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City Government
About the Mayor "Park Won Soon"
- 1974
Graduated from Gyunggi High School - 1979
Received a Bachelor’s Degree in history from Dankook University - 1991～1992
Earned an International Law diploma from LSE
(The London School of Economics and Political Science)
- 1980
Passed the 22nd bar exam - 1982
Served as a prosecuting attorney for the Daegu District Court - 1993
Worked as a visiting fellow at the Law School of Harvard University in the USA - 1995～2002
Served as a secretariat for the People’s Solidarity for a Participatory Democracy - 2002～2009
Served as the Executive Director of the Beautiful Store - 2001～2010
Served as the Executive Director of the Beautiful Foundation - 2006～2011
Served as the Executive Director of Hope Institute.
- Korea’s Civil Movements: The Bed of Procrustes, Dangdae (2002)
- Villages Are Schools – Geomdungso (2010)
- ‘The Condition of the Beautiful World’– Hankyoreh Newspaper (2010)
- How Does Oliver Cook the World? – An e-magazine (2011)
- Village Companies - Geomdungso (2011)
- 1,000 Jobs That Changed the World – Munhak Dongne (2011)
- Dictionary of Beautiful Value – Wisdom House (2011)
- Ecology Is the Answer for Villages – Geomdungso (2011)
- Measures for Systematic Reformation for the Prevention of Corruption (1997)
- Systematic Reformation of Korea’s Civil Society (1998)
- Financial Transparency of Non-profit Organizations (2004)
- 2006:Received the Manhaesang Award
- 2006:Received the Philippines Magsaysay Award in the category of public service
- 2007:Received the Danjaesang Award
- 2009:Received an award at the 15th Buddhism Human Rights Awards
