Seoul Mayor Oh Se-hoon announced he won't run for the next president at the emergency conference in the conservative People Power Party headquarters in Yeouido, western Seoul, on April 12. [NEWS1] Seoul Mayor Oh Se-hoon announced Saturday he will not run in the upcoming presidential election.

Seoul Mayor Oh Se-hoon announced Saturday he will not enter South Korea's presidential race, contrary to widespread expectations that he would seek the nation's highest post following former President Yoon Suk Yeol's removal from office.

SEOUL, April 12 (Yonhap) -- Seoul Mayor Oh Se-hoon said Saturday he will not be running in the June 3 presidential election as he apologized over the "failure" of former President Yoon Suk Yeol's government.