In that case, he should be made to live in the ‘affordable housing’ that he promised he’d develop near Seoul.

Maybe, but 49 billion won? Ironic considering this is the guy who got elected partly on the promise that he would lower the cost of housing.

Besides, what did he declare as his personal wealth before he was elected? A couple of million tops, right? I seriously doubt the Korean president gets paid close to 10 billion won a year. So, who’s paying for this?

My exact reaction. I would love to see a list of the expenditures.

We’re not seeing all of it. This looks like a veritable Presidential compound, rather than the modest house (W3 billion, tops) we see in the foreground. Notice how the rooftops of the three or four buildings in the background match the style of the house?

My exact reaction. I would love to see a list of the expenditures.

As a former Gangnam liberal (living off of my mom’s sofa in Apgujung), I would love to hear more about your encounters with the Gangnam commies. The thing is, I was always amazed at the dearth of liberals among my Gangnam friends. If I go through 20 of my best friends from school in my head right now, every single one of them is a conservative. In University, Gangnam liberals did exist but they were a rarity, and I’m not kidding when I say a disproportinate number of Gangnam liberal students were from underprivileged households that happen to live in Gangnam. The correlation between class and political philosophy was so strong that I concluded that unless you hate your parents for some reason, nine times out of ten, you will adopt their political views. I was in a rather unique position because my father slowly transitioned from a staunch liberal to a “compassionate conservative” as Korea transitioned from authoritarian to democratic government. In any case, based on my two decades living in Apgujung, and the difficulty I had of even finding plain “liberals,” I’d say you could count Apgujung “commies” (living off of their affluent parents) with your two hands. The ones from humble backgrounds in Gangnam get jobs pretty early. (Not counting the gosisengs, of course, but they’re a whole different species.)