All posts tagged "Seoul Mayor"

  • 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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  • 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)
    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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