Park Won-soon

My motto for Seoul is 'From Good to Great.'

— Park Won-soon

Citizens are the energy of Seoul.

— Park Won-soon

Being elected as Seoul Mayor came to me like God's calling.

— Park Won-soon

Seoul is becoming a global city.

— Park Won-soon

It is not easy, but young people have to learn languages.

— Park Won-soon

Gwanghwamun Square will be reborn as one for people.

— Park Won-soon

The answer is always at the site of the problem.

— Park Won-soon

The access to clean air and clean water is a basic right.

— Park Won-soon

I believe in building a peaceful world that is also a safe place for animals.

— Park Won-soon

With the Green New Deal, Seoul is taking big steps to transition to a net-zero emissions economy in 2050.

— Park Won-soon

Getting access to diverse civilizations should be easy, and languages are the gateway to that.

— Park Won-soon

What we have to learn from Singapore is multiculturalism or clearly having the aspect of a global city.

— Park Won-soon

Yongsan Garrison is an important venue representing Korea's modern history which will be preserved.

— Park Won-soon

Our vision is to have the Seoul citizens produce and efficiently consume energy.

— Park Won-soon

Each city has strengths. Cities should be developed with their own individuality and characteristics.

— Park Won-soon

We will work as if the PyeongChang Olympics is jointly hosted by Gangwon Province and Seoul.

— Park Won-soon

When we travel to other countries, the Internet speed is so much slower. So I think in terms of technology, 5G and…

— Park Won-soon

One of my philosophies is that citizens are the mayor... so we have citizens play an integral role in making policies and…

— Park Won-soon

The central government wants to increase the number of nuclear power plants but we believe nuclear plants have their inherent problems.

— Park Won-soon

I personally agree with the rights of homosexuals. But the Protestant churches are very powerful in Korea. It isn't easy for politicians.

— Park Won-soon

We believe open data helps citizens have a better understanding about Seoul's policies and motivates them to join the city government's efforts.

— Park Won-soon

We have many different kinds of global centers like the global business center or the special center for Mongolian and Central Asian…

— Park Won-soon

Seoul has many good tourism resources, including nature, history and people. To take advantage of these, we have to make efforts, to…

— Park Won-soon

By solving housing and childcare problems, we will achieve a society where each person can properly invest in their development and realize…

— Park Won-soon

In the journey to peace and to reunification, I always emphasize that we are not climbing just one mountain, we are climbing…

— Park Won-soon

Many homosexual couples in Korea are already together. They are not legally accepted yet, but I believe the Korean Constitution allows it.…

— Park Won-soon

Our respect for culture and diversity and arts is very low because we only focused on building the economy. But now as…

— Park Won-soon

I published a thesis about animal rights when I was studying in England in 1991. Back then, I was a human rights…

— Park Won-soon

Most of the job on DDP was already done by the time I became mayor. So was Gwanghwamun Square, described by many…

— Park Won-soon

Transparency and accountability must be restored in politics.

— Park Won-soon

Transparency increases credibility and accountability.

— Park Won-soon

We vow to achieve a new political landscape that is clean.

— Park Won-soon

Hope does not fall from the sky. We create hope ourselves.

— Park Won-soon

It may sound like showing off, but I am good in communications and in creating harmony.

— Park Won-soon

I disagree with those who say welfare is a waste of money. It's a good means to creating new jobs.

— Park Won-soon

Predicting and responding to the global economy will be the biggest challenge.

— Park Won-soon

Seoul strives to make an environment that is safe for foreign residents and also where they can succeed as well.

— Park Won-soon

The population of Seoul is decreasing but a large population is not a key element of an advanced city.

— Park Won-soon

In the past, we had several dog butcher shops in Cheongnyangni, but I closed almost all of them down through various measures.

— Park Won-soon

Urban planning should be done with the mindset that we are determining the city's fabric for 100 years to come.

— Park Won-soon