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Gangseo residents oppose a development plan to add public housing units in the district during a community briefing held on Sept. 11.

‘Made out to be the villains’: Gangseo District residents push back against school, housing plans

A school for North Korean defector families and public housing are meeting resistance over a lack of consultation and a yet-to-be-built park.

2026.9.29

Yeomyung School Cho Myeong-sook kneels and appeals to residents during an information session at the school in Gangseo District, western Seoul, on Sept. 17, in a photo provided by a reader.

Neighborhood opposition threatens permanent school for North Korean defector children in Seoul

Residents in Seoul’s Gangseo District are challenging plans to build a permanent Yeomyung School campus despite pledged public and corporate funding.

2026.9.18

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Residents protest against the construction of a data center outside the Geumcheon District Office in southern Seoul on Sept. 8.

Korea’s AI ambitions confront Nimby realities as public opposition to data centers grows

As Korea races to expand AI infrastructure, residents are demanding a greater voice over data centers planned near their homes.

2026.9.18

서울 영등포구 양평동6가에 데이터센터가 들어온다는 소식이 알려지자 인근 주민들이 이에 반대하는 현수막을 게재했다. [사진 영등포구청]

AI needs data centers, but Seoulites don’t want them next door

The heads of the capital's districts passed a proposal to require construction to undergo an architectural review as public opposition grows ever more apparent.

2026.8.14

Members of the Seoul chapter of the Korean Parents’ Network for People with Disabilities hold a press conference in front of the Seoul Metropolitan Council in central Seoul on Aug. 27 to demand the establishment of the Seongjin School. During the event, some participants knelt as they pleaded, “Please save our children and families.” [JUN YUL]

Construction of school for students with disabilities delayed amid local opposition

The construction of a school for students with physical disabilities in Jungnang District, eastern Seoul, is facing derailment amid opposition from neighborhood residents and some local lawmakers, worried about property values.

2025.8.29

Representations of the development plan for the Dongbu Cargo Terminal in eastern Seoul [SEOUL METROPOLITAN GOVERNMENT]

Seoul has ambitious plans for Dongdaemun

A former cargo terminal site abandoned for nearly two decades in Dongdaemun District could be transformed into a logistics hub without features that will annoy neighbors.

2022.8.22

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nimby

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‘Made out to be the villains’: Gangseo District residents push back against school, housing plans

Neighborhood opposition threatens permanent school for North Korean defector children in Seoul

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