SEOUL (Reuters) - Beset by controversies about share price manipulation and a costly gifted handbag, South Korea's first lady has not been seen in public since Dec. 15, but few in Seoul were surprised as a high-stakes parliamentary election approaches this month.
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The Rebuilding Korea Party, a new liberal party launched by former Justice Minister Cho Kuk, has emerged as a powerful third-party challenger threatening a match-up between the two major parties in the April 10 general elections, but political analysts remained divided over whether the Cho-fueled political frenzy would last until the end of the elections.
Concerns are mounting over how easy it is for adolescents to purchase cigarettes via unmanned vending machines, which do not possess sufficiently strong age verification systems.