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Busan mayoral debate takes unusual turn as candidate proposes lie detector test

Tuesday’s televised debate among Busan mayoral candidates took an unusual turn when a minor opposition candidate proposed that his rival take a lie detector test. Much of the debate followed the usual course, with the two main-party candidates — Democratic Party of Korea’s Chun Jae-soo and People Power Party’s Park Heong-joon — exchanging barbs and accusations over alleged irregularities in each other’s past endeavors as government minister and Busan mayor. Chun formerly served as oceans and fis