On the 1st, the first day of the launch of Jeonnam Gwangju Unified Special City, the signboard of Gwangju City Hall was changed from Gwangju Metropolitan City Hall to Jeonnam Gwangju Unified Special City Hall. Yonhap News The 9th popularly elected local government was launched on the 1st. The heads of 16 metropolitan governments, 227 local governments, and local council members elected in the June 3 local elections will serve four-year terms. With the launch of Jeonnam-Gwangju Unified Special City, a merger of Gwangju and Jeonnam, the system of 17 cities and provinces across the country was established for the first time in 14 years...