Meeting of Foreign Companies and Investors..."Invest in Seoul by Trust"
"High civic awareness in the city council…Seoul Is a Safe City"
"Seoul Ranked 6th in City Competitiveness...Support for full investment attraction"
Amid growing concerns over political and economic uncertainty after the martial law crisis, Seoul Mayor Oh Se-hoon met directly with foreign financial and investment officials.
Mayor Oh reassured Seoul as a city with high investment value, saying that the current political turmoil will end in a month or two at the most.
This is reporter Cha Jung-yoon.
[Reporter]
Seoul Mayor Oh Se-hoon held an emergency economic meeting for four consecutive days.
Following domestic economic organizations, the tourism industry, and 25 autonomous districts, this time, he met with officials from foreign financial and investment companies such as the U.S. Chamber of Commerce in Korea.
Oh said South Korea is quickly stabilizing and the political turmoil will stabilize within a month or two, asking Seoul to invest with confidence.
[Oh Se-hoon / Mayor of Seoul: This political turmoil is expected to stabilize in at least a month or two. As an attractive investment destination, Seoul's value will remain unchanged. If you invest in Seoul and even Korea now, I'm sure the negligence will be greater than ever.]
As for the downtown rally sites such as Gwanghwamun and Yeouido, he stressed that Seoul is still the safest city in the world, showing a high sense of citizenship without a single safety accident.
In addition, referring to Seoul's recent ranking in the World Urban Comprehensive Competitiveness Index,
We also promised full support, including the establishment of a solution center to solve the difficulties of foreign-invested companies and a think tank for strategic advice.
Mayor Oh, who was the first head of a regional organization in the ruling party to approve the impeachment of President Yoon Suk Yeol, is expected to focus on economic issues for the time being and provide a political message as a presidential candidate.
I'm YTN's Cha Jung Yoon.
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