Interior Minister: Zero Crowd Accidents Targeted This Year... Push for Social Disaster Countermeasures Act

Minister of the Interior and Safety Yun Ho-jung stated, "We have achieved zero crowd accidents at densely populated sites such as festivals and events this year," adding, "We will push for the enactment of the Social Disaster Countermeasures Act to systematically prepare for social disasters that threaten the daily lives of citizens."

Minister Yun made the remarks during his opening speech at the parliamentary audit by the National Assembly's Public Administration and Security Committee on the 6th, presenting plans to "build a scientific disaster and safety management system that precisely predicts disasters and responds proactively using artificial intelligence (AI) and data."

Regarding the Serious Crime Investigation Agency launched on the 2nd, Minister Yun emphasized, "While responding firmly to serious crimes that threaten democracy and a fair free-market order, we will also faithfully carry out our mission to protect the human rights of the socially vulnerable."

He continued, "We will establish ourselves as an investigative agency trusted by the public by handling crimes committed by the most powerful in our society while simultaneously protecting the rights of the most powerless," adding, "We will look toward the future in resolving past historical issues and offer a responsible apology for state violence."

Minister Yun also pledged, "We will broadly apply a regional preference index across all policies, taking into account regional disparities, to provide thicker and bolder support to non-capital regions," and added, "Through a reform of the local tax system, we will convert a portion of existing tax sources into a local housing welfare tax to back the expansion of public housing supply by local governments."

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