Daegu Mayor Hong Jun-pyo responds to rumors he will step down next week: ”It's groundless” = South Korea

Daegu Mayor Hong Jun-pyo has called the rumors that he will step down from his position next week to run in early presidential elections "baseless."
On the 4th, Channel A reported that Mayor Hong will hold a press conference next week to announce his resignation.
After the report, a source close to Mayor Hong told the Hangyeong News Agency on the same day,
"The rumors about me stepping down next week are groundless, and I am currently investigating where such rumors came from. I am perplexed," he told Yahoo! News.
Mayor Hong has previously said, "If the impeachment of former President Yoon Seok-yeol is cited,
Mayor Hong, who made his intention to run for president clear early on, was also reported to be publishing two books next week and taking steps to resign.
Mayor Hong recently completed two books, "Today's Dreams Come True" and "Opening the Era of the Seventh Republic as an Advanced Superpower." "Today's Dreams Come True" is a collection of writings published in Feisbook, and "The
"The 7th Republic of Korea to Open the Era of an Advanced Superpower" is a book that includes the presidential election pledges that Mayor Hong has drawn up so far. Mayor Hong wrote on his Facebook the day before about the book, "For more than three months, various circles have been
I received advice from experts, but the book basically includes my vision of the future of the Republic of Korea that I have drawn over the 30 years I have spent in politics.
But in this book, 'The 7th Republic,' I have tried to depict the future Republic of Korea that I dream of."