By Jun Ji-hye
Seoul Mayor Oh Se-hoon nominated former opposition lawmaker Kim Hyun-ah to head the Seoul Housing and Communities Corp. (SH), the public housing developer affiliated with the city government, according to officials, Monday.
Kim served as a lawmaker from 2016 to 2020 belonging originally to the United Future Party, a predecessor of the conservative main opposition People Power Party She specializes in urban planning, receiving her bachelor s, master s and Ph.D. in the area from Gachon University in Seongnam, Gyeonggi Province. I feel a huge responsibility as housing problems have become very serious in Seoul, Kim told Yonhap News Agency following her nomination. Once appointed as the SH s head, I will actively support Mayor Oh s housing policies as he has been making full efforts to resolve housing problems in the capital.
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Gwanghwamun Square expansion at crossroads
Posted : 2021-04-16 19:40
By Bahk Eun-ji
The ongoing facelift of Gwanghwamun Square in downtown Seoul is facing a go or no-go moment, with the new Seoul mayor badly wanting to scrap the expansion plan.
However, some claim that it is too late to cancel it, after a large amount of money has already been spent on the project.
Seoul Mayor Oh Se-hoon /YonhapAccording to the Seoul Metropolitan Government, Friday, Oh has ordered related departments to review the current restructuring project, which involves expanding the size of the square 3.7 times. The project was launched by the former late Mayor Park Won-soon, who committed suicide last year after facing sexual harassment allegations.
Posted : 2021-04-09 16:34
Updated : 2021-04-09 16:49
Oh Se-hoon, left, of the main opposition People Power Party (PPP), shakes hands with Ahn Cheol-soo, the head of the minor opposition People s Party, at the PPP s headquarters on Yeouido, Seoul, Thursday, after Oh s election as the new Seoul mayor in Wednesday s by-election was confirmed. Korea Times photo by Oh Dae-geun
By Jun Ji-hye
With Oh Se-hoon of the conservative main opposition People Power Party (PPP) returning to the Seoul mayoral post after winning the April 7 by-election, eyes are now on whether his pledge to jointly operate the country s capital with Ahn Cheol-soo, the head of the minor opposition People s Party, will actually be realized.