New Seoul mayor may seek to reverse predecessor s policies
Posted : 2021-04-07 23:26
Updated : 2021-04-08 05:31 Oh Se-hoon, third from right, the Seoul mayoral candidate of the main opposition People Power Party, bumps fists with a party member at party headquarters on Seoul s Yeouido, Wednesday, before an exit poll was announced. Oh gained 59 percent in the preliminary exit poll jointly released by three broadcasters. Yonhap
By Bahk Eun-ji
Oh Se-hoon of the conservative main opposition People Power Party (PPP), who again became Seoul mayor following Wednesday s by-election, is expected to revive some of the signature policies he pursued previously while serving as mayor of the capital between 2006 and 2011.
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