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Park Won-soon: Mayor of Seoul reported missing with search under way Park Won-soon: Mayor of Seoul reported missing with search under way
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The mayor of South Korean capital Seoul has been reported missing and a search is under way, police in the city said on Thursday.The mayor of South Korean capital Seoul has been reported missing and a search is under way, police in the city said on Thursday.
Park Won-soon's daughter told police he left home in the early evening, South Korea's Yonhap news agency and the Associated Press reported. Police said they were looking for Park Won-soon near a small hill in the city's Sungbuk neighbourhood, where his mobile phone signal was last detected.
Police were using drones and dogs in their search, Yonhap said. They said Mr Park's mobile phone was currently turned off.
Mr Park, 64, was elected mayor of Seoul in 2011 and elected to his third and final term in June last year. His daughter reportedly told police he had left a voice message that sounded "like a will" before leaving the house.
Kim Ji-hyeong, an official from the Seoul Metropolitan Government, told the AP that Mr Park did not show up for work on Thursday, cancelling a meeting with a presidential official at his Seoul City Hall office. Mr Park, 64, was elected mayor of Seoul in 2011 and elected to his third and final term in June of last year.
He did not show up for work on Thursday, cancelling a meeting with a presidential official at his Seoul City Hall office, Kim Ji-hyeong, an official from the Seoul Metropolitan Government, told the Associated Press.
A member of President Moon Jae-in's liberal Democratic Party, Mr Park was reportedly under consideration as a potential presidential hopeful in the 2022 elections.A member of President Moon Jae-in's liberal Democratic Party, Mr Park was reportedly under consideration as a potential presidential hopeful in the 2022 elections.