POLITICSJul 23 · 00:00 UTCSCMP CHINAPark Chan-kyong

South Korea’s top conservative ‘a wounded lame duck’ after guilty verdict

A South Korean court convicted Seoul's mayor Oh Se-hoon for illegal polling payments, fining him 10 million won for violating the Political Funds Act ahead of the 2021 mayoral by-election. The ruling threatens to end his presidential ambitions.

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