Seoul buries mayor despite outcry over unanswered sex abuse allegations


A mortuary tablet and portrait of late Seoul mayor Park Won-soon are carried during a funeral ceremony outside Seoul City Hall today. – EPA pic, July 13, 2020.

THE funeral service for Seoul mayor Park Won-soon, who took his own life after being accused of sexual harassment, was held today despite a petition against the city-run ceremony signed by half a million people.

Former human rights lawyer Park was a heavyweight figure in the ruling Democratic party and ran South Korea’s sprawling capital – home to almost a fifth of the national population – for nearly a decade.


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