Mixed Views on Ruling

Residents of Seoul`s affluent Gangnam district welcome the Constitutional Court decision yesterday that parts of the comprehensive real estate tax are unconstitutional. Certain groups are protesting that the ruling favors the rich. A Gangnam apartment hangs a placard urging the abolition of the tax (left) and members of the New Progressive Party protest the ruling in front of the Constitutional Court in Seoul (right).

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