The Korea Times
amn_close.png
amn_bl.png
National
  • Politics
  • Foreign Affairs
  • Multicultural Community
  • Defense
  • Environment & Animals
  • Law & Crime
  • Society
  • Health & Science
amn_bl.png
Business
  • Tech
  • Bio
  • Companies
amn_bl.png
Finance
  • Companies
  • Economy
  • Markets
  • Cryptocurrency
amn_bl.png
Opinion
  • Editorial
  • Columns
  • Thoughts of the Times
  • Cartoon
  • Today in History
  • Blogs
  • Tribune Service
  • Blondie & Garfield
  • Letter to President
  • Letter to the Editor
amn_bl.png
Lifestyle
  • Travel & Food
  • Trends
  • People & Events
  • Books
  • Around Town
  • Fortune Telling
amn_bl.png
Entertainment & Arts
  • K-pop
  • Films
  • Shows & Dramas
  • Music
  • Theater & Others
amn_bl.png
Sports
amn_bl.png
World
  • SCMP
  • Asia
amn_bl.png
Video
  • Korean Storytellers
  • POPKORN
  • Culture
  • People
  • News
amn_bl.png
Photos
  • Photo News
  • Darkroom
amn_NK.png amn_DR.png amn_LK.png amn_LE.png
  • bt_fb_on_2022.svgbt_fb_over_2022.svg
  • bt_twitter_on_2022.svgbt_twitter_over_2022.svg
  • bt_youtube_on_2022.svgbt_youtube_over_2022.svg
  • bt_instagram_on_2022.svgbt_instagram_over_2022.svg
The Korea Times
amn_close.png
amn_bl.png
National
  • Politics
  • Foreign Affairs
  • Multicultural Community
  • Defense
  • Environment & Animals
  • Law & Crime
  • Society
  • Health & Science
amn_bl.png
Business
  • Tech
  • Bio
  • Companies
amn_bl.png
Finance
  • Companies
  • Economy
  • Markets
  • Cryptocurrency
amn_bl.png
Opinion
  • Editorial
  • Columns
  • Thoughts of the Times
  • Cartoon
  • Today in History
  • Blogs
  • Tribune Service
  • Blondie & Garfield
  • Letter to President
  • Letter to the Editor
amn_bl.png
Lifestyle
  • Travel & Food
  • Trends
  • People & Events
  • Books
  • Around Town
  • Fortune Telling
amn_bl.png
Entertainment & Arts
  • K-pop
  • Films
  • Shows & Dramas
  • Music
  • Theater & Others
amn_bl.png
Sports
amn_bl.png
World
  • SCMP
  • Asia
amn_bl.png
Video
  • Korean Storytellers
  • POPKORN
  • Culture
  • People
  • News
amn_bl.png
Photos
  • Photo News
  • Darkroom
amn_NK.png amn_DR.png amn_LK.png amn_LE.png
  • bt_fb_on_2022.svgbt_fb_over_2022.svg
  • bt_twitter_on_2022.svgbt_twitter_over_2022.svg
  • bt_youtube_on_2022.svgbt_youtube_over_2022.svg
  • bt_instagram_on_2022.svgbt_instagram_over_2022.svg
  • Login
  • Register
  • Login
  • Register
  • The Korea Times
  • search
  • all menu
  • Login
  • Subscribe
  • Photos
  • Video
  • World
  • Sports
  • Opinion
  • Entertainment & Art
  • Lifestyle
  • Finance
  • Business
  • National
  • North Korea
  • 1

    Disgraced ex-minister's daughter says she feels proud, qualified as a doctor

  • 3

    Coupang reveals Asia's largest fulfillment center in Daegu

  • 5

    'Celebrity forests' emerge as new K-pop trend in Seoul

  • 7

    Ex-gov't employee summarily indicted for alleged attempt to sell Jungkook's lost hat

  • 9

    Netflix survival show 'Physical 100' attracts viewers with sweat, muscle and human story

  • 11

    Peak Time: Survival show for lesser-known K-pop boy bands to hit air

  • 13

    INTERVIEW'Korea, US can create synergy in space industry': NASA ambassador

  • 15

    Seoul narrows in on new slogan

  • 17

    Chainsaw Fest set to rip apart Club SHARP

  • 19

    Korea opens metaverse platform for Korean-language learning

  • 2

    Singer Lee Seung-gi to marry actor Lee Da-in in April

  • 4

    SM in internal feud over founder's exit from producing

  • 6

    Tiger endures 3 years of solitary confinement in closed zoo

  • 8

    Seoul city zeroes in on foreign residents' unpaid taxes

  • 10

    Rescuers race against time as Turkey-Syria quake death toll passes 5,000

  • 12

    Ex-justice minister, daughter blamed for unrepentant attitude over academic fraud

  • 14

    Korean Peninsula may face fallout from balloon saga

  • 16

    Apple confirms launch of Apple Pay in Korea

  • 18

    Korea to allow currency trading by offshore firms, extend market hours

  • 20

    Korea could resume issuing short-term visas to Chinese visitors soon

Close scrollclosebutton

Close for 24 hours

Open
  • The Korea Times
  • search
  • all menu
  • Login
  • Subscribe
  • Photos
  • Video
  • World
  • Sports
  • Opinion
  • Entertainment & Art
  • Lifestyle
  • Finance
  • Business
  • National
  • North Korea
National
  • Politics
  • Foreign Affairs
  • Multicultural Community
  • Defense
  • Environment & Animals
  • Law & Crime
  • Society
  • Health & Science
Thu, February 9, 2023 | 02:50
Politics
Nam promises to enhance public safety in Gyeonggi
경기의회 또 여소야대…남경필 집행부와 대립 전망
Posted : 2014-06-05 18:54
Updated : 2014-06-05 19:10
Print PreviewPrint Preview
Font Size UpFont Size Up
Font Size DownFont Size Down
  • facebook
  • twitter
  • kakaolink
  • whatsapp
  • reddit
  • mailto
  • link
By Yi Whan-woo

Nam Kyung-pil, governor-elect of Gyeonggi Province
Nam Kyung-pil, governor-elect of Gyeonggi Province
Nam Kyung-pil, the governor-elect of Gyeonggi Province, is expected to try and help President Park Geun-hye and the ruling Saenuri Party regain public confidence in the wake of the Sewol ferry disaster.

The majority of over 300 passengers who were killed or went missing in the sinking of the ferry on April 16 were students from Danwon High School in Ansan, Gyeonggi Province.

And Nam, 49, put public safety as a priority among his main election pledges.

"I believe the voters casted their ballots in the hopes of making Korea safe," Nam said in a speech, Thursday. "I will keep my promise to make Gyeonggi Province safer than ever and I will fulfill my goal by collaborating with the opposition parties."

Nam won a two-way race against the main opposition candidate, Kim Jin-pyo of the New Politics Alliance for Democracy (NPAD) in what was seen as a key battleground in the quadrennial elections.

The Saenuri Party will continue to dominate the country's largest local self-governing body with population of over 12 million for 12 straight years. Nam's predecessor, Kim Moon-soo, was also from the same party and served two consecutive terms previously.

After a stint as a journalist at a local paper, he was first elected a lawmaker in the July 1998 by-election in Suwon, a provincial city where he spent his childhood. He ran for and secured the National Assembly seat his later father, Nam Pyeong-woo previously occupied. Nam senior died aged 62 while serving a second term as a lawmaker for the city.

Nam said during his election campaigning that he will "make sure to win to protect President Park."

To carry out his pledge on public safety, he said he will hold meetings to discuss ways of enhancing a safety control system in the region. The meetings will be chaired by the governor and will run be composed of experts from the public, military as well as private sectors, according to Nam.

He added he will take all political and administrative responsibilities in the event of disasters, allowing emergency management officials to cope with the situations exclusively when accidents occur.

Nam also said he will establish a disaster control center that will capitalize on big data for officers at police, fire stations and other emergency-related organizations to use high-volume data efficiently and prevent accidents.

In his 10-year development plan for north of the province, Nam promised to include Paju in one of the three railways to be constructed for the Great Train Express (GTX) project. This is a high-speed underground rail network project to connect Seoul with its populous neighboring towns.

Nam said he will build 6,000 homes, including 3,500 apartments, over the next four years to help people reduce their housing costs.

He added he will set up a new bus transit center for commuters. Nam also plans to run an additional 179 buses during rush hour in the morning.


경기의회 또 여소야대…남경필 집행부와 대립 전망

군소정당 1석도 못 건져·'칸 외유' 윤화섭 전 의장 합류

 

6.4지방선거 개표 결과 제9대 경기도의회가 제8대와 비슷한 여소야대로 꾸려지게 됐다.

김문수 경기지사에 이어 새누리당 남경필 후보가 당선됨에 따라 여당 집행부와 대립이 불가피할 전망이다.

5일 경기도선거관리위원회에 따르면 이번 지방선거에서 새정치민주연합은 지역구 의석 116석 가운데 72석을 차지했다.

나머지 44석은 새누리당이 가져갔고 군소정당은 1석도 건지지 못했다.

득표율에 따라 당별로 배분되는 12석의 비례대표도 새정치민주연합과 새누리당 이 6석씩 나눠 가졌고 군소정당은 5%를 밑도는 정당투표율로 역시 1석도 얻지 못했다.

이에 따라 9대 도의회 의석분포는 새정치민주연합 78석, 새누리당 50석이 됐다.

8대 도의회 출범때는 민주당(새정치민주연합) 76석, 한나라당(새누리당) 42석, 국민참여당 2석, 민주노동당 1석, 진보신당 1석, 무소속 2석, 교육의원 7석이었다.

새정치민주연합이 76석에서 78석으로, 새누리당이 42석에서 50석으로 각각 늘어났다. 교육의원은 9대 도의회부터 폐지된다.

여소야대의 재연으로 도의회 다수당인 새정치민주연합과 상대당인 새누리당, 새정치민주연합과 남경필 경기지사 당선인의 마찰이 예상된다.

당장 김문수 지사가 재의(再議)를 요구한 '생활임금 지원 조례안'과 '공공산후조리원 설치 및 운영에 관한 조례안'의 도의회 통과를 놓고 격돌할 것으로 보인다.

특히 남 당선인의 핵심 공약인 '굿모닝버스(고속도로나들목 근처 환승센터에서 2분에 1대씩 서울로 출발하는 버스)', '보육준공영제' 등 예산이 수반되는 사업에 대한 제동이 예견된다.

이번 제9대 도의회에는 프랑스 칸영화제 '외유'로 의장직을 사퇴한 윤화섭(새정치민주연합·안산6) 의원과 휴가를 낸 채 선거에 출마한 용인도시공사 직원 2명도 합류해 뒷말이 나오고 있다.

윤 의원은 지난해 5월 경기도-전라남도 상생협약식에 불참한 채 부천국제판타스틱영화제 사무국 예산으로 칸영화제에 다녀온 데다가 '백모상으로 협약식에 참석하지 못했다'고 거짓 해명을 해 여론의 뭇매를 맞고 의장직에서 물러났다.

용인3과 용인5선거구에서 각각 당선된 새정치민주연합 장전형 후보와 남종섭 후보는 용인도시공사 직원 신분으로 휴가를 낸 채 출마해 논란이 일었다.
Emailyistory@ktimes.co.kr Article ListMore articles by this reporter
 
Top 10 Stories
1Korean Peninsula may face fallout from balloon sagaKorean Peninsula may face fallout from balloon saga
2Turkey-Syria earthquake Turkey-Syria earthquake
3[INTERVIEW] 'Growth slowdown can accelerate depletion of retirement pension fund' INTERVIEW'Growth slowdown can accelerate depletion of retirement pension fund'
4SM6 Feel attracts customers with popular options, low price SM6 Feel attracts customers with popular options, low price
5[INTERVIEW] Veteran US photographer gives environment 'visual voice' to chronicle climate change INTERVIEWVeteran US photographer gives environment 'visual voice' to chronicle climate change
6SM's management dispute to benefit KakaoSM's management dispute to benefit Kakao
7Daughter-centered photos, title of honor reinforce speculation over North Korea succession Daughter-centered photos, title of honor reinforce speculation over North Korea succession
8National Assembly votes to impeach interior minister for Itaewon tragedyNational Assembly votes to impeach interior minister for Itaewon tragedy
9Philip Morris seeks to surpass KT&G in e-cigarette market Philip Morris seeks to surpass KT&G in e-cigarette market
10Korean companies move to support victims in earthquake-hit Turkey, SyriaKorean companies move to support victims in earthquake-hit Turkey, Syria
Top 5 Entertainment News
1Decoding success factors of NewJeans: How is it different? Decoding success factors of NewJeans: How is it different?
2SM in internal feud over founder's exit from producing SM in internal feud over founder's exit from producing
3The Boyz member Hyunjae apologizes for wearing hat with Rising Sun flag design The Boyz member Hyunjae apologizes for wearing hat with Rising Sun flag design
4Peak Time: Survival show for lesser-known K-pop boy bands to hit air Peak Time: Survival show for lesser-known K-pop boy bands to hit air
5K-pop stars and dating K-pop stars and dating
DARKROOM
  • Turkey-Syria earthquake

    Turkey-Syria earthquake

  • Nepal plane crash

    Nepal plane crash

  • Brazil capital uprising

    Brazil capital uprising

  • Happy New Year 2023

    Happy New Year 2023

  • World Cup 2022 Final - Argentina vs France

    World Cup 2022 Final - Argentina vs France

CEO & Publisher : Oh Young-jin
Digital News Email : webmaster@koreatimes.co.kr
Tel : 02-724-2114
Online newspaper registration No : 서울,아52844
Date of registration : 2020.02.05
Masthead : The Korea Times
Copyright © koreatimes.co.kr. All rights reserved.
  • About Us
  • Introduction
  • History
  • Contact Us
  • Products & Services
  • Subscribe
  • E-paper
  • RSS Service
  • Content Sales
  • Site Map
  • Policy
  • Code of Ethics
  • Ombudsman
  • Privacy Statement
  • Terms of Service
  • Copyright Policy
  • Family Site
  • Hankook Ilbo
  • Dongwha Group