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Millions of Won for Meals? The Official Expense Account of a Lawmaker Ahead of an Election

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◀ Anchor ▶ There are local council members in Busan who used millions of won in official expense funds for meals while registered as preliminary candidates for the upcoming local elections. If they provided meals to residents who are their voters, it would constitute a violation of the Public Official Election Act; however, the problem is that under current law, there is no way to even know who they dined with. Reporter Kim Yu-na reports. ◀ Repo…
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◀ Anchor ▶ There are local council members in Busan who used millions of won in official expense funds for meals while registered as preliminary candidates for the upcoming local elections. If they provided meals to residents who are their voters, it would constitute a violation of the Public Official Election Act; however, the problem is that under current law, there is no way to even know who they dined with. Reporter Kim Yu-na reports. ◀ Repo…

·Seoul, Korea (the Republic of)
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Daum broke the news in Seoul, Korea (the Republic of) on Thursday, May 21, 2026.
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