85 times the area of the soccer field, which could only be farmed, was lifted.

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Gangwon Province, which changed its name to Special Self-Governing Province in June, has started exercising its authority for the first time.

The key is to lift various regulations tied to Gangwon-do, and the first plan is to lift the so-called "absolute farmland" that can only be farmed and use it for various development purposes.Reporter

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It is coastal-myeon, Yanggu-gun, Gangwon-do.

It's a recessed terrain called a 'punch bowl'.

Gangwon-do has decided to lift 250,000 square meters of so-called "absolute farmland," an agricultural promotion area in the area.

Absolute farmland designated to prevent the reduction of farmland is tied up so that it cannot be used for purposes other than farming.

Most of them are owned by Yanggu County Office, and development is expected to be possible in the future.

[Lee Hyung-min / Yanggu County Office Ecological Forest Division: Due to facility constraints and absolute farmland constraints, the project could not be promoted. If it's actually lifted, we're going to push ahead with a lot of projects that we can give back to our residents.

After designating the area as a "rural vitality promotion district," Gangwon-do decided to create a wildflower garden requested by Yanggu-gun.

It's the first time in the country, and it's the first exercise of authority since changing its name to Gangwon State in June.

The authority to lift absolute farmland is actually in the central government. However, after the transition to the special autonomy, the authority was temporarily transferred to Gangwon-do for three years.In addition to

Yanggu Coastal-myeon, Gangneung, Cheorwon, and Inje-gun have decided to release 61ha of absolute farmland and 85 times the area of soccer fields.

Instead, they decided to build an ecological experience center, a park golf course, and a local fish species center that the local government wanted.

[Kim Jin-tae / Governor of Gangwon-do: It will signal the reform of the four major regulations (farmland, military, forest, and environment). We will continue to expand and revitalize rural areas.]

The size of absolute farmland that Gangwon-do can solve with a three-year special case is up to 4,000ha and 12 million pyeong.

In the future, we plan to receive additional applications, and to prevent disturbances, local governments, not individuals, have set a development plan, and the minimum area is set at 3ha and more than 9,000 pyeong.

I'm YTN Jihwan.

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