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is a project called 'Leave traces of the modern and contemporary' that the Seoul Metropolitan Government has been promoting.

The idea is to preserve the cultural heritage that is lost due to development as it is, but there has also been continued opposition from the residents to have some of the old apartments remain in the reconstruction complex.

Recently, Mayor Oh Se-hoon decided to abruptly suspend the business of leaving traces.



There is also a controversy surrounding it, as reported by Lee Ho-gun.



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is the site of the former Seongdong Detention Center in Seoul.



Demolition work is in full swing to build apartments, etc., but only the watch tower remains.



The construction of the Sogong-dong Booyoung Hotel is still in progress with the exterior walls of the old building intact.



All of these are the 'modern and modern traces' project of Seoul, which started with the purpose of preserving the modern and contemporary heritage that was lost due to development in 2013.



Apartments are no exception.



In the middle of the reconstruction construction site, Gaepo Jugong 1 Complex, Gangnam-gu, Seoul, only a 40-year-old old apartment building remains.




Park Won-soon, former Mayor of Seoul, said it was worth taking a look at the old life and left it behind.



There are three more such reconstruction complexes in Seoul alone.



Residents protest that leaving an abomination is separate from preserving history.



[Bae In-yeon / Gaepo Jugong 1 Complex Reconstruction Association President: The opposition from the residents was very severe.

It's even an infringement of private property rights (there is a saying.)]



The situation is even concerned about safety.



Mayor Oh Se-hoon ordered all of these modern and contemporary trace-making businesses to be stopped.



The complex association will decide early next month to demolish the old dong as an alternative to parks or cultural facilities, and the Seoul Metropolitan Government will approve it.



[Lee Chang-geun/Seoul City Spokesperson: If citizens do not want to, such projects must be thoroughly reviewed again.]



There are also a number of opposing opinions.



[Kim Ki-Ho / Professor Emeritus of Urban Engineering, Seoul National University: Concentration of urban population following industrialization, housing problems, and how important these (old) apartments are made through our own efforts to solve the housing problems.] In



Germany, the 1920s As there are cases in which apartments have been registered as World Heritage Sites, there is also an opinion that we should carefully examine the value of preservation on the premise of the consent of the residents.



(Video coverage: Kim Se-kyung, video editing: Yoon Tae-ho)