Overview
- Support in the Seoul mayoral contest tightened after Thursday's KSOI poll for CBS showed Chong Won-o at 44.9% and Oh Se-hoon at 39.8%, a gap within the ±3.1 percentage point margin of error.
- At a forum with senior editors, Chong urged prioritizing profitability in redevelopment and reconstruction to restart stalled projects and raise housing supply, while proposing targeted public options like youth housing near subway stations.
- Chong repeated an apology for a 1995 assault case and rejected claims that he misled the public, citing court rulings and contemporaneous media reports as his basis as a PPP lawmaker pressed new accusations.
- Chong criticized the newly installed Garden of Gratitude memorial in Gwanghwamun Square and floated moving it to the War Memorial of Korea after public input, saying the plaza should remain open for civic use.
- Oh, speaking in a separate session, cast the election as a check on the Lee Jae Myung administration’s real estate approach, defended the memorial as broadly approved, and challenged the feasibility of Chong’s redevelopment and tech hub pledges.