Ahn Sang-soo (
hangul:안상수,
hanja:安商守, 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 ...
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is a South Korean politician. He was chairman of the
Grand National Party, 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
thermos flask
A vacuum flask (also known as a Dewar flask, Dewar bottle or thermos) is an insulating storage vessel that greatly lengthens the time over which its contents remain hotter or cooler than the flask's surroundings. Invented by Sir James Dewa ...
s as North Korean
artillery shell
A shell, in a military context, is a projectile whose payload contains an explosive, incendiary, or other chemical filling. Originally it was called a bombshell, but "shell" has come to be unambiguous in a military context. Modern usage ...
s in a bombed-out house afflicted after the
Bombardment of Yeonpyeong.
This has stirred controversies in the
National Assembly of South Korea.
References
External links
Profile on city of Changwon website*
Official Website*
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
Mayors of places in South Korea
South Korean prosecutors
Sang-soo
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