{"id":243894,"date":"2026-02-10T17:07:02","date_gmt":"2026-02-10T08:07:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tenbizt.com\/en\/news\/uncategorized\/2026\/02\/10\/park-hee-jung-revitalize-pohang-key\/"},"modified":"2026-04-15T15:51:58","modified_gmt":"2026-04-15T06:51:58","slug":"park-hee-jung-revitalize-pohang-key","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tenbizt.com\/en\/news\/politics\/2026\/02\/10\/park-hee-jung-revitalize-pohang-key\/","title":{"rendered":"Can Park Hee-jung Revitalize Pohang? 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[Photo=Park Hee-jung, Pohang City Councilor]<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p> During her announcement, Park stated, &#8220;Pohang is facing one of its most challenging periods.&#8221; She highlighted various indicators, including population decline, deteriorating employment, and increasing business closures.<\/p>\n<p> As a three-term councilor, Park&#8217;s candidacy is expected to shake up the dynamics of the upcoming June 3 Pohang mayoral election, especially with the current mayor facing term limits.<\/p>\n<p> Park pointed out, &#8220;The registered population, which was 519,000 in 2014, has decreased to 488,000 in 2025, and the number of workers in the steel industrial complex has dropped from 16,000 to 13,000.&#8221; She added, &#8220;The employment rate in the first half of 2025 is 59.6%, below the national average of 61.4%, and the unemployment rate has risen to 3.3%. The business closure rate is projected to reach 10.7% in 2024.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p> Emphasizing her experience in addressing the steel industry crisis, she stated, &#8220;I took action, not just words, to designate our area as a preemptive response zone for employment crises.&#8221; She added, &#8220;We need a mayor from the ruling party who can work in sync with the federal government to design and implement national projects.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p> Regarding this election, <strong><\/strong> Park asserted, &#8220;This local election occurs while the Democratic Party is responsible for national governance, creating a significant opportunity for change through collaboration between the federal government and local administration.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p> Pohang has a history of electing Democratic Party mayors, and in the 2018 local elections, Democratic candidate Heo Dae-man came close to winning with 42.41% of the votes.<\/p>\n<p> With the current mayor facing term limits, a new competitive landscape is forming, renewing attention on the Democratic Party&#8217;s potential to challenge for leadership.<\/p>\n<p> During the press conference, Park presented her vision for the city under the slogan &#8220;Rebooting Pohang with Park Hee-jung.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p> First, she promised to create a &#8220;city that attracts national strategic projects&#8221; by securing the National Arctic Shipping Information Center and fostering marine, logistics, energy, and data industries in preparation for the Arctic shipping era.<\/p>\n<p> Second, she proposed transitioning Pohang into a &#8220;city of industry for the next 100 years&#8221; through innovation in the steel industry, responding to RE100 and carbon neutrality goals, and developing a maintenance, repair, and overhaul (MRO) industry for naval vessels and ships, along with a community-driven energy transition model.<\/p>\n<p> Third, she vowed to create a &#8220;city that retains its residents&#8221; by introducing free public transportation for youth, a package for young adults settling down, and a system to address women&#8217;s career interruptions.<\/p>\n<p> Park Hee-jung has been elected in three local elections\u2014in 2014, 2018, and 2022\u2014serving as a three-term city councilor and chair of the Administrative Affairs Committee in the 9th Pohang City Council. Until recently, she led the Democratic Party&#8217;s regional committee for Pohang&#8217;s Nam-gu and Ulleung-gun districts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Park Hee-jung, a councilor from the Democratic Party, announces candidacy for Pohang mayor, focusing on population decline and job issues.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/contents-cdn.viewus.co.kr\/image\/2026\/02\/CP-2023-0070\/image-7d918f5d-a144-42c4-b7e3-f74dec8dbbb3.jpeg","footnotes":""},"categories":[278093],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-243894","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Can Park Hee-jung Revitalize Pohang? 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