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Daegu's conservative Mayor Hong Joon-pyo supported the motion for an injunction, which sought to ban the festival over claims large numbers of people on the streets would restrict local businesses.
Too many people buying stuff is bad for local businesses. Sounds like this Mayor is 'restricting local busniess'.
Everytime somethings wants to 'progress' Conservatives are always there to stop it from doing so. Be it the economy, human rights, labor laws, technology, etc. We might as well just be cavemen forever...
Seoul: Love Wins
The rest of Korea: We don't do that here
Seoul doesn't do that either
Source: I live in Seoul, they cancelled the 2023 LGBT festival here too
Ah that sucks to hear! I always thought Seoul was more progressive than the rest of the country, but that's probably just marketing.
Both my friends who I've brought it up to think it's a mental illness and disease respectively, and the latter is a nurse
"Leading to clashes with the police". I can't help thinking both sides showing up in the same outfit, and the one of them going: "Well one of us is going to have to change."