Gyeonggi Province is the most populous province in South Korea. It has been the subject of proposals to divide it into two provinces since 1987. [1]
During the 1992 South Korean presidential election, Kim Young-sam and Kim Dae-jung made a promise to establish North Gyeonggi Province. [2] [3]
In 2014, the Council of Gyeonggi Province sponsored its partition, [4] However this plan was opposed by the provincial governor Nam Kyung-pil. [5]