Taking up the challenge at the Healthy Weight 3.3.3 Project Pledge Event Date: June 30, 2013 Venue: Multipurpose Hall, Seoul City Hall Thank you for your participation in the “Healthy Weight 3.3.3. Project Pledge Event” of Seoul Metropolitan City, despite both the hot and humid weather and the fact that today is your day off...   Read more

Congratulatory Message at the Opening Ceremony of the Seoul Global Center Building Date: June 21, 2013 Venue: Seoul Global Center Hello everyone. I am Park Won Soon, the mayor of Seoul. It is a great pleasure for Seoul, an international city with 400,000 foreigners and multicultural families, to have this opportunity to establish the Seoul...   Read more

Opening remarks at the 2013 Surprising Saturday Seoul Expo Date: June 15, 2013 Venue: Seoul Plaza Hello, young people! I am very glad that you have come out today, and I see that your parents have come as well. It’s nice to meet you all. I am so pleased to be holding the Surprising Saturday...   Read more

Welcoming Remarks at the Opening Ceremony of the 2nd Seoul Urban Agriculture Expo Date: May 3, 2013 Venue: Seoul Plaza Hello. I am Park Won Soon, the mayor of Seoul. Thank you Seoul citizens for participating in the 2nd Seoul Urban Agriculture Expo. I welcome all of you! When I visited Nodeul Farms last year,...   Read more

Launching the Neighborhood Child Care Leaders Group Date: May 16, 2013 Venue: Main Conference Hall, Seoul City Hall Today, I am very happy to meet with our neighborhood child care leaders. Last month, it was reported that a teacher assaulted some children at a daycare center in Busan. Parents everywhere must have been shocked and...   Read more

Interview with the British magazine Monocle Date: May 6, 2013 Venue: Mayor’s Office, Seoul City Hall What efforts are you making to improve the standard of living in Seoul? What do you think might be some solutions to the overpopulation problem? Fundamentally, the most important thing is that the citizens of Seoul are happy. Making...   Read more

Policies on Gvalley to Improve Working Environments and Expand Jobs Date: May 2, 2013 Venue: Mayor’s on-site office, Gvalley Nice to meet you everyone! I am Park Won Soon, the mayor of Seoul. I sincerely thank all of you—entrepreneurs, workers, and professors—for making time to participate in today’s meeting, which was organized for the development...   Read more

Welcoming Remarks at the Opening Ceremony of the 20th Anniversary of “Seoul and Beijing, Sister Cities” Date: April 21, 2013 Venue: National Center for the Performing Arts, Beijing, China Dajia hao~! Hello everyone, I am Park Won Soon, the mayor of Seoul. First of all, thank you so much for inviting me to this meaningful...   Read more

Joint Opening Ceremony for the Youth Job Hub Center and Social Economy Support Center Date: April 11, 2013 Venue: Youth Job Hub Center and Social Economy Support Center Today, we are participating in a very significant event that will brighten and strengthen the future of Seoul. First of all, I offer my sincere congratulations on...   Read more

Opening Ceremony of the Seoul Women Venture Plaza Date: April 9, 2013 Venue: Seoul Women Venter Plaza Hello! I am Park Won Soon, the mayor of Seoul. Today, it is a great pleasure to open the Seoul Women Venture Plaza (SWVP). “I want to work, but I cannot find a job.” “I want to start...   Read more

Listening policy debate on improving working conditions for social welfare workers Date: April 9, 2013 Venue: Multipurpose Hall, Seoul City Hall I am very glad to meet all of our staff responsible for social welfare in this city, and I particularly enjoy this kind of open, relaxed discussion. Though many of you did not speak...   Read more

MOU Signing Ceremony of the “Seoul, Let’s Exercise” Campaign Date: April 8, 2013 Venue: Video Conference Room, Seoul City Hall Hello everyone, I am Park Won Soon, the mayor of Seoul. I would like to express my sincere gratitude to Han Cheol-ho, CEO of Millet, and Yang Hoi-jong, chairman of the Seoul Council of Sport...   Read more