‘Kim Jong-un,’ ‘Park Geun-hye’ names draw attention at local elections
PoliticsJun 14, 2018
Several candidates in Wednesday’s local elections caught the attention of the public due to their names. These candidates had the same names as North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, former President Park Geun-hye and Park’s father Park Chung-hee. The Korean spellings of the names were identical, though they were romanized differently. In particular, Kim Jong-un, a female candidate for the Mapo-gu local elections, became a trending topic. The US-North Korea summit took place a day before the elections