I become frightened whenever I realize how Seoul, the capital of South Korea, has been developed based on the blood and tear of common people. Today, one of their agonies is the reconstruction project of government. It encourages construction companys to build a skyscraper apartment more and more for an economic boom. This policy makes the price of land or apartment skyrocket, which leads to drive the native people out from their habitat. They cannot afford to buy a reconstructed luxury apartment by their compensation money for an expropriation. The present government is more aggressive toward an urban redevelopment project than any other past one. People three times as much as this year is supposed to be expelled next year. If there¡¯s no change, there¡¯ll be a bloody collision again.
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I become scared whenever I realize how Seoul, capital of South Korea, was developed based on blood and tears of common people. Today, one of their agonies is the reconstruction project of the government. It encourages construction companies to build more and more skyscrapers and apartments so that the economy will boom. This policy makes the price of land or apartments skyrocketing high, This can lead to drive the native people out from their habitat. They cannot afford to buy a reconstructed luxurious apartment with their compensation. The present government is more aggressive towards the urban redevelopment project than in the past years. People are laid off thrice as much as this year. If there are no changes, there will be a bloody collision again.
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