school homestay exchanges. Over the past 20 years, elementary school students from both cities have visited each other twice a year, achieving exchanges involving approximately 1,000 people so far.

Uiwang City Mayor Kim Sang-don said, "I am confident that if both cities continue their cooperative relationship by maximizing the advantages and characteristics of each city, common development and great progress will be achieved."

Seogwipo City Mayor Kim Tae-yeop said, "With today's formal status as an exchange city, I hope that through exchanges in various fields, including the existing youth homestay program, we will become exchange cities that serve as models for each other's city administration."