Early voting begins for by-election, and Moon casts ballot Early voting for Wednesday’s by-elections started on Friday, and President Moon Jae-in cast a ballot in the morning near the Blue House for the election of a new Seoul mayor. 2021.4.2
5-person cap doesn't seem to apply to mayoral campaign rallies The government is being criticized for holding double standards as dozens of people are allowed to gather in public for the Seoul mayoral campaigns, contrasting with the clampdown on rallies in the city earlier in the month. 2021.4.1
Seoul mayoral candidates present ambitious property plans Park Young-sun and Oh Se-hoon, rival candidates in the Seoul mayoral by-election to be held in 10 days, have been focusing on real estate policy in recent days on the campaign trail. “My plan is to renovate the section of the Gyeongbu... 2021.3.28
Two women emerge as frontrunners in Seoul mayor race Seoul residents may get the chance to elect a woman to the mayor's office for the first time, as two women have emerged as frontrunners in the April by-election to fill the vacancy created by Park Won-soon’s suicide. 2020.11.23
Keum Tae-sup ditches DP, may run for Seoul mayor Keum Tae-sup, a former lawmaker for the ruling Democratic Party (DP), relinquished his party membership Wednesday — quickly emerging as a prime candidate in next year’s Seoul mayoral by-election. 2020.10.21
![President Moon Jae-in enters a polling booth at the Samcheong-dong Community Center to cast his ballot for the Seoul mayoral by-election. The two-day early-voting period for the Wednesday's by-election started on Friday. [YONHAP]](https://image.koreajoongangdaily.com/11635411.jpg?imageId=11635411&width=240&height=184&format=webp&format=jpg)
![Supporters of Seoul mayoral candidate Oh Se-hoon listening to his speech near Coex in southern Seoul on Sunday. [JOINT PRESS CORPS]](https://image.koreajoongangdaily.com/11279102.jpg?imageId=11279102&width=240&height=184&format=webp&format=jpg)
![Park Young-sun, candidate of the ruling Democratic Party in the Seoul mayoral by-election on April 7, speaks at a press briefing in Jongno District, central Seoul, on Sunday, regarding her real estate and housing policy plans. [JOINT PRESS CORPS]](https://image.koreajoongangdaily.com/11809919.jpg?imageId=11809919&width=240&height=184&format=webp&format=jpg)
![Minister of SMEs and Startups Park Young-sun. [YONHAP]](https://image.koreajoongangdaily.com/11898222.jpg?imageId=11898222&width=240&height=184&format=webp&format=jpg)
![Keum Tae-sup, former lawmaker of the Democratic Party (DP). [YONHAP]](https://image.koreajoongangdaily.com/10037122.jpg?imageId=10037122&width=240&height=184&format=webp&format=jpg)