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Mourners visiting a memorial for the late Seoul mayor Park Won-soon at the Seoul National University hospital in Seoul on July 10, 2020. News that the former activist, women’s rights advocate and lawyer had apparently taken his own life has rocked South Korea’s capital. Before being found dead in the …

South Korean police said on Thursday (Jul 9) they are searching for the mayor of Seoul, Park Won-soon, after his daughter reported him missing. The Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency said officers were searching for him around Sungbuk-dong, a district in northern Seoul, where his phone signal was last detected. His …