The Reform Party, a big tent political party that was formed recently and is led by the former heads of the ruling People Power Party (PPP) and the main opposition Democratic Party of Korea (DPK), finds itself in turmoil, as its leaders clashed, Monday, over a vote to entrust its Co-Chairman Lee Jun-seok with the authority to lead the party’s election campaign and policymaking activities.
U.S. Ambassador to South Korea Philip Goldberg rejected calls to redeploy U.S. tactical nuclear weapons on the Korean Peninsula to counter North Korea s growing nuclear menace, stressing that no one should doubt the U.S. commitment to protect its allies, including South Korea, from nuclear threats.