“Abolish the Super-Regional Special Zones Act Threatening Agricultural Production Base”... Press Conference by Progressive Party Lawmaker Jeon Jong-jeok and Farmers’ Path

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Voices have emerged urging the repeal of the ‘Special Act on the Designation and Operation of Super-Regional Strategic Industrial Special Zones for Locally-Led Growth’ (Super-Regional Special Zones Act), which includes provisions for easing the procedures for lifting agricultural promotion zone designations and diverting agricultural water for industrial use, arguing that it threatens the agricultural production base and food sovereignty. On October 29, Representative Jeon Jong-deok (Proportional Representation) of the Progressive Party and the Farmers’ Path with the People held a press conference at the National Assembly Communication Center, asserting, “The Super-Regional Special Zones Act, which surrenders farmland and agricultural water to corporate industrial development, must be immediately repealed.”

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