Suwon City Holds 2024 Q3 Integrated Defense Council Meeting in Connection with Eulji Drill

[Suwon Ilbo=Reporter Jung Jun-sung] Suwon Special City held the '2024 Q3 Suwon City Integrated Defense Council Meeting in Connection with the Eulji Drill' on the 14th at the City Hall Disaster and Safety Situation Room.

The meeting held with Suwon Mayor Lee Jae-jun, who serves as chairman of the Integrated Defense Council, Suwon City Council Chairman Lee Jae-sik, and about 20 members of the integrated defense councils representing civilians, government, military, and police, proceeded with Mayor Lee Jae-jun's opening remarks, a report on preparations for the 2024 Eulji Drill, a report on military operational preparations, agenda review, and free discussion.

This year's Eulji Drill aims to "establish perfect national emergency preparedness through drills on regional provocations and national crisis management before war, wartime conversion procedures, and national total war exercises after the outbreak of war," and will be conducted over three nights and four days from August 19 to 22. A total of 21 teams with 576 participants (144 per day) from Suwon City and related agencies will participate in the drill.

To conduct national total war exercises following wartime conversion, a wartime comprehensive situation room will operate from the 19th, and on the 20th, actual Eulji Drill training will be conducted to prepare for North Korean unidentified balloon dispersal. On the 21st and 22nd, discussion-based Eulji Drill exercises will be conducted, and at 2 p.m. on the 22nd, civil defense training will be held for all citizens.

The Suwon City Integrated Defense Council holds quarterly meetings to establish integrated regional defense posture and raise the security awareness of local residents.

'Integrated defense' refers to defending the nation by integrating various national defense elements such as the military, police, local defense reserves, and civil defense units, and unifying the command system in response to enemy infiltration, provocation, or threats. Under the Integrated Defense Act, local governments must establish and operate integrated defense councils.

Suwon Mayor Lee Jae-jun said, "North Korea is threatening national security through provocations such as garbage balloon dispersals, and chemical, biological, and radiological terrorist attacks using balloons could occur," adding "In this Eulji Drill, we will also conduct integrated response training to prepare for chemical, biological, and radiological terrorist threats through balloon dispersal, and I hope each person will actively participate in their position. Please support the Integrated Defense Council members so that the Eulji Drill proceeds successfully."