Exit polls put Jung Geun-sik on course for second term as Seoul education chief

Incumbent Seoul Superintendent Jung Geun-sik was projected to secure a second term Wednesday, leading the city’s education chief race as vote counting continued.

“I don’t think this is my victory.

Rather, it was possible because Seoul citizens understood and trusted the major policies of the Seoul Metropolitan Office of Education over the past year and a half,” Jung said after learning of the exit poll results Wednesday.

“I believe I will have to build an integrated Seoul education curriculum th ...