newsKim Hee-soo, 71, governor of Jindo County, in South Jeolla Province, made the comments during a live-streamed town hall meeting that was broadcast live online.
newsA key witness who helped find the mastermind behind the deadly November 2015 Paris attacks has had more than EUR 465,000 raised in her name.
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