2011 Seoul free lunch referendum

2011 referendum in South Korea The Seoul Free Lunch Referendum was a referendum held on 24 August 2011, on the subject of free school meals in the schools around the Seoul Metropolitan Area. Then-mayor of Seoul, Oh Se-hoon, proposed to provide a limited free meal service to the 30% of the impoverished children in Seoul, but the Democratic Party proposed to make the free meal service to every child in Seoul starting from younger elementary school children and gradually to middle school children.Jung (정) Gi-cheol (기철) 2010-10-22 ko:'친환경 무상급식' 해결기미 가물가물 http://www.asiatoday.co.kr/news/view.asp?seq=409023 2011-09-24 Asia Today Korean This has become the cause of Oh Se-hoon's action to make the final decision of the policy through a referendum. The referendum was later rejected due to the low voter turnout of 25.7%, significantly lower than the required turnout of 33.3%. Pul-ip (풀잎) Kim (김) ko:무상급식 주민투표 결과…투표율 25.7%에 무산 '오세훈 거취 주목' 2011-08-24 http://artsnews.mk.co.kr/news/166518 아츠뉴스 사회 2011-09-24 Korean 2012-03-26 https://web.archive.org/web/20120326033157/http://artsnews.mk.co.kr/news/166518 dead The low voting rate contributed to Oh Se-hoon's resignation from the mayoralty of Seoul.25 August 2011 Seoul Mayor Steps Down After Losing School Lunch Referendum https://www.voanews.com/a/seoul-mayor-steps-down-after-losing-referendum-on-school-lunches-128457783/144347.html VOA News 16 July 2023 Issues The Democratic Party called the referendum and Oh Se-hoon's action unjust because the free school lunch in Seoul for a year costs 69.5 billion won while the referendum costs around 12 billion won. Yeon-ju (연주) Jang (장) ko:695억 막으려고 120억 써버린다?... 오세훈의 '무리수' 2011-01-11 헤럴드경제 Korean The Grand National Party, Oh Se-hoon's political party of affiliation, considered Oh's defeat in a different perspective. The Chairperson of the GNP, Hong Jun-pyo, expressed his personal opinion that over 25% of the voting rate is enough to support the GNP for the 2012 presidential election. Bang-yeol (방열) Hwang (황) ko:'식물시장' 오세훈 승리? 정신 못차린 청와대 2011-08-25 http://www.ohmynews.com/NWS_Web/View/at_pg.aspx?CNTN_CD=A0001616669&CMPT_CD=P0001 OhmyNews 2011-09-24 KoreanSee reliable sources list on WP:KO/RS May 2025 Hyeon-cheol (현철) Cho (조) ko:한나라·청와대 "사실상 승리" 주장 2011-08-24 http://news.khan.co.kr/kh_news/khan_art_view.html?artid=201108242342065&code=910100 Kyunghyang Shinmun 2011-09-24 Korean See also 2011 South Korean by-elections References External links Official website of the referendum ko Category:Presidency of Lee Myung-bak Category:2011 in South Korea Category:2011 referendums 2011 Category:2010s in Seoul Category:August 2011 in South Korea