Seoul Mayor Park Won-soon Missing... Police Searching Near Seongbuk-dong (Comprehensive)

Seoul Mayor Park Won-soon is delivering the keynote speech at the launch ceremony of the Carbon Neutral Local Government Action Alliance held at COEX in Gangnam-gu, Seoul, on the 7th. Photo by Kim Hyun-min kimhyun81@

[Asia Economy Reporters Donghoon Jeong, Seungyoon Song, Jeongyun Lee] Seoul Mayor Park Won-soon has been reported missing, prompting the police to begin searching for his whereabouts.

According to the police, the mayor's daughter called 112 at around 5:17 PM, reporting that "my father left home 4 to 5 hours ago after leaving what sounded like a farewell message, and his phone is turned off." The police have deployed two units, drones, and police dogs to track Mayor Park's location.

According to the police, Mayor Park was last seen leaving the mayoral residence in Gahoe-dong, Jongno-gu at 10:44 AM that day. At the time of his departure, he was wearing a dark-colored jumper, black pants, gray shoes, a black hat, and carrying a black backpack.

Mayor Park was scheduled to meet Kim Sa-yeol, Chairman of the Presidential Committee on Balanced National Development, at the mayor's office at 4:40 PM to discuss regional balanced development with a focus on Seoul-regional cooperation. However, Seoul City announced the cancellation of the meeting at around 10:40 AM that day. According to mobile phone location tracking, the last signal from Mayor Park's phone was lost somewhere in Seongbuk-gu.

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