Chong Won-o wins ruling party candidacy in Seoul mayoral race

Chong Won-o, former three-term district chief of Seongdong-gu in Seoul, was confirmed Thursday as the ruling Democratic Party of Korea's candidate for the Seoul mayoral race in the upcoming June local election. According to the ruling Democratic Party of Korea, Chong, 57, won more than 50 percent of the vote in the three-way race from Tuesday to Thursday. In other words, Chong earned more votes than the two other candidates -- Reps. Park Ju-min and Jeon Hyun-heui -- combined. Otherwise, the two

By The Korea Herald