[Public Officials' Asset Disclosure] The Wealthiest Local Council Member is Park Young-seo, Gyeongbuk Province Council Member

[Asia Economy Reporter Lee Ji-eun] Among metropolitan city and provincial council members, the council member with the highest assets was Park Young-seo of the Gyeongsangbuk-do Provincial Council.

According to the "Regular Asset Change Report" disclosed on the 25th through the official government gazette by the Government Public Officials Ethics Committee, Park's assets increased by 806.32 million KRW compared to the previous year, reaching 14.81955 billion KRW, ranking first among metropolitan city and provincial council members.

Kim Soo-moon of the Gyeongsangbuk-do Provincial Council followed with 13.5988 billion KRW, and Sung Joong-ki of the Seoul Metropolitan Council had 13.10428 billion KRW.

Park Young-seo, Member of the Gyeongbuk Provincial Council
[Photo by Gyeongbuk Provincial Council website]

From 4th to 10th place were Kim Jong-han of the Busan Metropolitan Council (9.44709 billion KRW), Kim Yong-yeon of the Seoul Metropolitan Council (9.1610 billion KRW), Choi Young-joo of the Seoul Metropolitan Council (8.85465 billion KRW), Song Young-heon of the Daegu Metropolitan Council (8.39248 billion KRW), Lim Mi-ran of the Gwangju Metropolitan Council (8.28193 billion KRW), Kim Joon-sik of the Incheon Metropolitan Council (7.55693 billion KRW), and Choi Hoon-yeol of the Jeollabuk-do Provincial Council (7.31427 billion KRW).

Among them, Council Member Lim saw an increase of 2.71358 billion KRW compared to one year ago, showing the largest growth among the top 10. Council Member Choi Young-joo of the Seoul Metropolitan Council also saw an increase of 2.039 billion KRW compared to the previous year.

On the other hand, Council Member Kim Yong-yeon's assets decreased by 2.29089 billion KRW compared to one year ago.

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