Song Young-gil, candidate for Seoul mayor of the Democratic Party of Korea, came up with an explanation when his remarks during his campaign in Gangbuk the day before that “Gangbuk is the worst place to live” got caught up in controversy.
Candidate Song met with reporters following announcing the ‘Baro Hangang Project’ promise at the National Assembly on the 20th and said, “I hope you understand that it is to complement the infrastructure because there is some kind of discrimination once morest infrastructure. Because it is underdeveloped (that is what I said)” he said.
Previously, Candidate Song answered a question regarding ‘the reason for the campaign in Gangbuk on the first day of the official election campaign’ in front of a department store in Nowon-gu on the followingnoon of the previous day, saying, “Gangbuk is the worst place to live. The difference between Gangnam and GDP is more than 20 times.”
In response, the people’s power criticized it as ‘dividing Gangnam and Gangbuk’. Kim Yong-tae, a member of the People’s Power Supreme Council, said on his Facebook page, “It seems that he is very determined to lose the election. Is it?” he pointed out. Kim Jae-seop, a former member of the People’s Strength Committee, also added to the criticism, saying, “Candidate Song’s perception of calculating the quality of life only by GDP is disastrous.”
In response to the ruling party’s critical offensive, Candidate Song countered, “I think it’s necessary to think regarding how to actually do the Gangbuk infrastructure rather than the time to say such useless things.” He said, “As you know, Gangnam-gu and Seocho-gu have 64% of the intersections of subway stations, but Nowon-gu, Dobong-gu, and Gangbuk-gu, which are called ‘No-Do-Gang’, have very weak infrastructure at 14%. During the previous mayor, through the second railroad network plan, we will supplement the plan to connect the dense subway network such as the Gangbuk Crossing Line and the new Gangbuk Line,” he promised.
He continued, “The idea of making the SRT connected to Chang-dong, making subway lines 1 and 4 underground, creating the Singangbuk Line, and extending the Sinseol (East Station) from Ui-dong to Banghwa, make it a station area anywhere in Gangbuk. announced,” he added.
The ‘Baro Hangang Project’ announced by Candidate Song on this day aims to turn the land above the ground into a citizen’s park following subterranean Gangbyeon North Road and Olympic Boulevard.
Han Ji-hye, reporter for Donga.com [email protected]
