Suwon Mayor Lee Jae-jun: "Make All-out Efforts to Establish Integrated Defense Posture"

Suwon Mayor Lee Jae-jun presided over the '2026 Eulji Exercise-linked Suwon Integrated Defense Council' at the City Hall Disaster and Safety Situation Room on the 12th, urging, "I hope all members of the Integrated Defense Council will make every effort to establish an integrated defense posture so that the Eulji Exercise proceeds successfully."

The meeting, attended by Mayor Lee Jae-jun as chairman of the Integrated Defense Council, Suwon Special City Council Speaker Kim Mi-gyeong, and 19 council members from the integrated civilian-government-military-police defense sector, proceeded with Mayor Lee's remarks, reports on 2026 Eulji Exercise preparations, military pre-coordination matters and agenda reports, deliberation on agenda items, and discussions.

Mayor Lee stated, "Please do your best to strengthen regional security so that we can respond swiftly and without gaps to any crisis."

The Eulji Exercise is a comprehensive national emergency preparedness drill conducted to protect the lives and property of the people in preparation for emergency situations caused by war.

This year's Eulji Exercise (UFS-Eulji Shield of Liberty) will be held from the 18th to 21st for three nights and four days. The objective is to "establish a perfect national emergency preparedness posture through exercises on regional provocation before war, national crisis management and wartime transition procedures, and full-scale national mobilization exercises after the outbreak of war."

Suwon City, the Army's 2819th Unit 3rd Battalion, Jangan, Gwonseon, Paldal, and Yeongdeung Police Stations, Suwon and Suwon South Fire Departments, Suwon Detention Center, Suwon Probation Office, Korea Electric Power Corporation Gyeonggi Headquarters, Samcholli City Gas, and Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. will participate. The exercise force is organized into 21 teams consisting of 580 personnel.

On the 18th morning, Eulji Class 2 emergency will be declared, and operation of the wartime comprehensive situation room will commence. In the afternoon, an initial situation briefing will be held chaired by Suwon Mayor Lee Jae-jun. On the 19th, discussion on wartime budget planning will take place, and on the 20th, civil defense drills with full public participation following war declaration and practical exercises for drone terrorism countermeasures (Suwon Sports Complex) will be conducted. The situation will end on the afternoon of the 21st.