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Suspended Ruling Party Chief Again Cries Foul over Leadership Switch

SEOUL, Aug. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — The suspended chairman of the ruling People Power Party (PPP), Lee Jun-seok, again cried foul Saturday over a party leadership switch, which he claims is aimed at removing him from his position. The PPP’s move to switch to an emergency leadership system is “unfair” and “nonsense,” Lee told reporters [...]

Ruling Party Chief Says U.S. Policy on N. Korea Remains Too ‘Vague’

WASHINGTON, Sept. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — The United States must not return to the so-called strategic patience when dealing with North Korea, the head of South Korea’s ruling Democratic Party said Sunday, also arguing the Joe Biden administration’s policy on the North may be too “vague.” Rep. Song Young-gil insisted the North Korean nuclear issue [...]