Seoul Mayor Steps Down After Losing School Lunch Referendum

Fri, Aug 26 2011 — Source: Voice of America Radio

A referendum this week on a plan to limit school lunches in schools in South Korea’s capital city has led to the resignation of the city’s mayor and provided a preview for broader political battles in national elections next year.  Seoul Mayor Oh Se-hoon had pledged to step down if voters rejected his proposal to provide free meals to only poor school children in the capital, instead of all students.