Seoul’s green space is a battleground for its mayor and South Korea’s president

Seoul – A showdown over green space is pitting South Korean President Lee Jae Myung, who is trying to address a national housing crisis as his approval ratings slump, against Seoul’s mayor, who is pushing to create a huge park in the capital. For Mayor Oh Se-hoon, the planned open area is needed to address Seoul’s “greenery deficit,“ which requires cleanup of the 300-hectare site to address environmental flaws. Oh said he would not surrender “a single centimeter” of the capital’s largest planned park to the apartment towers that Lee wants to build as surging home prices batter the president’s popularity.