The first plenary session of the Jeonnam Gwangju Unified Special City Council is being held at the Jeonnam Provincial Council in Samhyang-eup, Muan-gun, Jeollanam-do at midnight on the 1st. On this day, the Unified Council began the process of forming the first half of the council, including electing the first chairman and processing the necessary self-governance laws for launch. Yonhap News Jeonnam Gwangju Unified Special City, Korea's first model of administrative integration for metropolitan governments, was officially launched on the 1st. As of midnight on this day, Jeonnam Gwangju Unified City was established in accordance with the ‘Special Act for the Establishment of Jeonnam Gwangju Unified Special City’.