Is the argument to tear down the National Assembly and the Blue House to build youth housing satire or a realistic alternative?

Analyst Lee Sang-woo said he had long suspected that housing supply within Yongsan Park would not work, and argued that while officials and politicians place expectations on using underused land, realizing it is difficult in practice.

He explained that this is because the interests of residents in Gangnam and other areas differ greatly, and pushing housing supply within Yongsan Park would meet strong opposition.

He argued that given the purpose of the special act, housing supply is a policy contradiction, and criticized a gap between the value of standing up against injustice and the current government's actions.

"Ah, didn't the leftists drill it into us so much that green space must not be touched?" he said, mocking how the argument for preserving green space in the past now clashes with the current development logic.

He stressed that it is unfair to claim low utilization without considering the park's character, in which visitors concentrate on weekends rather than weekdays.

He noted that reclaiming the Han River is effectively impossible due to controversy over destroying nature, and pointed out the contradiction that if the logic for developing Yongsan Park holds, Han River reclamation should also be possible, criticizing the inconsistent use of land in policy.

He said, "The government complex is enormous right in front of Gwanghwamun, and the land is wide enough that they still use it for surface parking. Wouldn't it be wonderful to build 60 floors there, use the government office floors, and sell the remaining 40 floors?"

He went on to stress the need to redevelop district offices, police stations, fire stations, and other public buildings that are currently used at low intensity, suggesting a method in which part of each building is used for administration and the rest is sold.

Linking it to the construction of the National Assembly in Sejong City, he raised the possibility of using the Yeouido National Assembly site for housing supply, estimating that roughly 15,000 units could be supplied if a 500% plot ratio were applied.

He pointed out that the remaining Blue House grounds, after the presidential office moved to Yongsan, are being operated wastefully, and mentioned the possibility of supplying housing on this site.

He pointed out that unlike the public opinion forming around the use of underused public agency sites, the closed nature of the bureaucracy is acting as a problem.

He sarcastically remarked, "If you remove the desk from the goshiwon standard and place a bathtub, isn't it basically a sauna room? If there's a bed next to it and a bathtub next to it, it's quite similar to facilities we've seen a lot," raising concern that allowing bathtubs in goshiwon rooms could worsen living conditions.

He argued that such policies cannot be a fundamental solution and could instead lower the quality of housing, expressing a critical view of policy debates that have no practical effect.

Analyst Lee Sang-woo said, "Public opinion is extremely bad right now. There's no sign of leading by example or anything like that. With city-center supply talk continuing even though nothing is being done, it's truly shocking that young people keep getting killed two times, three times, four times over," pointing to the repeated withdrawal of policies amid worsening public opinion. He criticized the reality that makes effective supply measures difficult, and faulted the government for not showing a willingness to lead by example.

Amid this policy disarray, he emphasized to investors the strategic need to look after themselves, advising them to act on their own judgment rather than relying solely on government policy.

He stressed that in an era of heightened awareness of social change and environmental destruction, the reckless development of the past can no longer be tolerated.

He also criticized the situation in which the past ten years have slipped by through wasted policy efforts, maintaining a skeptical view that groundbreaking housing supply measures are unlikely to emerge going forward. He added that the government must face reality and come up with practical alternatives.