SEOUL, July 5 (Korea Bizwire) — With a 36-year-old leader in charge, the main opposition People Power Party (PPP) selected a pair of 27-year-olds as its new co-spokespeople. The party will continue to serve the youth, with Lim Seung-ho and Yang Jun-woo having finished first and second in the final round of the open audition [...]
SEOUL, June 18 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s state-run nuclear research institute’s computer network was breached by a North Korean cyber attack last month, an opposition lawmaker claimed Friday. According to Rep. Ha Tae-keung of the main opposition People Power Party, 13 external Internet Protocol (IP) addresses were found to have breached the internal network [...]
SEOUL, June 18 (Korea Bizwire) — A new service depicts the support rate of politicians as stock prices, allowing users to buy or sell them as they’d like. PoliGround, a local startup, said Thursday that it had launched a beta service of the same name. This service, a political stock exchange, lists politicians on a [...]
SEOUL, June 17 (Korea Bizwire) — The conservative main opposition People Power Party (PPP) has seen an influx of new members, especially those in their 20s and 30s, in the wake of the sensational ascent of young new party leader Lee Jun-seok. According to party officials, some 23,000 people nationwide have joined the PPP as [...]
SEOUL, June 16 (Korea Bizwire) — Under the leadership of young new leader Lee Jun-seok, the main opposition People Power Party (PPP) will set out this week to pick its new team of spokespeople through a rare debate tournament, party officials said Wednesday. The party will conduct a three-week-long public audition to recruit two chief [...]
SEOUL, June 14 (Korea Bizwire) — Lee Jun-seok, the main opposition People Power Party’s young new chairman, on Monday committed to provide a “big tent” for opposition presidential candidates from both inside and outside the party. “A (potential) integration of opposition forces centered on our party is coming into view,” Lee said during a meeting [...]
SEOUL, June 11 (Korea Bizwire) — Lee Jun-seok, a 36-year-old politician with no experience as a lawmaker, won a victory Friday to take the helm of the main opposition People Power Party (PPP) as the youngest-ever leader of a mainstream party in modern South Korean politics. Lee was announced the victor in the party’s convention [...]
SEOUL, April 13 (Korea Bizwire) — The Seoul metropolitan government is pushing to introduce rapid COVID-19 self-testing kits in schools, universities and religious facilities as part of its new campaign to safely reopen the city, officials said Tuesday. Under new Mayor Oh Se-hoon, who took office on Thursday, the city government has been working on [...]
SEOUL, April 9 (Korea Bizwire) — In politics, it is conventional wisdom that liberal parties are more effective in connecting with and appealing to young voters, while conservative rivals are more comfortable in engaging with the older electorate. A high level of voter turnout is also usually considered something that works in favor of liberal [...]
SEOUL, April 8 (Korea Bizwire) — The ruling Democratic Party (DP) suffered a crushing defeat in mayoral by-elections in Seoul and Busan Wednesday, seen as a critical bellwether for next year’s presidential poll. Oh Se-hoon of the main opposition People Power Party (PPP) defeated his rival from the DP, Park Young-sun, 57.5 percent to 39 [...]