Take office as Mayor of Gwangju

Gwangju, South Korea · 1,415,000 people · Heritage City

Honoring democratization heritage sites while promoting the city's arts and cuisine scene.

The record Gwangju keeps on the Board of Mayors is still unwritten. Take office and write its opening chapter.

The city

Landmark: May 18th National Cemetery.

• Site of the 1980 Gwangju Uprising, a pivotal event in South Korea's democratization movement.
• Widely regarded as a center of Korean traditional arts and regional cuisine.

How a term works

Take office and each day brings a live situation from the city's services: a decision to make and a result that is measured. A term is judged on approval, infrastructure, environment and innovation, within the city's budget, and every term adds to the record Gwangju keeps on the Board of Mayors. Mayors message and confer with one another, form councils, trade with neighbouring cities and send aid where it is needed. Cities rise together.

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• Hwasun
• Jangseong
• Naju
• Damyang
• Koch'ang
• Yeonggwang
• Muan
• Yeongam

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