Hong Joon-pyo: "Park Won-soon, who passed away tragically... We must protect his honor"
[Asia Economy Reporter Lee Ji-eun] Former Liberty Korea Party leader Hong Joon-pyo expressed condolences over the sudden sad news of the late Park Won-soon, Mayor of Seoul, saying, "If you were going to leave so tragically, why did you bother struggling so much?"
On the 10th, former leader Hong said on Facebook, "I hope there will be no further damage to the honor of the deceased."
He recalled their relationship, saying, "Although he was a junior from my hometown Changnyeong, Gyeongnam, he was two years senior in the civil service exam, so we had friendly senior-junior debates with smiles, but we always walked different paths due to differing thoughts."
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Former leader Hong expressed his condolences, saying, "There was a joke that the next presidential election might become the Changnyeong County governor election, and I recently looked favorably on his active presidential campaign. But he left so tragically. Rest in peace peacefully."
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