Woo Sang-ho "Mayor Park Won-soon, how hard it must have been... Woo Sang-ho is Park Won-soon"

Woo Sang-ho, Democratic Party of Korea lawmaker. Photo by Dongju Yoon doso7@

[Asia Economy Reporter Park Cheol-eung] Woo Sang-ho, a member of the Democratic Party of Korea, said about the late Park Won-soon, former Mayor of Seoul, "He was a role model of innovation and a comrade who discussed democracy and human rights." He also said, "Woo Sang-ho is Park Won-soon."

On the 10th, Woo wrote on Facebook, "I saw the handwritten letter by Mrs. Kang Nan-hee that was reported in the media."

He added, "We are all going through a difficult time passing through an endless dark tunnel. At this very moment of writing this, and for all the time ahead... Park Won-soon is my comrade until the moment my life ends."

Woo said, "I was choked up reading the beginning of the letter," and added, "I was gritting my teeth, but my eyes welled up. How hard it must have been! How did you endure it!"

He continued, "Mayor Park Won-soon was a role model of innovation to me and a comrade who discussed democracy and human rights," and said, "I will take the lead in inheriting Mayor Park Won-soon's policies and developing his dreams."

He also emphasized, "With the mindset that Park Won-soon is Woo Sang-ho, and Woo Sang-ho is Park Won-soon, I will carry out Seoul city policies."

Noting that February 11th would have been the late Mayor Park's 67th birthday, he concluded, "Although we cannot be with the late mayor, I sincerely hope that Mrs. Kang Nan-hee and the bereaved family find strength."

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