More details emerge about the death of Seoul Mayor Park Won-soon, whose body was found late Thursday in wooded hills near South Korea's capital.
More details emerged Friday about the death of Seoul Mayor Park Won-soon, whose body was found late Thursday in wooded hills near South Korea's capital after he had been reported missing.
Police found Park's body near the last location transmitted by his cellphone, which had been switched off. His daughter raised the alarm to police after he left her what resembled a "will-like" verbal message before vanishing. Police said Friday there were no signs of foul play at the site, but refused to disclose Park's cause of death.Seoul's city government said the note left by Park at his residence said he wanted to"thank everyone who has been with me in my life.
Park was Seoul's longest-serving mayor and known for his progressive policies on the environment and urban regeneration. A member of President Moon Jae-in’s liberal Democratic Party, he was considered a potential 2022 presidential candidate.
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