Quotes by Park Won-Soon - Page 2

I personally agree with the rights of homosexuals. But the Protestant churches are very powerful in Korea. It isn't easy for politicians.
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Agree
Churches
Politicians
Homosexuals
Personally
Protestant
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There is a tendency to attack some particular group of people and scapegoat them, but this is not the right attitude to cope with epidemics.
Park Won-Soon /
Scapegoat
Cope
Epidemic
Tendency
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One of my philosophies is that citizens are the mayor... so we have citizens play an integral role in making policies and implementing them.
Park Won-Soon /
Citizens
Implementing
Integral
Making
Mayor
Philosophies
Policies
Role
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The parties are all trying to reinvent themselves. I believe this upheaval is destined to take the country's fate into a different direction.
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Destined
Fate
Upheaval
Direction
Parties
Reinvent
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For resident stability, I fully agree with the government's stance that stabilizing the housing market should be the first and foremost step.
Park Won-Soon /
Housing
Housing Market
Stability
Be The First
Foremost
Resident
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If we discover niche services that have been overlooked in our society, we can create many jobs for the unemployed, retired and young people.
Park Won-Soon /
Niche
Overlooked
Retired
Unemployed
Discover
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In Seoul, there are plans to create a blockchain ecosystem to make it a city that will be recognized as the center of blockchain in the world.
Park Won-Soon /
Plans
Blockchain
Ecosystem
Recognized
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I think that continuity is the most important way to create a city that functions properly and has a competitive edge in the international era.
Park Won-Soon /
Continuity
International
Competitive
Edge
Functions
Properly
The Most Important
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We believe open data helps citizens have a better understanding about Seoul's policies and motivates them to join the city government's efforts.
Park Won-Soon /
Government Believe Better
Better Understanding
Efforts
Join
Motivates
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Seoul promises to make a big investment in the transition of ecology and civilization that will transform the green crisis into a green opportunity.
Park Won-Soon /
Ecology
Promises
Transform
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Seoul will build more resource recovery facilities and establish new recycling facilities with the aim of achieving zero landfills of domestic waste.
Park Won-Soon /
Aim
Recovery
Waste
Will New More
Achieving
Domestic
Establish
Facilities
Resource
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We have many different kinds of global centers like the global business center or the special center for Mongolian and Central Asian residents in Seoul.
Park Won-Soon /
Different Kinds
Residents
Centers
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We will strengthen crackdown on illegal renovations and enforce a restitution of large-scale development gains to better stabilize the real estate market.
Park Won-Soon /
Gains
Illegal
Large Scale
Enforce
Estate
Real Estate
Stabilize
Strengthen
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By solving housing and childcare problems, we will achieve a society where each person can properly invest in their development and realize their full potential.
Park Won-Soon /
Achieve
Childcare
Development
Full Potential
Housing
Invest
Properly
Solving
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Coronavirus is constantly attacking society's vulnerable classes and spaces. We must shake off the fantasy that we can go back to the past we were accustomed to.
Park Won-Soon /
Accustomed
Classes
Spaces
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It's in the hands of activists to expand the universal concept of human rights to include homosexuals. Once they persuade the people, the politicians will follow.
Park Won-Soon /
Human Rights
People Will Hands
Activists
Expand
Hands People Will
Homosexuals
Include
Persuade
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It's problematic when we have excessive numbers of police taking over the streets. People visiting Seoul for the first time might think... this is a military state.
Park Won-Soon /
Streets
Visiting
Excessive
Problematic
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When foreign tourists come to Seoul, they will likely want to experience the city more. The city combines past, present and future landscapes that cannot be found elsewhere.
Park Won-Soon /
Elsewhere
Tourists
Future Experience Past
City
Foreign
Landscapes
Likely
Present
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We will maintain the city as a slaughter-free place to promote the dignity of animal coexistence. If Seoul slaughter activity occurs again, we will use all means to block it.
Park Won-Soon /
Coexistence
Dignity
Slaughter
Occurs
Promote
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Blockchain is an innovative technology with the power to change society and is gaining the world's attention as a technology to enhance the competitiveness of the urban economy.
Park Won-Soon /
Competitiveness
Innovative
Urban
Change Technology Power
Blockchain
Change Power Technology
Enhance
Gaining
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As politics is not subtraction but addition, those who share views and ideas need to join forces and they have to cooperate with political opponents even after they win an election.
Park Won-Soon /
Election
Opponents
Political Opponents
Share
Views
Addition
Cooperate
Forces
Join
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When we travel to other countries, the Internet speed is so much slower. So I think in terms of technology, 5G and Internet speed, Korea has an absolute advantage over other countries.
Park Won-Soon /
Other Countries
Speed
Absolute
Slower
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With the Korean economy faltering, Seoul City will do its best to address problems regarding people's economic livelihoods - the most important part of this effort being public housing.
Park Won-Soon /
Housing
Livelihood
Public Housing
Address
Important Part
Regarding
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By applying blockchain technology to voting platforms, we can prevent tampering with online voting, which will increase confidence in the voting results of voters and residents in Seoul.
Park Won-Soon /
Platforms
Residents
Voters
Blockchain
Prevent
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As the nation is aware, I have been doing charity movements through the Beautiful Foundation and Beautiful Stores, and carrying out projects to promote hope and governance of our society.
Park Won-Soon /
Charity
Governance
Projects
Stores
Aware
Carrying
Nation
Movements
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Seoul will do what it can do, such as letting citizens participate in cutting energy use or in producing more of their own energy. This is how we can thwart the increase in nuclear plants.
Park Won-Soon /
Cutting
Energy Will More
Letting
Participate
Plants
Producing
Thwart
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Seoul will co-operate with the national government so that the 2032 Summer Olympics become something more than a sports festival - an opportunity to change the fate of the Korean Peninsula.
Park Won-Soon /
Opportunity
Sports
Fate
Olympics
Summer
Festival
Peninsula
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Since the inauguration of Mr. Lee Myung-bak, I was very much disappointed with his politics and policies. Not only in economics, but also in many social and political issues, he made many mistakes.
Park Won-Soon /
Disappointed
Inauguration
Political Issues
Lee
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The Seoul city government has been cooperating with the central government to stabilize the housing market, and we plan to brainstorm all possible ways with the government to better counter the issue.
Park Won-Soon /
Central Government
City Government
Cooperating
Housing
Housing Market
Counter
Brainstorm
Stabilize
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We hope that the World Summit of Nobel Peace Laureates will help us to promote Seoul as a symbol of peace beyond war and division in order to attract global attention to peace on the Korean Peninsula.
Park Won-Soon /
Nobel
Summit
War Hope Peace
Attract
Laureate
Peninsula
Promote
Symbol
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Seoul citizens are becoming the owners of solar power plants by directly participating in solar generation through installation of mini solar photovoltaic, energy cooperative activities, or raising solar funds.
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Installation
Owners
Participating
Power Plants
Activities
Cooperative
Directly
Funds
Mini
Plants
Solar
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Seoul has many good tourism resources, including nature, history and people. To take advantage of these, we have to make efforts, to preserve nature, restore historic properties and support the nation's dynamic culture and art.
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Historic
Tourism
Dynamic
Efforts
Preserve
Properties
Restore
Take Advantage
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The main issue of cities is to tackle climate change and it is the issue of the current and next generations. Sustainability cannot be emphasized too much and I have designated the issue of climate change as the most important to solve.
Park Won-Soon /
Cities
Climate Change
Generations
Sustainability
Too Much
Change Important Climate
Current
Emphasized
Issue
Main
Tackle
The Most Important
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After the 1970s, we accomplished economic development rapidly. But the side effect of that was high stress levels or the gap between the rich and poor. And these issues call on me to focus on the welfare and quality of life of the citizens.
Park Won-Soon /
Quality
Accomplished
Citizens
Development
Economic Development
Focus
Levels
Quality Of Life
Rich
Stress
Welfare
Life Focus Me
Life Me Quality
Gap
Rapidly
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If the 1988 Seoul Olympics was 'reconciliation Olympics' amid the cold war between East and West and the 2018 PyeongChang Olympics was a touchstone of peace, the 2032 Olympics will be promoted to become the last stop to establish the peace.
Park Won-Soon /
Cold War
Olympics
Reconciliation
War Peace Will
Establish
Promoted
Touchstone
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Korea remains in a very difficult position, politically, diplomatically and economically. Thus, it is very important to strike a balance with global powers. How well balanced Korea will be will determine what kind of roles we could play in the future.
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Balanced
Determine
Remains
Economically
Powers
Strike
Thus
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Our respect for culture and diversity and arts is very low because we only focused on building the economy. But now as we have reached modernization... many citizens can display their potential for arts and culture and I believe that's why Psy has become so popular.
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Display
Modernization
Respect Believe I Believe
Reached
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Many homosexual couples in Korea are already together. They are not legally accepted yet, but I believe the Korean Constitution allows it. We are guaranteed the right to the pursuit of happiness. Of course, there may be different interpretations to what that pursuit means.
Park Won-Soon /
Accepted
Homosexual
Pursuit
Pursuit Of Happiness
Be Different
Happiness Believe I Believe
Couples
Guaranteed
Interpretations
Legally
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In the journey to peace and to reunification, I always emphasize that we are not climbing just one mountain, we are climbing a range of mountains and, of course in this process, we will face a lot of difficulties. However, peace will be settled and the two Koreas will achieve reunification.
Park Won-Soon /
Journey
Achieve
Climbing
Just One
Mountain
Range
Reunification
Difficulties
Emphasize
However
Settled
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Most of the job on DDP was already done by the time I became mayor. So was Gwanghwamun Square, described by many architects as the city's worst architectural creation, and the new city hall. I did not think that redoing them would be the right approach as that would only create new problems.
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City Hall
Creation
Architects
By The Time
Mayor
Square
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I published a thesis about animal rights when I was studying in England in 1991. Back then, I was a human rights lawyer and people condemned me for talking about animal rights when human rights are still not guaranteed. However, human rights are guaranteed in a society where animal rights are secured.
Park Won-Soon /
Animal Rights
Human Rights
Secured
Thesis
Condemned
Guaranteed
Published
Studying
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