Han Dong-hoon clinches assembly seat in Busan

“Independent Han Dong-hoon, former leader of the main opposition People Power Party, on Thursday clinched a National Assembly seat, taking Busan’s Buk-A district. Han took 42.99 percent of the votes – 99.51 percent counted – narrowly beating Ha Jung-woo who won 41.24 percent of the votes. Ha is a former senior secretary to President Lee Jae Myung for artificial intelligence, who quit the post to run in the by-election. Exit polls had indicated that Ha had a narrow lead over Han. Han was once a cl

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