Policy Background – Geopolitical Characteristics of Gangwon State

• The only divided province in the world.
• A limit to development - a substantive issue that Gangwon State has faced due to its division.
• Changes in the international situation that might transform the East Sea into a sea of peace.
• A great provincial desire for the unification of North and South Korea.

Policy Basis

“A decentralized and microscopic approach that actively contributes to a nation´s policies within the national framework”

• Vertical participation of local government and horizontal participation of civic and social groups (decentralized approach).
• Small but substantial close cooperation at the local level (microscopic approach).

Basic Principles

“Collective Participation, Feasibility, and Substantial Cooperation”

• Benefiting the interests and co-prosperity of North and South Gangwon State.
• Pursuing appropriate moral obligations and the mutual material interests of inter-Korean exchanges and cooperation projects.
• Promoting policies based on pan-provincial concurrence and consensus.