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Exit poll: Opposition's Oh Se-hoon expected to win back Seoul mayoral seat

Oh Se-hoon of the main opposition People Power Party, center, sighs in relief at his party's office in Yeouido, Seoul's Yeongdeungpo District, after news that he has outpaced by a large gap his opponent Park Young-sun from the ruling Democratic Party in vote-counting for the Seoul mayoral election race that began on April 7. Korea Times photo by Choi Won-suk Oh Se-hoon of the main opposition People Power Party (PPP) is expected to win the Seoul mayoral seat by a solid margin in Wednesday's by-elections, seen as a major bellwether for next year's presidential election, an exit poll showed.Oh defeated his rival from the ruling Democratic Party (DP) Park Young-sun 59 percent to 37.7 percent in the exit poll, jointly released by three broadcasters: KBS, MBC and SBS. The Seoul mayoral by-election was called after the previous mayor, Park Won-soon affiliated with the DP, apparently took his own life in July last year in the face of sexual harassment allegations raised by

Apr 7, 2021
Exit poll: Opposition's Oh Se-hoon expected to win back Seoul mayoral seat
  • Voters want new Seoul mayor to seek realistic goals

Voters want new Seoul mayor to seek realistic goals

A voter casts ballot at a polling station at Itaewon Elementary School in Yongsan District, Seoul, Wednesday, when by-elections for new Seoul and Busan mayors took place. Korea Times photo by Shim Hyun-chulBusan citizens pin high hopes on new airport By Nam Hyun-wooResidents of Seoul and Busan cast their ballots Wednesday to elect new mayors who will manage the country's largest and second-largest cities. Since the by-election day was not designated as a holiday, citizens having to go to work or school formed long queues in front of polling stations in Seoul and Busan from early in the morning. "I came to vote early because our company guideline was to vote before coming to the office,” Shin Chae-eun, an office worker, said at a polling station in Mapo District in Seoul at around 7 a.m. “It was a bit of surprise that so many people were waiting.”As the by-elections marked the second election taking place here amid the COVID-19 pandemic following last year's general election, voters seemed to be accustomed to the hygiene requirements before casting their ballots. Ele

Apr 7, 2021By Nam Hyun-woo
Voters want new Seoul mayor to seek realistic goals
  • Exit poll: Opposition's Oh Se-hoon expected to win back Seoul mayoral seat
  • Conservatives win landslide victory in Seoul, Busan by-elections

Foreign residents want better support and equity from new Seoul mayor

Foreign residents participate in a mock poll at a multicultural family support center in Busan, April 16, 2018, ahead of the nationwide local elections, which were held on June 13, 2018. Korea Times fileBy Lee Hyo-jin Foreign residents in Seoul, including eligible immigrant voters of the mayoral by-election, shared various expectations from the new mayor on making the capital a more foreigner-friendly city. As foreign nationals who have been in the country for over three years after obtaining permanent residency are given the right to vote in local elections, 38,126 foreign residents in Seoul were eligible to cast their votes in the election, according to the National Election Committee (NEC). “The amount of the city budget allocated to programs supporting foreigners has declined in the past three years so I hope to see that decline arrested by the new mayor,” said Paul Carver from the United Kingdom, 44, who works here as an accountant. He was the head of the Seoul Global Center, an organization established to support foreign residents in the capital, between 2016 and 20

Apr 7, 2021By Lee Hyo-jin
Foreign residents want better support and equity from new Seoul mayor
  • Conservatives win landslide victory in Seoul, Busan by-elections

Bellwether mayoral by-elections kick off in Seoul and Busan

People queue up to vote for the Seoul mayoral by-election on April 7 at a temporary polling table prepared at a car dealership in Seoul's Gwangjin District. YonhapVoters went to polls to cast ballots for new mayors in Seoul and Busan, the country's two biggest cities, early Wednesday in by-elections deemed a critical bellwether for next year's presidential contest. Voting began at 6 a.m. at 3,459 polling stations across the country and will last till 8 p.m. Besides the two mayoral seats, 19 other regional public posts are up for grabs, including the county governor for Uiryeong in South Gyeongsang Province and a ward office head in the southeastern city of Ulsan.In Seoul, a total of 8.4 million voters are eligible to vote in the mayoral election while the Busan mayoral poll has slightly more than 2.9 million qualified voters. The turnout rate for early voting for the by-elections, conducted from last Friday and Saturday, reached 20.54 percent, a record high for any by-election.The mayoral elections, especially in Seoul which is home to nearly 10 million of the country's total 52 mill

Apr 7, 2021
Bellwether mayoral by-elections kick off in Seoul and Busan

Hybe grabs spotlight with plan for new music industry paradigm

Hybe founder and CEO Bang Si-hyuk speaks in an online message last week to announce his plan for debuting a new “global boy band” in collaboration with Universal Music Group at his office in Seoul, Feb. 18. Courtesy of Hybe By Kim Jae-heunHybe Corporation founder and CEO Bang Si-hyuk said last week he will open a new paradigm in the music industry in a video message celebrating the successful acquisition of Ithaca Holdings.“The combination of Hybe and Ithaca Holdings is a new challenge that nobody has expected. The two firms have achievements and know-how in the music industry, and based on our expertise we can create synergy by closely working together,” Bang said. Bang hopes to accelerate the global advancement of K-pop through Ithaca Holdings, which is the mother company of SB Project that manages global pop stars such as Justin Bieber, Ariana Grande and J Balvin.It possesses strong networks and a thorough understanding of the U.S. music market that will help Hyb

Apr 7, 2021By Kim Jae-heun
Hybe grabs spotlight with plan for new music industry paradigm
  • BTS company Hybe looks onward, upward with Ithaca merger

Cheong Wa Dae reaching out to biz community via on-site meetings

Lee Ho-seung, Moon's chief of staff for policy / YonhapCheong Wa Dae announced Tuesday it will redouble efforts to communicate with the local business sector in a bid to resolve difficulties facing firms here and provide other necessary support.The move comes at President Moon Jae-in's instruction, which was issued during an internal meeting last week.Lee Ho-seung, Moon's chief of staff for policy, is scheduled to hold a series of meetings with leaders of major lobby groups here.The top Cheong Wa Dae secretary in charge of policy issues will visit the Korea Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KCCI) and the Korea Federation of SMEs, which also calls itself KBIZ, on Wednesday, according to presidential spokesman Kang Min-seok.Lee plans to meet there with the KCCI head Chey Tae-won and the KBIZ chief Kim Ki-mun.The following day, Lee will visit the Korea Employers Federation and the Federation of Middle Market Enterprises with a plan to visit the Korea International Trade Association (KITA) next Wednesday.Among agenda items in his upcoming consultations with the business leaders are ways

Apr 6, 2021
Cheong Wa Dae reaching out to biz community via on-site meetings

Seoul, Busan to select mayors

Park Young-sun, ruling Democratic Party of Korea's Seoul mayoral candidate in the April 7 by-elections, delivers a speech during a campaign at Jongno District, Tuesday, the last day of the 13-day official campaign period. Korea Times photo by Shin Hyun-chulParties, candidates engage in last ditch campaignBy Jung Da-minResidents of the country's two major cities, Seoul and Busan, will select their new mayors in Wednesday's by-elections, which are receiving special attention nationwide. This is not just because they include these mayoral elections, but because they also come less than a year before the next presidential election slated for March 2022. The rival candidates supported by their political parties were engaged in last-minute campaigns in Seoul and Busan, Tuesday, the last day of the 13-day official campaign period, in attempts to win over swing votersThe ruling Democratic Party of Korea (DPK) focused on attacking the mayoral candidates of the main opposition People Power Party (PPP), accusing them of engaging in improper real estate deals in the past using their then politic

Apr 6, 2021
Seoul, Busan to select mayors

Vandals target election banners of minority-supporting candidates

Oh Tae-yang, Seoul mayoral candidate from the Mirae Party, kneels beside vandalized campaign banners on a street in Seoul. Captured from Oh's blogBy Bahk Eun-jiPolice have been receiving reports of damage to election posters or placards of Seoul mayoral candidates who have presented feminist policy pledges or offered support to sexual minority groups. The camps of those candidates denounce the vandalism of the election material as an “obvious hate crime against socially disadvantaged and minorities.On Monday, the Mapo Police said it booked several people for destroying the campaign banners of the minor Mirae Party candidate, Oh Tae-yang. Damaging election material is a violation of the Election Law, and violators are subject to a jail term of up to two years or a 4 million won fine.It is alleged that the accused persons damaged Oh's campaign banners, which were hanging near Hongdae Cultural Park in Mapo District, Seoul, March 29, and burned another banner the next day. The damaged banners carried messages such as “Declaration of free city for sexual minorities, full suppo

Apr 6, 2021By Bahk Eun-ji
Vandals target election banners of minority-supporting candidates

Parties scramble for last-minute campaigns on eve of Seoul, Busan mayoral by-elections

The ruling Democratic Party's Seoul mayoral candidate Park Young-sun, right, heads to Noryangjin Fish Market in Seoul's Dongjak District in the early morning of April 6 in a public transit bus. Courtesy of Park Young-sun's election campOn the eve of the April 7 Seoul and Busan mayoral by-elections, rival parties scrambled to make final appeals to voters in the country's two biggest cities Tuesday.Voting for the two mayoral seats and 19 other regional public posts is set to begin at 6 a.m. and last till 8 p.m. on Wednesday at 3,459 polling stations across the country in by-elections that are deemed harbingers of public opinions ahead of next year's presidential poll.Leaders and candidates of the ruling Democratic Party (DP) and the main opposition People Power Party (PPP) were scheduled to crisscross the capital and the biggest port city in last-minute efforts to win voters Tuesday, the last day of the official 13-day campaign period for the elections.Rep. Kim Tae-nyeon, acting DP chairman, was scheduled to host an online plenary party meeting from Busan to lend support to the party's

Apr 6, 2021
Parties scramble for last-minute campaigns on eve of Seoul, Busan mayoral by-elections
  • Seoul mayor election tilts toward opposition, but chances remain to swing votes: analysts

S. Korea, US agree 'in principle' on Moon-Biden summit in Washington

South Korean National Security Adviser Suh Hoon, right, converses with his U.S. and Japanese counterparts ― Jake Sullivan, center, and Shigeru Kitamura ― at the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland, on Friday in this photo provided by the South Korean Embassy in Washington. YonhapSeoul and Washington reached an agreement "in principle" to hold a summit between South Korean President Moon Jae-in and U.S. President Joe Biden in Washington, Seoul's national security adviser Suh Hoon said Monday. Suh made the remarks as he arrived in Seoul from a three-way meeting with his U.S. and Japanese counterparts, Jake Sullivan and Shigeru Kitamura, at the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland. Suh, however, stopped short of saying when Moon and Biden will hold a summit, but said that Seoul and Washington agreed to hold the summit as early as possible.The three-way meeting was aimed at helping Washington explain the outcome of its ongoing North Korea policy review to the two key U.S. allies in Asia. The U.S. briefed South Korea and Japan on its policy on North Korea and the three nations

Apr 5, 2021
S. Korea, US agree 'in principle' on Moon-Biden summit in Washington
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