◆ [YTN Radio SHINYUL's news]
■ Broadcasting: FM 94.5 (17:00-19:00)
■ Air date: October 10, 2024 (Thursday)
■ Proceedings: Shin Yul, Professor of Political Science and Diplomacy at Myongji University
■ Dialogue: Kim Jin-kyung, Chairman of the Gyeonggi-do Council
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- Making positive changes that can be felt by all residents of Gyeonggi-do in the 'working people's livelihood council'
- Young politician from the 'fourth term council member' does not want to be tied to the existing political structure
- Happy to work directly to develop his hometown, Siheung..Happy to see the change
- Promise to enact the "Local Council Act" and make efforts to realize practical use of decentralization of autonomy
- Trust and trust will make better policies for Gyeonggi-do residents as a council
- Communicate frequently with Gyeonggi-do Governor Kim Dong-yeon..to lead well in the second half of the year
◇ Shin Yul, professor of political and foreign affairs at Myongji University (hereinafter Shin Yul): We will start the first part of Shin Yul's news competition on YTN Radio. The first person I'm going to meet today is the largest local council in the country. We will invite Kim Jin-kyung, chairman of the Gyeonggi-do Provincial Council, to the studio to talk. You're in the studio right now. Please come in.
★ Kim Jin-kyung, Chairman of the Gyeonggi Provincial Council (hereinafter referred to as Kim Jin-kyung): Yes, nice to meet you. This is Kim Jin-kyung, the chairman of the Gyeonggi-do Council, the son of Siheung.
◇ Shin Yul: Gyeonggi Provincial Council. As I told you now, the population is larger than Seoul right now. Gyeonggi-do Province is the largest in the country, so the size of the council is also the largest in the country. I think the Gyeonggi-do council will have a lot of work to do.
★ Kim Jin-kyung: I'm in charge of various things.
◇ Shin Yul: Simply put, the Gyeonggi Provincial Council is doing something right now. Please say something like this.
★ Kim Jin-kyung: Yes. Our Gyeonggi Provincial Council is the largest local council in Korea with 156 seats. Therefore, I think it is the role of the Congress to carefully examine the current issues of 31 cities and counties and to represent the various voices of our residents in 14.1 million. There is also an important task of monitoring, checking, and cooperating with Gyeonggi-do Province and the Gyeonggi-do Office of Education. So, if you look at Gyeonggi-do, it is the largest metropolitan government in Korea in terms of population and economy. Therefore, there are a lot of complicated matters such as issues covered by Congress and various issues. So, for example, the special problems of the border area, the strategies for industrial and economic development, the win-win development of cities and rural areas, and the welfare policy must be strengthened, and recently, the environment and climate response are endless. Therefore, I think the most important thing is not to focus on a specific region or group, but to synthesize the various needs and voices of the residents. So, as a working people's livelihood council in the second half of the 11th, I would like to say that I will do my best to make positive changes that can be felt by all residents of the province.
◇ Shin Yul: But you have to talk about that. Also, I think the Gyeonggi-do council is only half right now. Half the power of the Democratic Party and half the people.
★ Kim Jin-kyung: There are two 76-76 New Reform Party.
◇ Shin Yul: So there are half of them, but I think it'll be hard for the chairman to coordinate them.
★ Kim Jin-kyung: Still, the representatives of both parties are good at cooperating and communicating is the most important thing, so I think they're going well without difficulty.
◇ Shin-yul: But our chairman is young, but isn't this going to happen again with his youth?
★ Kim Jin-kyung: Not really.
◇ Shin Yul: Excuse me, aren't you in your 40s?
★ Kim Jin-kyung: It's 49 in ten thousand.
◇ Shin Yul: We're in our 40s! Didn't the government decide to officially meet everything these days? That's in your 40s. But when you do this, you have a lot of thoughts and since you became a chairman as a young politician, I think your feelings will be different.
★ Kim Jin-kyung: First of all, I'm a little grateful, but my shoulders are a little heavy. Because you have to be responsible and representative, you have a lot of responsibility, but what's strong is that behind us are Siheung citizens, provincial residents, and our lawmakers. I want to play the role of chairman confidently and confidently, and for example, the residents of the province come to this interview room. Then when I go in, you say that. The chairman is young, so please say so. Then I'll tell you that again. Yes, I'm in my 40s. He's a young chairman again. So people with experience think that the chairman is a little older.
◇ Sin-ryul: That's right. Sure.
★ Kim Jin-kyung: I want to say that I don't want you to think like that anymore, and since I'm a young politician in my 40s and chairman, I don't want to be tied to the existing political structure. So, I want to put down some authority and communicate honestly with the provincial residents, citizens, and lawmakers, and even with our beloved office staff. And I think it would be my role to listen to some policies and make some policies on what we want and need for our provincial residents.
◇ Shin Yul: You seem to be going out a lot.
★ Kim Jin-kyung: Yes. I tend to go out a lot.
◇ Sin Yul: That's important. But what made you do politics at a young age? What made you decide to do politics?
★ Kim Jin-kyung: First of all, Siheung is where I was born and raised. That's why I have a lot of attachment to Siheung.
◇ Do you still live there?
★ Kim Jin-kyung: I'm still living here. Siheung is divided into three areas. So in a way, it's divided like an island. For example, there are application rights, Yeonseongwon, and Jeongwangkwon, but the residents have separate amenities. So, I have to watch performances and shopping at department stores in Siheung, but there are not many things like that, so there are many cases where people go to Bucheon for application rights, Anyang for Yeonseonggwon, and Ansan or Incheon for Jeongwanggwon. So the convenience of the residents' lives was a little uncomfortable, and the city was cut off. So after seeing that, I wanted to be a city council member from my 40s. That's what I thought. I heard that there was a general election in 2008. In April, former lawmaker Baek Won-woo came to the general election and was elected, and there was a by-election for the Gyeonggi-do Provincial Councilors two months later. That's when I ran for office. I got that offer. Are you interested in politics? So now I want to do it from my 40s. Since you said that, let's run. So now I'm running and I've been working for the region so far. So, I'm a little happy to be able to work in person for the development of my hometown, and don't you see the changes while touching the residents? Whenever I see that, I'm always deeply grateful.
◇ Shin-yul: After all, you've been living there all along and entered politics because of the problems you're experiencing, but you can't describe it as a local management when you're the chairman now, but I think it'll be a little hard for you to be compatible with your local work.
★ Kim Jin-kyung: Thankfully, the residents gave me warm support rather than worry, and I became the first chairman in Siheung. I feel so good because you said this. At the same time, I feel a lot of responsibility to meet those expectations. Siheung can be said to be a city with potential. Because we went from a mid-sized city to a big city, the population now is about 580,000. Therefore, it is close to Seoul and adjacent to Incheon, so it is geographically advantageous. And now that the housing district has not been completed yet, if the housing district is completed, Siheung has the potential to grow indefinitely. "How do you manage your district?" You said this earlier, but you trusted me and made the choice four times. It gave me the opportunity to work for all regions, but I don't think I should feel disadvantaged by Siheung and Siheung citizens just because I became the chairman. Next, I have to play twice as hard to succeed in both of them because I have to manage my role as chairman and my district. That's why there are a lot of these events every weekend holiday on the weekend. Then, I communicate with local residents at the event, listen to all the policies that need budget, and I'm taking notes to reflect that. Although I am the chairman and have a district in Siheung-si, I think I want to work hard on my parliamentary activities so as not to disappoint as a fourth-term lawmaker.
◇ Sin-ryul: You said it was over 500,000, but from an urban sociological point of view. It's about 200,000 to 250,000 people. In fact, anonymity is guaranteed, so security issues and other problems can actually arise, so if it gets bigger, there are good aspects and bad aspects, so I think you should be careful about that.
★ Kim Jin-kyung: Okay.
◇ Sin Yul: No, I'm saying this is urban sociologically. Anyway, Siheung is like that, and don't you have another goal as chairman?
★ Kim Jin-kyung: When I came out as chairman, I made three pledges in a big frame. It's like a working people's livelihood council, secondly, communication and cooperation, and thirdly, an advanced council that leads the future of local autonomy. So, we are currently overhauling a specific system. First of all, we have formed an ordinance implementation team management team to check so that our lawmakers can systematically support and manage legislative activities. Also, as the National Assembly has laws, local councils have ordinances. So this ordinance is an opportunity to analyze whether it is really being implemented well and to check the performance. So I would like to say that I actively support the legislative activities of the lawmakers. The second is the parliamentary policy promotion team. This is currently ongoing. So, two of the eight lawmakers are now working as members, and the 31 cities and counties of Gyeonggi-do and Gyeonggi-do Office of Education have formed a parliamentary policy promotion team to discover local issues, put policies on the agenda, and cooperate with the executive to achieve practical results. The third is the Financial Strategy Meeting. That's why the ruling and opposition parties gather together to discuss budgeting, execution, and parliament. Then, I don't think that will happen because communication comes and goes first when we review the budget or budget. So, we are planning to operate as efficiently as possible, and finally, we want to hold a series of meetings with civil society and advanced organizations. So, whether it's by field or topic, or by occupation and by gathering various opinions from the residents' self-governing council, we're trying to reflect social voices and expand the left side of cooperation. So now, each department is pushing for each pledge and is working to actually implement this pledge.
◇ Shin Yul: You just mentioned the budget, even when we actually set up an organization. In fact, the organization is not organized based on two things: finance and personnel. But now, I honestly don't know about Gyeonggi-do, but as far as I know, the financial independence of each local government is not high. In this state, in fact, decentralization of autonomy will not be very easy. So, since you're the chairman, we're talking a lot about decentralization of autonomy. Do you think it's possible to decentralize autonomy in this situation or do you have any plans?
★ Kim Jin-kyung: It's hard to see right now. That's why it's also in my pledge. It's the enactment of the Local Council Act. It's been 30 years since the local government was revived. Now that it's been 30 years, the right to personnel management is independent, but the right to organize the organization and organize the budget is not independent. So now, in a way, I think it's half independence. That's why we are the first autonomous organization in the nation to be formed by the Gyeonggi Provincial Council four years ago as the Autonomous Decentralization Development Committee. That's why we created an organization to seek the development of autonomy and improvement of the system, but last year, we temporarily changed this organization to a permanent organization, further strengthening its symbolism and effectiveness. So, we are planning to make a new start on November 5th by forming a more systematic committee for the development of autonomy and decentralization in the second half of the 11th. Therefore, the goal is to find more effective ways to strengthen autonomy by closely analyzing local system improvement tasks, data accumulated so far, and activities. In addition, our Gyeonggi-do Provincial Council is the only local council in the country to support parliamentary activities of the National Assembly in Yeouido in April.
◇ Shin Yul: It's a kind of Seoul office in addition to Gyeonggi-do, right?
★ Kim Jin-kyung: That's right. This is the Seoul office in Gyeonggi Province. So, currently, provincial councilors meet with lawmakers or meet their aides and communicate there, and they mainly use it as a place like that. Then, in order for us to do these organizations, we will do our best to make the most of the unique system of the Gyeonggi-do Provincial Council to realize the practical use of autonomy.
◇ Shin Yul: But talking to the chairman like this, I have this thought. In fact, you said you just got your fourth term. In this case, politics needs to have a natural aspect. Why do you like to keep getting along with people? There needs to be things like this. But since you're good at things like that, didn't you do it diagonally? When you evaluate yourself, what kind of person do you rate yourself?
★ Kim Jin-kyung: In a way, it can be my pride, and other people... No.
◇ Shin Yul: I asked you on purpose to brag.
★ Kim Jin-kyung: Because I want to tell you that I'm a person of trust and trust and loyalty. To be honest, I was a bit of an introvert before this politics. So what doesn't seem like it at all is that I've met a lot of people while doing politics, so I feel it because my personality has become this active. So one day, I had a meal with our staff. What's your MBTI when you're eating? That's what I'm asking. So I said isfj. .
◇ Shin Yul: I can't memorize it, so I put it in my cell phone.
★ Kim Jin-kyung: That's right to say this. He is shy, realistic, decent, and well-planned. They told me this. So when I heard it, my MBTI was right. So, I want to remain a person who is always honest and consistent.
◇ Shin Yul: But isn't there going to be a lot of drinking?
★ Kim Jin-kyung: Yes, that's right.
◇ Are you usually good at drinking?
★ Kim Jin-kyung: I didn't do well before, but now I've improved a little bit in politics.
◇ Sin-ryul: Normally, the more you drink, the better you get. But the important thing is, don't you have to take care of your health separately?
★ Kim Jin-kyung: That's right. I think health care is the most important thing in legislative activities. Even in a busy schedule, you have to faithfully play your role as the chairman, and you have to work hard because you are a local councilor in Siheung-si. So, I think taking care of your physical strength is the most important thing. But no matter how late I get home, I wake up at around 4:30 the next day. That's why I maintain my physical strength.
◇ Sin Yul: 4:30?
★ Kim Jin-kyung: I wake up at 4:30.
◇ Shin Yul: How many hours do you sleep a day?
★ Kim Jin-kyung: About 4 hours.
◇ Sin Yul: That's not health care. It's a health hazard.
★ Kim Jin-kyung: But I think I'm satisfied with that because I do weight training and aerobic exercise. I think that's why my physical strength gets better, so I'm trying to maintain my physical strength, and since I go in late like this, I can't neglect my self-management. So, while exercising, I'm always taking care of myself so that I don't neglect my self-care.
◇ Shin Yul: But one of my high school classmates sleeps four hours. 3 to 4 hours. But other than that, I'm meeting you for the first time today. There are people who sleep for three or four hours like this, but anyway, everyone in politics. When I do something, I keep having new thoughts, so our own direction. Philosophy is a little too grand, but we have directions and things like that. What did you get?
★ Kim Jin-kyung: First of all, I'm a four-character idiom. Also, as a politician, I want to do some politics for the next generation. Therefore, politics must be practical, and the focus must be on improving the lives of the residents, there must be fast and accurate feedback, and implementation is a principle. Therefore, when I was a councilor, I focused on solving problems in the field directly, but now I think I should have a different accessibility as a chairman. So I think it is important to lay the foundation for the entire Gyeonggi-do Council to work more effectively for the residents. In addition, I think that beyond solving individual problems, we should provide support so that all activities of the provincial council and our council members can achieve the best results. So, I would like to say that the Gyeonggi-do Provincial Council, where people work when they feel it, is unexpected for people's livelihoods.
◇ Shin Yul: Our YTN radio's audible rights are actually terrestrial until Daejeon, but of course, Gyeonggi-do is an audible right. If there's something you wanted to say, you can do it through the broadcast.
★ Kim Jin-kyung: Yes, I see. Thank you. First of all, I would like to say that as a parliament that gives dreams, hopes, trust and faith, I will make better policies for the people of Gyeonggi-do Province and strive to improve the quality of life. And I listen to the small voices of the residents in a lower position. I promise that better games will also move forward without shaking toward a brighter tomorrow. Thank you.
◇ Shin Yul: When you look at the chairman, you're going to continue your political career, right?
★ Kim Jin-kyung: Yes, yes, that's right.
◇ Shin Yul: Then there can be a city council member, you can do more, and you can run in the general election again, right?
★ Kim Jin-kyung: I haven't thought about that yet, but I think it's a little important to the local area.
◇ Shin Yul: Let's stay true to the present!
★ Kim Jin-kyung: That's right. Because we have 156 seats and the same seats, I think it's right for our residents to do so without any inconvenience, depending on how much they communicate and cooperate.
◇ Sin-ryul: It can be something if you do it. That's what you're talking about. I promise to work hard at it. There's a lot of talk in Gyeonggi-do these days. Governor Kim Dong-hyun, who is governor of Gyeonggi-do Province, is a potential presidential candidate. How do you see it?
★ Kim Jin-kyung: Since I became the chairman, I have trust and trust with the governor, so I am communicating well. I watch it often without any problems. So I think I will lead well in the second half without difficulty.
◇ She seems to have a big dream, too. How should I express it? Should I say that I'll cheer for you?
★ Kim Jin-kyung: I will support you in whatever you do. I think I have no choice but to tell you this.
◇ Sin-ryul: It means you have to be happy. So in the end, I see. But talking to a young person makes me feel like I'm getting this energy, too. This is definitely what matters. Thank you. I was a little tired because I had a lot of classes today, but thanks to that, I recovered from my fatigue.
★ Kim Jin-kyung: Thank you so much.
◇ Shin Yul: Thank you for your hard work today. Thank you. This has been Kim Jin-kyung, chairman of the Gyeonggi Provincial Council.
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