Some 20 Lawmakers Hold Barefoot Walking Event at National Assembly... Join Forces to Spread Health Culture
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- 2026-11-13 21:36:57
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- 2026-11-13 21:36:57
The Barefoot Walking National Movement Headquarters said on the 13th that it had held the 3rd National Assembly Members’ United Barefoot Walking Event on the red-clay trail at the National Assembly Members’ Hill in Yeouido, Seoul.
The event, held the previous day, was attended by some 20 lawmakers from both the ruling and opposition parties, including National Assembly Vice Speaker Nam In-soon, former National Assembly Speaker Woo Won-shik and former National Assembly Vice Speaker Joo Ho-young, as well as some 200 members of the Barefoot Walking National Movement Headquarters who had gathered from across the country. Participants took off their shoes and walked together along the red-clay trail, sharing the importance of making barefoot walking part of daily life and promoting public health.
Vice Speaker Nam In-soon stressed the need for cooperation among the National Assembly, the government and local governments, saying that an environment must be created where anyone can walk safely near home if barefoot walking is to become an enduring health culture. Former Speaker Woo Won-shik also said he would support the movement at the National Assembly level so it could spread nationwide.
Park Dong-chang, chairman of the Barefoot Walking National Movement Headquarters, explained that the number of barefoot walking trails nationwide had grown from some 2,000 at the end of last year to some 3,000 today, and that the number of participants was estimated to have surpassed 2 million. He also called for expanding the infrastructure needed to establish barefoot walking as a health culture in daily life and for passage of related support legislation pending in the National Assembly.
He also stressed the need to link barefoot walking trails with local healing resources, such as natural scenery, food and hot springs, and develop them into K-healing tourism offerings that attract foreign visitors.
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