All posts tagged "Park Won-soon"

  • Park Won-soon, candidate for Seoul city mayor of the main opposition party New Politics Alliance for Democracy celebrates his victory in the Seoul mayoral election at his office in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, June 5, 2014. President Park Geun-hye's conservative ruling party and its liberal rival appeared set to split key races in local elections Wednesday that are seen as a measure of how the public feels about her government's handling of April's deadly ferry disaster. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)
    Seoul Mayor Park Won-soon travels to L.A. for work and entertainment

    By The Korea Times Los Angeles staff Seoul Mayor, Park Won-soon traveled to Los Angeles in late September to tackle a number of projects. The primary agenda for the trip was to observe and study some of...

    • Posted October 2, 2014
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  • An artist's concept for an elevated road near Seoul Station after it is turned into a park, resembling High Line Park in Manhattan, New York City / Courtesy of Seoul Metropolitan Government
    Seoul to have its own ‘High Line Park’

    By Jung Min-ho Seoul will have its own version of Manhattan’s High Line, a grassy elevated park, Mayor Park Won-soon said Tuesday. During his visit to New York City, Park revealed a plan for converting an elevated...

    • Posted September 25, 2014
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  • Seoul Mayor Park Won-soon openly supports same sex marriage. (Yonhap)
    Mayor of Seoul to speak at Stanford

    Stanford University’s Asia-Pacific Research Center (APARC) and Institute for National Studies will host guest speaker, Park Won-soon, current mayor of Seoul.  The event is open to the public and will take place on Sept. 25. In a lecture...

    • Posted September 19, 2014
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  • Park Won-soon, candidate for Seoul city mayor of the main opposition party New Politics Alliance for Democracy celebrates his victory in the Seoul mayoral election at his office in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, June 5, 2014. President Park Geun-hye's conservative ruling party and its liberal rival appeared set to split key races in local elections Wednesday that are seen as a measure of how the public feels about her government's handling of April's deadly ferry disaster. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)
    Park Won-soon, Nam Kyung-pil on the rise as presidential contenders

    By Kang Seung-woo South Korean elections last week have determined the fates of the rival parties’ potential presidential hopefuls. High-profile politicians ran in the local elections in unprecedented numbers, thus providing everyone a glimpse into how the...

    • Posted June 10, 2014
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  • Park Won-soon, candidate for Seoul city mayor of the main opposition party New Politics Alliance for Democracy celebrates his victory in the Seoul mayoral election at his office in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, June 5, 2014. President Park Geun-hye's conservative ruling party and its liberal rival appeared set to split key races in local elections Wednesday that are seen as a measure of how the public feels about her government's handling of April's deadly ferry disaster. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)
    Seoul Mayor Park Won-soon re-elected

    By Kang Seung-woo Park Won-soon recaptured the mayoral post of Seoul, despite a tough challenge from Chung Mong-joon of the ruling Saenuri Party. Chung, a former seven-term lawmaker and FIFA vice president, employed a negative campaign in...

    • Posted June 4, 2014
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    A season for giving

    (Yonhap) Salvation Army Korea Territory Commander Park Chong-duk, fourth from left, rings a bell with Seoul Mayor Park Won-soon, fifth from left, and members of K-pop group Crayon Pop at the launch ceremony of its trademark charity...

    • Posted November 27, 2013
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