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| Park Won-soon: Mayor of Seoul found dead after going missing | Park Won-soon: Mayor of Seoul found dead after going missing |
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| Police in the South Korea's capital Seoul have found the body of the city's mayor after he went missing on Thursday. | Police in the South Korea's capital Seoul have found the body of the city's mayor after he went missing on Thursday. |
| Park Won-soon's daughter reportedly told police he had left a message before leaving the house, leading her to raise the alarm. | Park Won-soon's daughter reportedly told police he had left a message before leaving the house, leading her to raise the alarm. |
| His body was found at Mount Bugak in northern Seoul, near where his phone signal was last detected. | His body was found at Mount Bugak in northern Seoul, near where his phone signal was last detected. |
| No cause of death has yet been released. | No cause of death has yet been released. |
| It has emerged that a female employee had filed a sexual harassment claim against Mr Park in the hours before he went missing, but there has been no confirmation that this was a factor. | It has emerged that a female employee had filed a sexual harassment claim against Mr Park in the hours before he went missing, but there has been no confirmation that this was a factor. |
| 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. | 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. |
| Police officer Lee Byeong-seok told reporters that Park was seen by a security camera at 10:53 near the entrance to the wooded area where the phone signal was last detected. | Police officer Lee Byeong-seok told reporters that Park was seen by a security camera at 10:53 near the entrance to the wooded area where the phone signal was last detected. |
| About 600 police and fire officers using drones and dogs searched the area for hours on Thursday. | About 600 police and fire officers using drones and dogs searched the area for hours on Thursday. |
| Crowds gathered outside the Seoul National University hospital late on Thursday amid unconfirmed reports that Mr Park had been found and taken there. | Crowds gathered outside the Seoul National University hospital late on Thursday amid unconfirmed reports that Mr Park had been found and taken there. |
| Mr Park was elected mayor of Seoul in 2011 and elected to his third and final term in June of last year. | Mr Park was elected mayor of Seoul in 2011 and elected to his third and final term in June of last year. |
| As 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. | |
| With his re-election last year, Mr Park became the first mayor of the city to begin a third term. He had carried his history as a civic activist and human rights lawyer into his tenure as mayor, and was an outspoken critic of social inequality and corruption in South Korea. | With his re-election last year, Mr Park became the first mayor of the city to begin a third term. He had carried his history as a civic activist and human rights lawyer into his tenure as mayor, and was an outspoken critic of social inequality and corruption in South Korea. |
| As a lawyer, he was credited with securing the country's first sexual harassment conviction. | As a lawyer, he was credited with securing the country's first sexual harassment conviction. |
| He clashed with President Park Geun-hye, openly supporting millions of people who protested against her in 2017 before she was eventually charged and imprisoned on bribery and other charges. | He clashed with President Park Geun-hye, openly supporting millions of people who protested against her in 2017 before she was eventually charged and imprisoned on bribery and other charges. |