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Park Won-soon

Park Won-soon

Lawyer and former Mayor of SeoulWikipedia

Search complete. 2 mentions across 1 episode found for "Park Won-soon".

Sep 23, 2026

Joe McPhersonHOST
12:42
Anyway, it was solidified 2018.
Joe McPhersonHOST
12:45
Then-Mayor Park Won-Soon designated Ikseon-dong as an official Hanok preservation area, so we don't have to worry about them getting bulldozed and turning into high-rises.
Joe McPhersonHOST
12:54
But a lot of these cafes and restaurants were closing around 10 p.m., 9 p.m., and so young people were trying to find more stuff to do, and that's where this Pojang Macha Street, the Soju Tents.
Joe McPhersonHOST
13:05
The Soju Tents have always existed, but the Soju Tents used to be everywhere.

19 MINS LATER

Joe McPhersonHOST
31:52
It feels like it's Korea from the 1980s.
Joe McPhersonHOST
31:55
You might actually see some classic movie posters there.
Joe McPhersonHOST
31:58
Now, the reason that's there is because way back, the former mayor Park Won-soon was trying to make that into a little bit of a nostalgia alley.
Joe McPhersonHOST
32:06
And the current mayor hates him, so he's been systematically destroying everything that guy built up.

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