“Gangbuk That Empowers My Life”
From 2:00 p.m. at the Gangbuk Culture and Arts Center
Lee Sunhee, Mayor of Seoul’s Gangbuk District, will hold a book launch event for her new book “Gangbuk That Empowers My Life,” which documents the first three and a half years of her 8th popularly elected term, at 2:00 p.m. on the 21st of this month at the Gangbuk Pine Hall in the Gangbuk Culture and Arts Center.
In the book, Mayor Lee fully captures Gangbuk District’s major and minor achievements and challenges, as well as explorations and prospects for Gangbuk’s future. The “Meet the Author” session will begin at 2:00 p.m., and the main event will start at 3:00 p.m.
Poster for a book launch event. Screenshot from Lee Sunhee, Mayor of Gangbuk District's social media (SNS).
Since taking office, Mayor Lee has consistently pursued resident-centered, on-the-ground administration. As a result, according to her, the most common remark she now hears in the field has changed to “Gangbuk District has gotten better.”
Among the major achievements of the past three and a half years, the easing of the height restrictions around Bukhansan, a long-standing issue that had been pending for 30 years, ranks first. Immediately after taking office, she made proposals to the Seoul Metropolitan Government, engaged in bipartisan cooperation with Dobong District, and gathered signatures from more than 34,000 residents, leading to the decision and official announcement in 2024.
The nation’s first “Villa Management Office,” which filled the management gap for aging villas, received a resident satisfaction rate of 94 percent and won the top prize in the manifesto awards for heads of basic local governments nationwide. Local governments across the country, including the Seoul Metropolitan Government, Gyeonggi Province, and Sejong City, rushed to benchmark the initiative. Gangbuk District also became the first basic local government to establish a basic plan for residential area maintenance, thereby preventing haphazard development and providing a long-term blueprint for urban renewal.
Last year, the “North Seoul Sports and Culture Center” and the “Bukhansan No. 1 and No. 2 Citizen Gardens” were simultaneously selected for Seoul’s Fast-Track New Growth Hub Project, which has a total project cost of 145.7 billion won. This project, which will relocate the Ohhyeon Sewage Intermediate Treatment Plant underground and transform the site into sports and cultural facilities, aims for completion in 2030.
The book also covers plans to transform the area around Bukhansan and the Ui Stream into a “Gangbuk-style wellness tourism city,” as well as a district-wide signature campaign to attract the new Singangbuk Line, in which 218,000 residents participated.
Mayor Lee stated, “The moment when residents’ complaints turn into expectations is my greatest driving force,” adding, “For the remainder of my term, I will continue to pursue administration that provides tangible support to residents’ lives.”
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