South Korea's President Lee pushes regional development policy to reduce capital concentration
President Lee Jae-myung addressed local government leaders at the Blue House on Wednesday, calling for intensified policy action to achieve balanced regional growth across South Korea and reduce the extreme concentration of resources in the Seoul capital area. Lee emphasized the need for central and local governments to operate as a unified team to support sustainable development beyond the capital region. He also called on the 15 municipal representatives present to support the government's AI "mega projects."
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- ✓President Lee Jae-myung held a meeting with heads of local governments at the Blue House on Wednesday. (Source: Arirang News video description)
- ✓Lee called for strong policy action on balanced regional growth. (Source: Arirang News)
- ✓Lee identified extreme concentration of resources in the capital area as an obstacle to sustainable growth. (Source: Arirang News)
- ✓Lee called for 'one team' cooperation between central and local governments. (Source: Arirang News)
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- ~Regional inequality remains a structural economic challenge in South Korea requiring policy coordination. (Source: General context; Arirang framing of the policy initiative's necessity)
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