Uiwang mayor hospitalized after collapsing at golf practice facility

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Published: 14 Dec. 2025, 19:37

Kim Sung-jae, mayor of Uiwang, speaks at a briefing at Government Complex Seoul in central Seoul on Nov. 5, 2024. [YONHAP]

Kim Sung-jae, mayor of Uiwang, collapsed at a golf practice facility inside his apartment complex in Uiwang, Gyeonggi, at around 4:09 p.m. on Sunday and was taken to a hospital in a state of cardiac arrest.

Emergency responders transported Kim to a hospital at around 4:31 p.m. after receiving a report that a person had collapsed at a golf practice facility.

Kim is currently receiving emergency treatment at a hospital as of press time Sunday. He is a member of the People Power Party and was elected mayor in 2022.

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BY JUNG SI-NAE [[email protected]]