As 7,569 people registered as candidates for metropolitan mayors/governors, basic mayors/governors, metropolitan councilors, and basic councilors in the 9th nationwide local elections held simultaneously (the June 3 local elections), their average assets were tallied at about 900 million won.

The National Election Commission disclosed the assets and other details of the registered local election candidates as of 9 p.m. on the 15th. The average assets per candidate came to 895.14 million won.

On the morning of the 14th, as registration opens for the 9th nationwide local elections, election officials at the Seoul Metropolitan Election Commission in Jongno-gu accept filings for Seoul mayor, superintendent of education, and proportional representation candidates. /Courtesy of News1

People Power Party Tongyeong City Council candidate Park Geun-ryang reported the largest assets at 104.92895 billion won. Next were independent candidate Kim Jae-seon, running for Jeongeup mayor in North Jeolla (50.01953 billion won); independent candidate Kim Hoe-soo, running for Hwasun county head in South Jeolla (26.11523 billion won); and People Power Party candidate Park Young-seo, running for Mungyeong City Council (24.39474 billion won).

Metropolitan mayor/governor candidates reported average assets of 1.87909 billion won, about double the overall average. Seoul mayoral candidate Oh Se-hoon reported the largest assets at 7.28960 billion won. Democratic Party of Korea candidate Chong Won-o reported assets of 1.82389 billion won.

People Power Party Jeju governor candidate Moon Sung-yu (5.994742 billion won), People Power Party Busan mayoral candidate Park Heong-joon (5.529921 billion won), People Power Party North Jeolla governor candidate Yang Jeong-mu (5.12875 billion won), and Reform Party Busan mayoral candidate Jeong I-han (4.97151 billion won) were among the top asset holders.

The 579 basic mayor/governor candidates reported average assets per person of 1.58825 billion won.

The average taxes paid by all candidates were 51.73 million won. Among metropolitan mayor/governor candidates, independent North Jeolla governor candidate Kim Kwan-young paid the most at 687.87 million won, followed by People Power Party Busan mayoral candidate Park Heong-joon at 631.11 million won.

A total of 1,031 candidates (13.6%) had records of tax arrears. They included five metropolitan mayor/governor candidates, 65 basic mayor/governor candidates, and 961 metropolitan and basic councilors.

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