Seoul and Busan Mayor By-Elections Spell Trouble for President Moon
The ruling Democratic Party failed to keep the mayor positions in the country’s two biggest cities in by-elections on Wednesday.
April 08, 2021
Oh Se-hoon, candidate of the main opposition People Power Party, holds flowers while watching televisions broadcasting the counting for the Seoul mayoral by-election at party headquarters in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, April 8, 2021.
Credit: Song Kyung-Seok/Pool Photo via AP
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Last year, the mayors of both Seoul and Busan, both members of the ruling Democratic Party, became embroiled in sexual harassment scandals. The mayor of Seoul committed suicide while the Busan mayor stepped down, leaving both posts vacant. In a blow to the DP, citizens in Seoul and Busan chose the main opposition party’s candidates to take up the mayor positions in by-elections held on April 7.
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