Seoul mayor’s funeral held despite objections over sexual misconduct claims
By DW
15 July 2020 |
7:00 am
Almost 1 million people watched a broadcast of the funeral of South Korean capital's Mayor Park Won-soon, who died in an apparent suicide after a secretary filed a police complaint for sexual harassment against him.
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