Seoul City Women's Family Policy Director Song Da-young Reports 6 Real Estate Properties Worth 6.64 Billion Won

Government Public Officials Ethics Committee, June High-Ranking Officials' Occasional Asset Disclosure

Song Dayoung, Director of the Seoul Metropolitan Government's Women and Family Policy Office Photo by Yonhap News

[Asia Economy Reporter Son Sun-hee] Song Da-young, Director of the Seoul Metropolitan Government’s Women and Family Policy Office, and her spouse were found to own a total of six real estate properties. Director Song reported assets worth 6.64398 billion KRW, ranking her among the top asset holders among high-ranking officials appointed in March.

On the 26th, the Government Official Ethics Committee publicly disclosed the asset details of 63 current and former high-ranking officials appointed in March through the official gazette. Director Song reported owning four real estate properties in Seoul, including the Dogok Rexle Apartment in Dogok-dong, Gangnam-gu (1.8 billion KRW) jointly owned with her spouse, the Hyosung Seocho Villa in Seocho-gu (959 million KRW), a mixed-use building in Gangnam-gu (164.43 million KRW), and a neighborhood living facility in Yongsan-gu (21.14 million KRW).

Additionally, she reported a personal ownership of a Jeonse right valued at 430 million KRW for the Songdo Central Park Prugio in Yeonsu-gu, Incheon, and her spouse’s ownership of a Jeonse right valued at 62 million KRW for the Bujeok Jugong Apartment in Gyeongsan-si, Gyeongbuk. In total, they own six real estate properties in the Seoul metropolitan area. Including apartments owned by her parents, the total declared building value reached 3.88291 billion KRW.

Furthermore, she declared deposits totaling 876.94 million KRW in her name, with immediate family members holding a combined total of 2.38867 billion KRW in deposits.

Kim Eun-kyung, Deputy Governor of the Financial Supervisory Service, owns two apartments in Banpo-dong, Seocho-gu, Seoul, and reported assets totaling 4.41081 billion KRW, making her the second wealthiest among current officials after Director Song. The value of her real estate holdings alone amounts to 3.6 billion KRW.

Deputy Governor Kim reported real estate assets totaling 3.6 billion KRW, including approximately 2.48 billion KRW for the Acro River Park in Banpo-dong, Seocho-gu, jointly owned with her eldest and second sons, and 1.12 billion KRW for the Banpo-dong Hyundai Park Villa owned solely by her.

She stated that the Acro River Park building was inherited in 2006, with one-seventh shares each passed to her eldest and second sons, leaving her with a five-sevenths ownership share. She added, "The apartment is currently rented out to a foreign company without a security deposit." Additionally, she declared deposits totaling 849.1 million KRW, including 659.86 million KRW in her name, 82.69 million KRW in her eldest son’s name, and 62.36 million KRW in her second son’s name.

Park Bok-young, Economic Advisor to the Presidential Secretariat at the Blue House, reported assets totaling 1.13749 billion KRW, including one apartment valued at 670 million KRW. Advisor Park is a single-homeowner with one apartment owned by her spouse (Jeonse right). She also declared ownership of two vehicles valued at a total of 42.75 million KRW and deposits held by immediate family members totaling 433.9 million KRW, summing up to 1.13749 billion KRW in total assets.

Among retirees, Park Byung-ho, former Vice Governor of Jeonnam Province, reported the highest assets at 4.95296 billion KRW, followed by Yoon Tae-yong, former Director of the Korea Copyright Protection Agency under the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, with 4.14228 billion KRW, and Son Hyung-chan, former Head of the Future Power Business Division at the Defense Acquisition Program Administration, with 2.75795 billion KRW.

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