[Breaking] Former oceans minister likely to become Busan mayor: exit poll

“Chun Jae-soo, former oceans minister and three-term lawmaker of the ruling Democratic Party of Korea, is projected to win the Busan mayoral race against Park Heong-joon, right-wing incumbent, according to an exit poll Wednesday. Chun, 55, was ahead of Park in the election with 50.2 percent of votes, up by 1.9 percentage points, according to an exit poll conducted at 595 polling stations nationwide Wednesday. The exit poll was run by the Korea Election Pool, a body comprising representatives of t

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