The Rebuilding Korea Party resolved on Oct. 10 to introduce a full-scale revision of the "Special Act on Support for Pyeongtaek and Other Cities Following the Relocation of U.S. Forces Korea Bases" (Pyeongtaek Support Special Act) as a party-wide initiative, during an on-site plenary meeting held at the Godeok STV Knowledge Industrial Center in Pyeongtaek, Gyeonggi Province. All 12 party lawmakers attended the meeting, including party leader Cho Kuk, who is running in the June by-election for the National Assembly seat in Pyeongtaek-B.
"Pyeongtaek is a city that simultaneously hosts Samsung Electronics' campus, the world's largest single semiconductor factory, and Camp Humphreys, the largest single overseas U.S. military base in the world," Cho said. "I will elevate this city — the most powerful driver of the AI boom and a symbol of the Korea-U.S. alliance — into 'The Global AI Nexus, Pyeongtaek.'"
The Rebuilding Korea Party plans to abolish the sunset clause of the special act, which has been extended four times since its enactment in 2005, and to stipulate state subsidy provisions in the law itself rather than in enforcement decrees. Through this, the party envisions expanding transportation infrastructure support, including the construction and expansion of roads in heavily trafficked sections, the broadening of public transit routes and improvements to transfer systems, and the expansion of traffic safety facilities for school commutes.
The party also officially launched the "One-Stone-Thirteen-Birds Lawmakers' Volunteer Corps," in which its 12 lawmakers will divide and take charge of local issues across eight eup, myeon, and dong districts in the Pyeongtaek-B constituency. The plan is to organically match key regional issues in areas such as Godeok-dong, Poseung-eup, Paengseong-eup, and Anjung-eup with the legislative capabilities of relevant National Assembly standing committees for dedicated management.
Cho urged the lawmakers, "I hope you will think of Pyeongtaek as your own constituency. Please meet and listen to each and every resident so that the people of Pyeongtaek will feel, 'Electing Cho Kuk means gaining 12 more lawmakers — it's one stone and thirteen birds.'"
The Rebuilding Korea Party lawmakers plan to visit religious facilities in the Pyeongtaek-B area the same day. Before and after worship services, Masses, and Buddhist gatherings, they will greet citizens on the streets of nearby commercial districts and continue holding meetings and close-contact support activities.
