Vacant Seoul mayoralty adds significance to next year`s by-elections
(WorldNews South Korea)

Mourners weep as they watch a memorial altar for late Seoul Mayor Park Won-soon at Seoul City Hall Plaza in Seoul, Saturday, July 11, 2020. AP As the death of Seoul Mayor Park Won-soon earlier this week abruptly left the capital`s mayoralty vacant, South Korea`s rival political parties are bracing for another major election showdown in about nine months. According to the National Election Commission, by-elections will be held on April 7, 2021,...