A fresh face has emerged in Korean politics. Ihn Yo-han, a naturalized Korean physician, has come to the rescue for the ruling People Power Party (PPP) as the conservative bloc gears up for a momentous change in preparation for the general elections slated for April next year.
The ruling People Power Party on Monday approved Yohan Ihn, South Korea's first special naturalized citizen, as the chairman of the party's innovation committee tasked with regaining voters' trust after its crushing defeat in a by-election in Seoul. The decision to appoint Ihn, also known by his American name John Linton, was approved in the People Power Party's leadership meeting earlier in the d.
The ruling People Power Party (PPP) on Monday approved Ihn Yo-han, Korea's first special naturalized citizen, as the chairman of the party's innovation committee tasked with regaining voters' trust after its crushing defeat in a by-election in Seoul.
Ihn Yo-han, a naturalized Korean physician with four generations of close ties to the country, will lead the effort to reform the governing party, ahead of what is expected to be a defining election for President Yoon Suk Yeol early next year.
The ruling People Power Party on Monday announced an unusual pick to lead the reform of the party a descendant of an American missionary and a physician who contributed to the establishment of democracy in South Korea in the 1980s. John Linton, a professor of family medicine at Severance Hospital in Seoul, was chosen as the chief of the party’s reform committee on Monday. The 64-year-old, who became a natura.