Gyeonggi Province Governor Kim Moon-soo's Assets Increase by 83.27 Million Won

Gyeonggi Province Governor Kim Moon-soo's assets increased by 83.27 million won over the past year.

According to the ethics report released on the 27th by the Government Ethics Commission on the 2009 asset changes for high-ranking local government officials including the Gyeonggi Province governor, vice governor, and provincial assembly members, Governor Kim's assets grew from 225.988 million won last year to 309.263 million won through salary savings and interest income.

Governor Kim's wife, Seol Nan-young, purchased a mid-size vehicle with a displacement of 2,656cc for 28.819 million won.

An Yang-ho, the first vice governor for administration, saw his assets decrease by 23.935 million won from 1.08084 billion won to 980.450 million won due to education loan payments for his children.

Jin Jong-seol, the chairman of the Gyeonggi Province Assembly (Hannara Party·Goyang), saw his assets increase by 18.242 million won from 167.916 million won to 186.158 million won.

Provincial Assembly Member Jung In-young (Hannara Party·Yangpyeong) held the largest assets at 7.799286 billion won, while Assembly Member Park Kwang-jin (Hannara Party·Anyang) held the smallest at minus 733.953 million won. Assembly Member Jung's assets increased by 1.06056 billion won over the year due to land price increases.

Among basic local government heads in the province, 25 out of 31 city mayors and county heads (80%) saw asset increases, while 6 heads (20%) experienced decreases.

The local leader with the most assets is Pyeongtaek Mayor Song Myung-ho, with total assets of 11.292979 billion won. Even so, this represents a decrease of 345.312 million won over the year due to his children's debt and declining fund returns.