Lee suggests Daejeon-South Chungcheong Province merger ahead of local elections

President Lee Jae Myung suggested Thursday that the central city of Daejeon and South Chungcheong Province be merged ahead of next year's local elections, paving the way for the election of a new leader for the expanded administrative district. Lee made the suggestion during his meeting with the ruling Democratic Party lawmakers representing the region and asked them to help advance legislative efforts to integrate the central area, presidential spokesperson Kang Yu-jung said in a written briefi