SEOUL, Oct. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — The office of President Yoon Suk Yeol vowed Thursday to push for major reform agenda items after the ruling People Power Party (PPP) won crucial by-elections on its home turf. The PPP secured victories in its traditional stronghold constituencies — Busan’s Geumjeong District and Incheon’s Ganghwa County — in [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — South Koreans voted Wednesday to elect the education chief of Seoul and four local government heads, with the result expected to serve as a litmus test of public sentiment since the April general elections. Up for grabs in Wednesday’s by-elections are five local administrative seats — the superintendent of [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — The candidate from the main opposition Democratic Party (DP) won a crucial local by-election in Seoul, the voting results showed Thursday, capping a high-stakes contest seen as a key barometer of voter sentiment ahead of next year’s parliamentary election in April. Jin Kyo-hoon of the DP had 56.52 percent [...]
SEOUL, April 7 (Korea Bizwire) — Election posters of minor candidates competing for the mayoral seat in Seoul have been damaged by voters after they publicly announced their support for feminists and LGBT rights. Seoul Mapo Police Station recently arrested perpetrators who took down election banners of Oh Tae-yang, Mirae Party’s candidate for the mayoral [...]