"Late Encountered Fate, in Desperation..." 40s City Council Member Proposes Publicly at Bon Council Meeting

Park Cheolsu, Gwangyang City Council Member, "Sorry for the Personal Story"

"There is someone I do not want to lose."

A member of the Gwangyang City Council in Jeollanam-do has become a topic of conversation for publicly proposing to a female public official in the plenary session.

During the plenary session, Park Cheolsu, a member of the Gwangyang City Council in Jeollanam-do, publicly proposed marriage.
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According to a summary from the Gwangyang City Council on the 12th, during the plenary session of the temporary meeting held the previous day, Park Cheol-su (47), a member of the Democratic Party, finished his administrative questions and said, "I apologize for speaking about a personal matter in the plenary session." He continued, "She is someone who has many things I do not possess, so I did not want to lose her," and added, "I felt compelled to make this public in order to win her over, so I chose this method."

He then called out the name of a female public official affiliated with Gwangyang City and asked her to marry him.

Park’s words were conveyed to the public officials through the internal broadcast. Immediately after, Park went to her office holding a bouquet, proposed to the public official, and received her acceptance. It is known that they had been dating for two months through an introduction by acquaintances and are planning to marry this year.

Some reacted to Park’s proposal as refreshing. However, there were also criticisms that it was inappropriate to do so during the plenary session. Inside the council, it was reported that comments such as "It was clearly wrong" and "It went too far" were raised.

The Gwangyang City Council recorded the entire plenary session on video on the 11th, but deleted the part where Park proposed, citing it as "private content."

Park told Yonhap News, "It is inappropriate to make personal remarks in the plenary session. I think it was inappropriate, and I apologize for causing controversy," adding, "But I confessed out of a desperate desire to express my feelings even in this way." He also said, "I met my match at a late age and did not want to lose her," and "It was that earnest."

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