Na Kyung-won Visits Seongsu-dong Handmade Shoe Street... "We Will Make It the K-Shoes Mecca"

Former People Power Party lawmaker Na Kyung-won, who is running in the Seoul mayoral by-election, visited a store in the handmade shoe street in Seongsu-dong, Seoul, on the 28th to listen to an explanation about handmade shoe manufacturing. [Image source=Yonhap News]

[Asia Economy Reporter Lee Hyun-joo] Na Kyung-won, a preliminary candidate for the Seoul mayor from the People Power Party, visited the handmade shoe street in Seongsu-dong on the morning of the 28th and expressed her ambition to make it the "'K-Shoes' Mecca."

On the day, candidate Na met with local merchants and young entrepreneurs to listen to their opinions. She said, "The exhibition-style support that the Seoul city government has provided so far cannot be a practical solution," adding, "We will create online and offline spaces that align with new trends and integrate promotional marketing."

She judged that the Seoul city government had spent a total budget of 5.1 billion won from 2018 to 2020 under the name of revitalizing the Seongsu handmade shoe street but failed to recover the commercial district. This was because the operating projects such as the Seongsu Handmade Shoe Hope Platform, Seongsu Handmade Shoe Workshop, and Seoul Handmade Shoe Academy were far removed from measures to revitalize the commercial district aimed at improving merchants' sales.

Candidate Na emphasized, "The central district must be revitalized based on an anchor to lead to the overall development of the industry," and added, "I will make sure that Seongsu-dong can restore its former glorious reputation as the K-Shoes Mecca."

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