
AI-generated summary
Approximately 82% of Gyeonggi-do's military facility protection zones are concentrated in the northern Gyeonggi border area, and military facility protection zones occupy 92.6% and 87.6% of the administrative districts of Yeoncheon-gun and Paju City, respectively. The current border area support special law does not apply first to the Seoul Metropolitan Area Readjustment Planning Act and the Military Bases and Military Facilities Protection Act, which has limitations in resolving overlapping regulations.
Gyeonggi Research Institute announced on the 5th that it has published 'A Study on Implementation Plans for the Realization of an International Peace City in the Border Area', which contains measures to transform the northern Gyeonggi border area from a policy object centered on regulation and support into a strategic growth base leading the peace economy and international cooperation on the Korean Peninsula.
According to research, about 82% of Gyeonggi-do's military facility protection areas are concentrated in northern Gyeonggi Province.
Military facility protection areas in Yeoncheon-gun and Paju-si amount to 92.6% and 87.6% of the area of each administrative district, and in Gimpo-si, they also reach 70.8%.
However, the current border area support special law does not apply first to the Seoul Metropolitan Area Readjustment Planning Act and the Military Bases and Military Facilities Protection Act, so there are limitations in resolving overlapping regulations.
Accordingly, the researchers emphasized the need for an active development strategy that utilizes the growth potential of border areas and proposed the creation of an international peace city.
The International Peace City is a policy platform that combines the creation of a foundation for inter-Korean cooperation, attracting international organizations and international NGOs, fostering regional specialized industries, revitalizing ecology, culture, and tourism, and special regulations.
The idea is to go beyond simple urban development or designate special zones and reorganize the border area into a strategic space where peace cooperation, industrial exchange, and international networks combine.
The researchers proposed the following key strategies for this: ▲ establishment of a peace cooperation platform and international network ▲ expansion of regional specialized industrial base ▲ regulatory special provisions and institutional innovation ▲ establishment of a hyper-regional cooperation system.
Researcher Cho Seong-taek said, “Border areas have endured special sacrifices for a long time for national security, but have not been able to secure sufficient opportunities for development due to overlapping regulations.” He added, “Now, a policy shift is needed to view them as strategic growth bases that prepare for and lead a peace economy on the Korean Peninsula, rather than as simple objects of support and compensation.”
AI outlook — possibilities, not facts
Discussions on regulatory special provisions and institutional innovation to create an international peace city in the northern Gyeonggi border area will begin in earnest.
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