Gangwon State’s Fishing Village New Deal 3.0: All Three Sites Selected, 70 Billion Won Secured

【Financial News, Donghae-Samcheok = Kim Gi-seop, Staff Writer】Three fishing ports on Gangwon’s east coast will be transformed, with an investment of 70 billion won, into tourism hubs where visitors can stay and enjoy themselves, and into more livable fishing villages.
According to the Gangwon State Government on the 9th, all three sites the province submitted—Mukho Port in Donghae, Samcheok Port in Samcheok, and Gyoam-Munam 2-ri Port in Goseong—were selected in the Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries’ call for proposals for the 2027 Fishing Village New Deal 3.0 project. The total project cost is 70 billion won, of which 37 billion won is funded by the national government.
Mukho Port and Samcheok Port, selected for the Economic Leap type, will each receive 30 billion won. Mukho Port will get a combined seafood and tourism hub with live and fresh fish markets and a startup mall for young entrepreneurs, as well as a distributed hillside hotel, with guest rooms spread throughout the steep hillside village. Improvements to pedestrian facilities, specialized nighttime lighting, and repairs to harbor sanitation facilities are also planned.
At Samcheok Port, a waterfront space will be created to connect with the Jeongna Cultural and Arts Space, and the tsunami safety tower will be used as a tourism attraction. The plan is to create atmospheric alleyways and bring together a specialty seafood processing and sales center with fisheries support facilities, developing the port into a fishing village economic hub where history and culture come together.


Goseong’s Gyoam-Munam 2-ri Port, selected for the Fishing Village Recovery type, will receive 10 billion won to provide infrastructure essential to residents’ daily lives. New care facilities and a Fishing Village Station will be built, pedestrian paths and parking lots will be expanded, and restrooms will be renovated.
Gangwon’s fishing villages have been at risk of disappearing because of a declining fishing population and aging facilities. Ahead of this call for proposals, the Gangwon State Government set the direction of the call for proposals, provided ongoing consultations with experts in fishing village and port regeneration, and coordinated with political leaders.
Since shortly after his election in June, Gangwon State Governor Woo Sang-ho has personally overseen the application process, calling for a two-pronged strategy: preserving the unique traditions of fishing villages while modernizing their facilities.
Governor Woo said, “Thanks to fishing communities and city and county governments working together as one, all three sites we applied for were selected,” adding, “We will complete projects suited to each area’s character on time—from the hillside hotel in Mukho and the waterfront space in Samcheok to the living infrastructure in Goseong—and create a sea that brings young people back and fishing villages where people want to stay.”



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