By AsiaToday reporter Park Ji-eunJustice Minister Han Dong-hoon resigned from his position as justice minister on Thursday after accepting the ruling..
Han Dong-hoon accepted his new post as interim leader of the ruling party and resigned as justice minister on Thursday. The daring and relatively articulate former prosecutor seems to be the torpid party’s best bet. The ruling People Power Party has been powerless ever since the last general elections in 2020, and is terrified of another crushing defeat in the upcoming vote in April. With the Democratic Party o.
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Han Dong-hoon, the star prosecutor who was President Yoon Suk Yeol’s first justice minister, is about to make his official debut in politics as the leader of the ruling party. One of the best-known figures in Yoon’s Cabinet, Han surprised Seoul’s political capital Yeouido on Thursday when he accepted an offer to lead the People Power Party, the top seat of which had been left vacant for over a week..
Justice Minister Han Dong-hoon has agreed to take over as leader of the ruling People Power Party and will leave office as minister after a farewell ceremony Thursday afternoon, sources said. Han, considered one of the closest confidants of President Yoon Suk Yeol, accepted the People Power Party s proposal to become the chairman of the emergency leadership committee during a meeting with Rep. Yun Jae-ok, the party s.