Police have initiated an investigation into a candidate for the National Assembly who has taken it upon himself to forcefully detain and inspect migrant workers, a local media outlet reported Wednesday. Police in Gyeongju, North Gyeongsang Province, and Daegu received multiple complaints alleging that Park Jin-jae, a candidate for the Liberty Unification Party, has been accosting people who appear to be migrant worke.
The popularity of the main opposition Democratic Party of Korea (DPK) and the ruling People Power Party (PPP) have both entered a downward spiral as infighting continues and a bribery scandal draws the public s ire.
Pastor Jeon Kwang-hoon has been involved in politics for more than a decade, and he has been a thorn in the Moon administration’s side since before the coronavirus pandemic.
January 29, 2021
A handout photo. Children in protective clothes who have tested positive for Covid-19 at TCS International School in Gwangju are led onto a bus to travel to medical facilities for treatment.
Kjdaily.com via South China Morning Post
Wearing thick winter coats and sitting close together on the floor, about 20 children without face masks sway back and forth, chanting prayers at the top of their voices. Elsewhere, maskless teenagers dance, jumping up and down and clapping their hands.
The scenes broadcast on South Korean television show TCS International School in the southern city of Gwangju, where most of its 235 pupils and teachers have since tested positive for Covid-19 .