Rest of World News: A record number of South Koreans have taken advantage of early voting ahead of parliamentary elections on Wednesday, underlining the public's investme.
President Yoon Suk Yeol is deeply unpopular with the electorate ahead of Wednesday's parliamentary vote. The left-leaning Democratic Party looks to take advantage amid public fears over the economy and national security.
President Yoon Suk Yeol is deeply unpopular with the electorate ahead of Wednesday's parliamentary vote, with the left-leaning Democratic Party looking to take advantage.
Among the several new third parties that have emerged out of the Democratic Party of Korea, the new party founded and headed by Cho Kuk, former justice minister under President Moon Jae-in, has so far seen the highest ratings, according to the latest polls. In a March 5-7 Gallup Korea poll of 1,000 voters aged 18 and above, 6 percent said they would vote for Cho's Rebuilding Korea Party. By contrast, 3 percent s.
Disgraced former Justice Minister Cho Kuk on Tuesday officially announced to launch his own political party ahead of the general election scheduled for April 10. “I plan to fight on the front line of the battle to bring an early end to the incompetent 'dictatorship of prosecutors,' and the restoration of the values of a democratic republic,” Cho said in an announcement made at his hometown of Bu.