China News Service, July 12th. According to Korean media reports, South Korean President Wen Jae-yin said on the 10th that Seoul Mayor Park Yuanchun passed away. He and Park Yuanchun were the same trainee of the Judicial Training Institute. He has accumulated many years of friendship and suddenly heard bad news. Deeply shocked.
South Korea’s presidential chief of staff Lu Yingmin recounted Wen Zaiyin’s remarks when he sent a number of senior staff to the funeral parlour of Seoul University Hospital that day. Wen Zaiyin also sent wreaths to Lingtang to condole the survivors.
On the afternoon of the 9th, Park Yuanchun's daughter reported that she had lost contact. After several hours of searching, the police found Park Yuanchun's body in a mountainous area in the north of Seoul on the morning of the 10th. In response to the cause of Park Yuanchun’s death, the police said that no traces of the homicide were found and a specific investigation will be conducted. Some media reported that Park Yuanchun was accused of sexual harassment by his former secretary.
On July 11, local time, an incense burner was built outside the Seoul City Hall in South Korea to offer condolences to the late Seoul Mayor Park Won-chun. China News Service issued Zeng Naishe
On the 10th, the Seoul Metropolitan Government published the suicide note written by Park Won Chun. According to reports, the staff found the suicide note while arranging Pu Yuanchun's desk. The suicide note said, "I'm sorry everyone," "I am deeply guilty of the pain caused to my family," and "hope to scatter the ashes on my parents' cemetery."
The unexpected death of Park Won-chun shocked the Korean opposition. Park Won-chun is one of the representatives of the Korean Progressive Party and is regarded as the "confidant" of the current South Korean President Wen Jae-in. He is also one of the potential candidates for the next Korean President.
According to reports, Wen Zaiyin and Park Yuanchun passed the 22nd Judicial Examination in 1980 and graduated from the Judicial Training Institute in 1982.
South Korean Prime Minister Ding Shijun also said that Park Yuan-chun has served Seoul City for nearly 10 years, praying for the rest of the dead to rest in peace. South Korea’s largest opposition party, the Future Integration Party, also "expressed regret."