SEOUL, June 3 (Korea Bizwire) – Democratic Party (DP) candidate Lee Jae-myung was projected to win the presidential election by a wide margin Tuesday, four polls showed, as vote counting got under way. According to a joint exit poll by broadcasters KBS, MBC and SBS, Lee of the liberal DP was leading conservative People Power [...]
SEOUL, June 3 (Korea Bizwire) — Democratic Party (DP) floor leader Park Chan-dae said Tuesday that exit polls showing a majority for the party’s presidential candidate, Lee Jae-myung, represented a stern verdict from the people on the “insurrectionist government” of ousted former President Yoon Suk Yeol. Park made the remark shortly after the exit polls [...]
SEOUL, May 19 (Korea Bizwire) — The Democratic Party (DP) on Monday disclosed photos it claims show a judge overseeing the insurrection trial of former President Yoon Suk Yeol at a hostess bar, shortly after the judge denied allegations in connection with such a hostess bar. Jee Kui-youn of the Seoul Central District Court has [...]
SEOUL, April 8 (Korea Bizwire) — The Democratic Party (DP) said Tuesday it will consider seeking legal action against the nomination of two Constitutional Court justices by acting President Han Duck-soo, arguing that Han has no authority to nominate the judges because he was appointed by ousted former President Yoon Suk Yeol. With two standing [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — Opposition leader Lee Jae-myung was indicted on Thursday for allegations that he violated the election law by making false statements related to two land development projects in Seongnam, just south of Seoul, during his presidential campaign last year. The Seoul Central District Prosecutors Office charged Lee, the chairman of [...]
SEOUL, May 24 (Korea Bizwire) — Park Ji-hyun, the 26-year-old co-head of the main opposition Democratic Party’s (DP) interim leadership committee, said Tuesday that U.S. President Joe Biden wished her to be a “bigger politician.” Park and Biden met during the state dinner that President Yoon Suk-yeol hosted at the National Museum of Korea for [...]