Hwaseong City and National Museum of Korea Sign Agreement on Securing Natural History Resources and Research Cooperation

Hwaseong City and the National Museum of Korea in Daejeon signed a "business agreement on securing and joint utilization of Mongolian natural history resources" at City Hall's reception room on the 19th.

Through this agreement, the two organizations plan to actively pursue the securing and research of Mongolian natural history resources.

Additionally, the city plans to strengthen its competitiveness in outstanding resources, research, and exhibition capabilities in the domestic natural sciences field.

At the event, Hwaseong Mayor Chae In-seok said, "The city possesses diverse fossil resources including dinosaur egg fossil sites and Korearatops hwaseongensis fossils," adding, "We expect the city to serve as a foundation for the development of natural science research in South Korea."

Kim Ju-han, director of the National Museum of Korea, said, "The city's efforts in natural science resources and research are very impressive," and pledged, "I will contribute to supporting the city's natural history resource research and dinosaur research initiatives as well as the establishment of a natural science research center."

Meanwhile, the city is accelerating preparations for becoming a natural science city by establishing a Dinosaur Natural Research Center and Dinosaur Fossil Museum in Gojeong-ri, Songsan-myeon.