SEOUL, March 31 (Korea Bizwire) — The main opposition Democratic Party (DP) decided Friday to push for expanding the 1,000 won (US$0.77) breakfast project for college students with municipal funds, officials said. The DP’s top policymaker, Kim Min-seok, discussed the matter in a meeting with the heads of local governments and local assembly members who [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — A dozen opposition and independent lawmakers denounced the National Assembly secretariat Monday for removing artworks satirizing the government of President Yoon Suk Yeol from a planned exhibition at the Assembly. About 80 pieces of art, including one showing a naked President Yoon brandishing a sword with the first lady, [...]
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, Dec. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — The interim leader of the main opposition People Power Party (PPP) offered an official apology Tuesday for two former presidents affiliated with the conservative party, who were convicted of corruption. Kim Chong-in made the public apology during a press conference at the National Assembly, holding the party accountable for [...]