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    The mayor of Seoul (Korean: 서울특별시장) is the chief executive of Seoul Metropolitan Government, Seoul being the capital and largest city of South Korea. The...
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    Oh Se-hoon (category Mayors of Seoul)
    current Mayor of Seoul since 8 April 2021. He also previously served as a member of the National Assembly from 2000 to 2004, and as Mayor of Seoul from 2006...
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  • The districts of Seoul are the twenty-five gu ("districts"; hangeul: 구; hanja: 區) comprising Seoul, South Korea. The gu vary greatly in area (from 10 to...
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    surge occurred during Halloween festivities in the Itaewon neighborhood of Seoul, South Korea. According to the South Korean government, 159 people were...
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    International Lights Festival. In 2005, the then mayor of Seoul, Lee Myung-bak, said "It is a really big problem that Seoul City's budget and event progressing are...
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    Park Won-soon (category Mayors of Seoul)
    He was the longest-serving mayor of Seoul, from 2011 until his death in July 2020. Being a member of the Democratic Party of Korea, he was first elected...
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    voting time was from 6 a.m. to 8 pm. The election concluded with the mayors of Seoul and Busan, which are the largest city and the second-largest city in...
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  • people registered in the city for a duration of four years (e.g., the mayor of Seoul). Metropolitan functions such as water supply and public transport are...
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    Seoul, officially Seoul Special City, is the capital and largest city of South Korea. The broader Seoul Capital Area, encompassing Gyeonggi province and...
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    Chairperson of the Korea Fair Trade Commission (공정거래위원회위원장) Chairperson of the Financial Services Commission (금융위원회위원장) Mayor of Seoul (서울특별시장) The Mayor of Seoul...
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    Park Seh-jik (category Mayors of Seoul)
    his lifetime, such as the Mayor of Seoul and the Director of Agency for National Security Planning (ANSP), a preceding agency of the National Intelligence...
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    Yun Po-sun (category Mayors of Seoul)
    World War II, Yun served as Secretary to Korea's Chief of Staff in 1947, and was Mayor of Seoul in 1948. He served as Commerce Minister for the newly liberated...
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    then-Mayor of Seoul Koo Ja-choon [ko] (1932–1996) changed the existing plans for the Seoul Subway to better enable connectivity around the growing Seoul City...
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    The history of Seoul can be traced back as far as 18 BC, although humans have occupied the area now known as Seoul since the Paleolithic Age. It has been...
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    University of Seoul was founded as Kyung Sung Public Agricultural College in 1918 and renamed as University of Seoul in 1987. In 2012, the mayor of Seoul, Park...
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    president of South Korea from 2008 to 2013. Before his presidency, he was the CEO of Hyundai Engineering and Construction, and the mayor of Seoul from 2002...
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    Goh Kun (category Mayors of Seoul)
    Moo-hyun's suspension in 2004 and a former mayor of Seoul. Goh Kun was born on 2 January 1938 in modern day Seoul, South Korea and attended Kyunggi High School...
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    Lee Ki-poong (category Mayors of Seoul)
    was the Minister of National Defense (May 7, 1951 – March 29, 1952) and Mayor of Seoul (June 6, 1949 – May 8, 1951). He was the leader of Liberal Party and...
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  • Metropolitan Area. Then-mayor of Seoul, Oh Se-hoon, proposed to provide a limited free meal service to the 30% of the impoverished children in Seoul, but the Democratic...
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    Kim Min-seok (politician) (category Seoul National University alumni)
    when he competed as the Mayor of Seoul in the 2002 local elections but lost to Lee Myung-bak who later became the President of the Republic. He was not...
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    Ji Sang-wook (category Members of the National Assembly (South Korea))
    for the Liberty Forward Party, and ran as that party's candidate for Mayor of Seoul in 2010. He was nominated again for the post in 2011 but withdrew before...
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    April 2022. Boram, Park (26 October 2022). "Seoul Mayor Oh meets with IOC chief in Lausanne to promote Seoul's bid for the 2036 Olympics". Yonhap News Agency...
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    Seoul mayoral by-election was held on 26 October 2011 after Oh Se-hoon resigned due to his failure in the Seoul Free Lunch Referendum. It was part of...
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  • October: Seoul Halloween crowd crush History of Seoul List of districts of Seoul List of neighbourhoods of Seoul Names of Seoul List of mayors of Seoul List...
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    The 2014 Seoul mayoral election was held on 4 June 2014 as part of the 6th local elections. "새누리 서울시장 후보 정몽준 의원…3198표로 압승(상보)". NewsPim. 12 May 2014....
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    The Seoul Metropolitan Government (Korean: 서울특별시청) is a local government of Seoul, South Korea. The mayor is elected to a four-year term by the citizens...
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  • called the "rhino of justice", holding hands for the Seoul mayoral election. Ryu Soo-young as Baek Jae-min: another Seoul mayoral candidate. Seo Yi-sook...
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  • 2023, Seoul Mayor Oh Se-hoon explained about Seoul Twin Eye on Oh Se-hoon TV. Mayor Oh announced that due to the difficulty in pronouncing 'Seoul Twin...
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  • Seo Jung-hyup (category University of Seoul alumni)
    mayor of Seoul since 10 July 2020 to 8 April 2021, and has been Deputy Mayor for Administration of Seoul since 2020. Prior to becoming Deputy Mayor,...
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  • former detective and owner of a jewelry store. Park Hyuk-kwon as Kim Joon Former mayor of Seoul and the current representative of Korean Union Party. Cha...
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