Twice forgotten

Posted on : 2011-07-30 06:30 KST Modified on : 2019-10-19 20:29 KST

By Jang Bong-kun

In the upper panel, the title reads, “Profits from development are taken by the wealthy.” Seoul Mayor Oh Se-hoon shows V-sign for victory amid the construction of high-rise buildings, while the developers count wads of bills.

In the panel below, under a title reads, “Damages from development are suffered by the poor,” a woman holding a washbasin watches despondently as flood waters pour into her sub-basement apartment.

Tenants who usually live in half basement apartments and residents in vinyl houses incur significantly greater amounts of flood much, but they have been excluded from receiving compensation from the government.

(Hankyoreh Geurimpan July 30)

Most viewed articles