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Oh's pleading with the public to vote was not enough to get them to come out to vote. (photo source unknown)

Seoul mayor Oh Se-hoon quits, sets up race for his seat

By Fri, Aug 26, 2011 11:28PM UTC View Comments Oh's pleading with the public to vote was not enough to get them to come out to vote. (photo source unknown)

Seoul mayor Oh Se-hoon resigned Friday after a failed referendum on free school lunches in the city’s school system. While that may seem a small reason to upend the choice of voters, who twice voted Oh into the mayor’s office, the referendum was at the center of an emerging contentious debate about expanding public welfare. The...

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