Mayor Kim Kyung-hee of Icheon Completes Book Launch Celebration

[Suwon Ilbo=Reporter Eom In-yong]Icheon Mayor Kim Kyung-hee held a book launch celebration on the 15th at Villa D'Amor Convention Hall in Icheon for "When People Want to Stay, Only Then Does a City Grow – Kim Kyung-hee, Rewriting Icheon".

The event was held with great success attended by Congressman Song Seok-jun, Park Myung-jae, the 9th Minister of Public Administration and Security, Kim Young-hoo, former Commissioner of Military Manpower Administration, Park Myung-seo, Chairman of the Icheon City Council, city and provincial council members and other key figures, and approximately 1,500 citizens.

In addition, Congresswoman Kim Eun-hye (Bundang-gu, Gyeonggi Province) and Maria Castillo, former EU Ambassador to South Korea, sent congratulatory messages through video.

Mayor Kim Kyung-hee stated in her remarks, "During three and a half years of the 8th popular election term, amidst numerous difficulties including the rice price collapse, financial crisis, and various disasters, I never stopped 'prioritizing the lives of citizens'," and introduced changes that transformed citizens' daily lives including attracting a science high school and improvements in care, healthcare, agriculture, and urban environment.

She continued, "Icheon's changes are not the achievement of one person, but a result created together by both citizens and public officials," and said, "I will prepare Icheon's future with citizens so the city can grow as a place where people want to stay and a city of choice."

Meanwhile, 'Kim Kyung-hee, Rewriting Icheon' combines the life of Mayor Kim Kyung-hee, who took her first steps into public service in 1973 and has walked the path of a public official for over 50 years in central ministries and Gyeonggi Provincial Government, and philosophical reflections created together with citizens since her inauguration as Icheon Mayor in July 2022, and is a record containing the process of change in Icheon.