Source: People's Daily - International Channel Original article
People's Daily, Seoul, April 8 (Zhou Yubo, Yang Fan) On April 7, South Korea held a by-election of local government leaders, including the mayor of Seoul and the mayor of Busan. Among them, Wu Sehun , who served as mayor of Seoul from 2006 to 2011, and former South Korean MP Park Hyung-kun were elected as new mayors of Seoul and Busan , respectively.
Last year, the then Mayor of Seoul, Park Won-soon, committed suicide due to suspected sex scandals, and Wu Ju-dun, the then Mayor of Busan, resigned. Both of them were from the common Democratic Party. This by-election is to fill the vacancy of local government leaders at all levels, including the mayors of Seoul and Busan. On April 2 and 3, South Korea has held a two-day early voting to allow voters who are unable to vote for various reasons on Wednesday to participate in the voting. From 6 a.m. to 8 p.m. on April 7, formal by-election voting was implemented in various parts of South Korea.
The ruling party's co-Democratic Party candidate and former Minister of Small and Medium-sized Risk Enterprises Park Yong-hyun, the largest opposition party, the National Power Party, and former Seoul Mayor Oh Se-hoon participated in the election for the mayor of Seoul as a single candidate for the two major political parties of the government and opposition. In addition, 10 candidates from various parties and non-partisans have been elected.
Newly elected Seoul Mayor Oh Sehoon Picture source: South Korea Central Election Management Committee website
0 On the evening of the 7th, the election results were successively issued. Among them, the candidate of the Kuomintang, Oh Se-hoon, finally won with a vote rate of 56.02%, and was officially elected as the mayor of Seoul. Wu Se-hoon was born in 1961 and served as the 16th Congress member and served as the mayor of Seoul for the 33rd and 34th Seoul. In 2011, Wu Sehun resigned because he lost the vote in a citizen's vote to decide whether to provide free student lunch. When competing for the Seoul mayor by-election, Wu Se-hoon, who was a lawyer, proposed policy plans such as "stabilizing the real estate market by increasing the supply of residential properties" and "connecting areas with inconvenient transportation and improving travel convenience".
In addition, Kim Yong-chung, the candidate of the ruling party and former Minister of the Ministry of Marine and Fisheries of South Korea, and Park Hyung-hyun, the candidate of the National Power Party, the largest opposition party, and former MP, participated in the by-election of the mayor of Busan, the second largest city in South Korea. There are also four other candidates participating in the Busan mayoral election.
Newly elected Mayor Park Hyun-yeong-yeong Picture source: South Korea Central Election Management Committee website
According to the vote results, the candidate of the Kuomintang Party Park Hyun-yeong-yeong-yeong-yeong-yeong-yeong-yeong-yeong-yeong-yeong-yeong-yeong-yeong-yeong-yeong-yeong-yeong-yeong-yeong-yeong-yeong-yeong-yeong-yeong-yeong-yeong-yeong-yeong-yeong-yeong-yeong-yeong-yeong-yeong-yeong-yeong-yeong-yeong-yeong-yeong-yeong-yeong-yeong-yeong-yeong-yeong-yeong-yeong-yeong-yeong-yeong-yeong-yeong-yeong-yeong-yeong-yeong-yeong-yeong-yeong-yeong-yeong-yeong-yeong-yeong-yeong-yeong-yeong-yeong-yeong-yeong-yeong-yeong-yeong-yeong-yeong-yeong-yeong-yeong-yeong-yeong-yeong-yeong-yeong-yeong-yeong-yeong-yeong-yeong-yeong-yeong-yeong-yeong-yeong-yeong-yeong-yeong-yeong-yeong-yeong-yeong-yeong-yeong-yeong-yeong-yeong-yeong-yeong-yeong-yeong-yeong-yeong-yeong-yeong-yeong-yeong-yeong-yeong-yeong-yeong-yeong-yeong-yeong-yeong-yeong-yeong-yeong-yeong-yeong-yeong-yeong-yeong-yeong-yeong-yeong-yeong-yeong-yeong-yeong-yeong-yeong-yeong-yeong-yeong-yeong-yeong-yeong-yeong-yeong-yeong-yeong-yeong- Park Hyung-kun was born in 1960 and served as a member of parliament. During the government period, Lee Myung-bak served as Chief Secretary for Government Affairs of the Blue House. He is well-known to the public for being a permanent guest in a well-known political discussion program in South Korea. During his campaign, Park Hyun-yeon proposed policy programs such as "strengthening industry-university cooperation and providing young people with more urban jobs" and "creating a 15-minute compact city to ensure convenient life for citizens."
It is reported that the terms of the mayor of Seoul and Busan who were elected in this by-election will start from the release of the election results and end on June 30 next year.
