Yongho Park, Paju Mayoral Candidate: "I Will Make Paju Safe for Women, Children, and Adolescents"

Yongho Park and Moonsoo Kim Join Petition to Close Prostitution Districts

"Comprehensive Support for At-Risk Youth and Women with Interrupted Careers"

Yongho Park, candidate for Mayor of Paju (People Power Party), expressed his commitment to policies aimed at creating a city where women, children, and adolescents can feel safe, and participated in a petition campaign calling for the closure of prostitution districts.

Candidate Yongho Park attended the "Campaign for Improving Women's Rights and Closing Down the Red-Light District" organized by the Paju Women's Association Council, held on the 16th at Geumchon Eoullim Center Square, and signed the petition together with Honorary Election Committee Chairman Moonsu Kim. Photo provided by Candidate Yongho Park

On May 16, prior to the opening ceremony of his campaign office, Park attended the "Women's Human Rights Improvement and Closure of Sex Trade Districts Petition Campaign" hosted by the Paju Women's Association Council at Geumchon Eoullim Center Square, where he signed the petition together with Moonsoo Kim, Honorary Co-Chairman of the Election Committee.

On this day, Park emphasized, "I will make Paju a city where women, children, and adolescents can dream safely and confidently."

He evaluated Paju as a city with a high level of civic awareness on women's safety and equality, as evidenced by its re-designation as a women-friendly city in 2025. He added, "To match this reputation, substantial policies and advanced, citizen-centric safety infrastructure are needed."

In particular, he argued that, alongside the closure of prostitution districts, it is necessary to enhance customized sex education and violence prevention programs for youth to foster a healthy educational environment and elevate the city's dignity.

He also stressed the importance of establishing a support system for children and adolescents in crisis. Park said, "To ensure that not a single child becomes a social outcast due to increasingly sophisticated dangers such as running away from home, digital sex crimes, and sexual exploitation, a comprehensive rescue and care system centered on Paju must be put in place."

Park also proposed policies to support women whose careers have been interrupted. He stated, "Rather than focusing solely on simple labor reemployment, we will actively support the balance of work and family for women by expanding advanced digital and IT job training in connection with the AI Hub Digital Training Center and increasing reemployment matching support."

Candidate Yongho Park attended the "Signature Campaign for the Improvement of Women's Rights and the Closure of Red-Light Districts" organized by the Paju Women's Association at Geumchon Eoullim Center Square on the 16th and signed together with Honorary Campaign Committee Chairman Moonsu Kim. Provided by candidate Yongho Park

Meanwhile, Park hails from Paju and graduated from Tanhyeon Elementary School, the night division of Munsandong Middle School, and National Gumi Electronics Technical High School. He then completed his undergraduate and master's studies in the Department of Electrical Engineering at Seoul National University. Park has held positions at LG Corporate Research and Development Lab, as Director of the Seoul Center for Creative Economy and Innovation, as Chairman of the Presidential Youth Committee, and as a member of the Regulatory Appeals Committee of the Office for Government Policy Coordination. He is currently active as an expert in artificial intelligence and the Fourth Industrial Revolution.

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