Running for re-election

Seoul Mayor Park Won-soon speaks at an event about saving energy at Seoul Plaza on April 22, Earth Day. The incumbent mayor easily clinched the nomination of the ruling Democratic Party of Korea for the mayoral election in June, receiving 66.26 percent of the votes in the primary, beating two rival contenders _ Reps. Woo Sang-ho and Park Young-sun. He is set to vie with Kim Moon-soo, the nominee from the main opposition Liberty Korea Party, and Ahn Cheol-soo from the minor opposition Bareun Mirae Party. / Yonhap