A public memorial for late Seoul mayor Park Won-soon, in Seoul on July 11,2020. The mayor of Seoul, a contender to be South Korea's next president and a former human rights lawyer, took his own life a day after he was accused of sexual harassment, authorities said. — AFP
SOUTH Koreans bid farewell to two prominent people last week amidst noises about the mixture of respect and scorn shown in accordance with the peoples ideological divide.
Half a million citizens petitioned the Presidential Office opposing Seoul City Hall sponsoring Park Won-soon's funeral at the expense of taxpayers money.
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