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While opinions remain divided among citizens regarding the development of Yongsan Park, backlash from residents in other areas included in the latest real estate supply measures continues to mount. Although the government has promised swift housing supply, resolving conflicts erupting across various regions is expected to be a key variable in driving the projects forward.

Reporter Baegun has the details.

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This afternoon (August 18) at the entrance of the Yongsan Children's Garden.

Funeral wreaths sent by Yongsan-gu residents are lined up.

Phrases such as "Dead set against apartment construction" and "Build housing elsewhere" are written on them.

Nearby residents argue that apartment supply should not be pushed forward at the expense of destroying green spaces.

[Seoul Yongsan-gu Resident: I moved here thinking a park would be built, so I think this opposition is quite understandable, regardless of whether it's private or public rental housing.]

On the other hand, there are counterarguments that public housing must be built in well-located downtown areas to solve the housing shortage for young people.

[Park Ho-jin / Nowon-gu, Seoul: I think such government assistance is necessary for young people. What if we keep half the park and build apartments there...]

While the government maintains its stance that it will go through sufficient procedures to gather opinions, it remains unclear whether the projects can gain momentum due to numerous hurdles that must be cleared, such as revising special laws and cleaning up soil contamination.

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In Gwangju, Gyeonggi Province, which was announced as a candidate site for supplying 4,500 households, local landowners visited the city hall in protest.

Development projects have already been pursued since 2018, restricting their property rights for a long period, and they worry the project might face further delays.

There were also strong concerns that land compensation through the replotting method, where landowners receive land back after development, would become impossible.

[Lim In-gyo / Chairman of the Emergency Countermeasure Committee Against the Gwangju Station Phase 2 Development: Nothing is going according to schedule. We have endured for nine years now, and everything regarding those slated to receive group replotting was already settled, but if it goes to LH (Korea Land and Housing Corporation), they say it will be a 100% compulsory acquisition method.]

With backlash erupting immediately after the announcement of the countermeasures, meticulous measures to mediate on-site conflicts have emerged as a core task for achieving swift housing supply.

(Video filming: Kang Dong-chul and Seol Chi-hwan | Video editing: Seunghee | VJ: Jung Han-wook)