Suwon Mayor Lee Jae-jun: "Spare No Effort in Establishing Integrated Defense Posture"

Suwon Mayor Lee Jae-jun presided over the '2026 Ulchi Exercise-Linked Suwon City Integrated Defense Council' at the City Hall Disaster and Safety Situation Room on the 12th, urging, "I hope the members of the Integrated Defense Council will spare no effort in establishing an integrated defense posture so that the Ulchi Exercise can proceed successfully."

The meeting, attended by Mayor Lee Jae-jun, who chairs the Integrated Defense Council, Kim Mi-kyung, President of the Suwon Special Status City Council, and 19 members of the civil-military-police Integrated Defense Council, proceeded with Mayor Lee's opening remarks, a report on 2026 Ulchi Exercise preparations, reports on military advance cooperation matters and agenda items, deliberation on agenda items, and discussions.

The mayor stated, "Please do your utmost to strengthen regional security so that we can respond swiftly and seamlessly to any crisis."

The Ulchi Exercise is a comprehensive national emergency preparedness drill designed to protect the lives and property of citizens in preparation for a wartime emergency.

This year's Ulchi Exercise (UFS—Ulchi Freedom Shield) will be held from the 18th to the 21st for three nights and four days. The objective is to 'establish a complete national emergency preparedness posture through exercises in regional provocations and national crisis management before war, wartime conversion procedures, and total national mobilization exercises following the outbreak of war.'

Suwon City, the 3rd Battalion of the Army's 2819 Unit, police departments in Jangan, Gwonseon, Paldal, and Yeongtong districts, Suwon and Suwon Southern Fire Departments, Suwon Detention Center, Suwon Probation Office, Korea Electric Power Corporation Gyeonggi Headquarters, Samchuli City Gas, and Samsung Electronics will participate. The exercise organization consists of 21 teams with 580 personnel.

On the 18th morning, Ulchi Level 2 situation will be declared, and operation of the wartime comprehensive situation room will begin. In the afternoon, the first situation report meeting will be held under the chairmanship of Suwon Mayor Lee Jae-jun. On the 19th, wartime budget compilation will be discussed, and on the 20th, civil defense drills involving all citizens in preparation for air raids following a declaration of war and actual drills in preparation for drone terrorism (at Suwon Sports Complex) will be conducted. The situation will end in the afternoon on the 21st.