Seoul mourns after mayor found dead

Updated July 10 2020 - 6:41pm, first published 6:34pm
Park Won-soon was a civic activist and human rights lawyer before being elected Seoul mayor in 2011.
Park Won-soon was a civic activist and human rights lawyer before being elected Seoul mayor in 2011.

Seoul's mayor left a note saying he felt "sorry to all people" before he was found dead, officials in the South Korean capital say, as people begin mourning the liberal legal activist seen as a potential presidential candidate.

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