Ahn Sang-soo (; born February 9, 1946, in

Changwon Changwon () is the capital city of Gyeongsangnam-do, on the southeast coast of South Korea. With a population of 1.07 million , Changwon is South Korea's ninth-most populous city. A port city, Changwon is bordered by Masan Bay to the south, ...

) is a South Korean politician. He was chairman of the

Grand National Party The Liberty Korea Party () was a conservative political party in South Korea that was described variously as right-wing, right-wing populist, or far-right. Until February 2017, it was known as the Saenuri Party (), and before that as the Hanna ...

, the precursor to the Saenuri Party. He was the Mayor of Changwon from 2014 to 2018. He hopes to improve that city's bicycle-sharing plan.

Controversies

He mistook

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s as North Korean

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s in a bombed-out house afflicted after the

Bombardment of Yeonpyeong A bombardment is an attack by artillery fire or by dropping bombs from aircraft on fortifications, combatants, or towns and buildings. Prior to World War I, the term was only applied to the bombardment of defenseless or undefended objects, ...

. This has stirred controversies in the

National Assembly of South Korea The National Assembly of the Republic of Korea, often shortened to the National Assembly in domestic English-language media, is the unicameral national legislature of South Korea. Elections to the National Assembly are held every four years. T ...

References

External links

Profile on city of Changwon website
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Official Website
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Copy of official website at Archive.org
Members of the National Assembly (South Korea) Living people 1946 births Seoul National University School of Law alumni 21st-century mayors of places in South Korea South Korean prosecutors Sang-soo {{SouthKorea-politician-stub