It has been over a month since the provincial government revoked the license of Greenland International Hospital.

JDC Chairman Moon Dae-rim and previous landowners agreed to normalize the development project. However, the local government and Greenland Group are not likely in the same boat with JDC.

Joseph Kim reports.

[slug] JDC CEO and Donghong-dong residents discuss project normalization

(문대림) Mun Dae-rim, CEO of the Jeju Free International City Development Center visited (동홍동) Donghong-dong to talk with area residents for the first time since Moon took office.

As all of the projects in the Jeju Healthcare Town have been suspended for two years, residents of (동홍동) Donghong-dong planned to file a lawsuit against the province and the Jeju Free International City Development Center to reclaim the land that was expropriated for the project.

[slug] Previous landowners decide to shelve lawsuits

After an hour-long closed meeting, the CEO and residents agreed to cooperate to normalize the healthcare town development project.

Previous landowners decided to shelve the lawsuit for the time being.

INTERVIEW
Kim Do-yeon / Community leader, Donghong-dong
There was a misunderstanding in our part. We will work with JDC to resume the development project.
<인터뷰 : 김도연 / 서귀포시 동홍마을회장>
"마을에서 오해의 소지가 조금 있었고, 공사 재개를 위해 문대림 이사장과 의기투합해서 조속히 재개할 수 있도록 노력하기로 했습니다."

Moon expressed his strong will to resume construction.

He announced that the JDC is contacting foreign investors to encourage them to invest in the Jeju Healthcare Town, and added that a consultative body between the province, JDC and Greenland International has been formed to normalize the development project.

INTERVIEW
Mun Dae-rim / CEO, JDC
We formed a tripartite consultative body with the province and Greenland to normalize the Jeju Healthcare Town and boost the local economy.
<인터뷰 : 문대림 / 제주국제자유도시개발센터 이사장>
"저희는 이미 도와 함께 3자 협의를 위한 실무협의체를 가동했습니다. 헬스케어타운을 정착시키고 지역경제 활성화에 기여하는 사업이 되도록."

However, the province and Greenland have different positions on the consultative body.



The province announced there were no discussions made with JDC on normalization of the Jeju Healthcare Town and Greenland International Hospital.

Greenland has already filed legal suits against the province's conditioned approval and is now reviewing suits for damages and compensation against the state government as an investor.



Was the Consultative Body Really Formed?

Province “No discussions at a working level”

JDC “Tripartite consultative body established”

Greenland: Administrative litigation against license cancellation + Possible compensation case against state



Unlike the JDC CEO’s remarks, the tripartite consultative body was not successfully founded.

The hospital licensor, the province, and the developer, the JDC, have gone their separate ways for more than one month since the license of the Greenland International Hospital was revoked.

[Reporter] Joseph Kim
[Camera] Kim Seung-cheol

Meanwhile, nothing has been achieved for the normalization of the healthcare town unlike the JDC’s promises made to area residents.

Joseph Kim, KCTV