I also have many friends who came back from Seoul told me that if Seoul was a Chinese city, It couldnt ranked in top 10.

There are thousands of works of arts on display publicly in Seoul, yet most of them are viewed negatively.

Yet Kim feels the transformation of the waterway is a visionary effort by the city of Seoul.

The city government said 85, 000 people, including some 40, 000 from the provinces, would be competing for 1, 133 positions.

Lee's approval rating hovers at about 10 percent of poll respondents, while the frontrunner, former Seoul Mayor Lee Myung-bak, enjoys a 46 percent approval rating.