Kangsoo Park, Mapo District Mayor, to Hold Press Conference on the 23rd to Announce Re-Election Bid

Vision for “Four Years of Completion”

Six Key Pledges Unveiled

Kangsoo Park, candidate for Mayor of Mapo District in Seoul from the People Power Party, announced on April 22 that he will hold a press conference at his election office in Hapjeong-dong on April 23 to officially declare his candidacy for re-election in the June 3 local elections.

Kangsoo Park, preliminary candidate for mayor of Mapo District. Provided by Mapo District Office.

Candidate Park plans to present quantitative achievements of his field-oriented administration, which he has maintained since his first day in office, and unveil six key pledges and his vision for the next four years, which he calls the “Four Years of Completion.” The campaign slogan is “Unimpeded Field Administration, Transformed Mapo.”

During his four-year term, Park personally handled 236,000 civil complaints and held 640 on-site mayor’s office sessions. Rather than staying in his office, he listened to residents' opinions directly in the field and immediately reflected them in policies.

Key achievements include the senior welfare model “Hyodo Bapsang” and the tourism and commercial revitalization project “Red Road.” Hyodo Bapsang is a program that provides warm lunches to residents aged 75 and older, now serving over 3,000 people daily. Red Road transformed neglected back roads into cultural streets, increasing the number of foreign tourists visiting Hongdae from 670,000 to 9.85 million per year—more than a twelvefold rise—thereby revitalizing the local economy.

Based on these accomplishments, Mapo District swept first place in eight categories—including happiness index and social fairness—in the Seoul Survey, and was also ranked first in three categories in satisfaction and daily happiness surveys conducted by Statistics Korea. In addition, 98.1% of residents responded that they “want to continue living in Mapo.”

The six major pledges Park will present at the press conference are: ▲ Expansion of the “Hyodo Four-Item Set” (Hyodo Bapsang, Hyodo Lodging Senior Center, Hyodo Funeral Home, and Hyodo School); ▲ Expedited redevelopment and reconstruction projects; ▲ “365 Cultural and Sports Complex Development” of the Mapo Reservoir; ▲ Expansion of public postpartum care centers and babysitter houses throughout the district; ▲ Support for upzoning and increased floor area ratios; ▲ Establishment of a youth AI industrial complex on the site of the Sanggam Western Driver’s License Test Center.

Park is expected to state, “I have fulfilled 98.6% of the promises made four years ago,” and “With a determination that the one who started must see it through to the end, I will once again take bold action.”

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