Posted : 2021-04-14 17:02
Updated : 2021-04-14 18:25
Rep. Joo Ho-young, center, acting chairman and floor leader of the main opposition People Power Party, speaks during a party meeting at the National Assembly in Seoul, Wednesday. Yonhap
By Jung Da-min
The opposition political parties are clashing over how to set future strategies to join forces and counter the ruling bloc, with each highlighting their roles in the opposition bloc s landslide victory in the April 7 by-elections.
In the mayoral by-elections of the country s two biggest cities, Seoul and Busan, the candidates of the conservative main opposition People Power Party (PPP) won both positions, beating their rival candidates of the ruling Democratic Party of Korea (DPK).
Posted : 2021-04-12 16:34
Updated : 2021-04-12 18:35
The homepage for Kim Ou-joon s News Factory. Calls have grown to remove him from the program for allegedly biased comments favoring the ruling bloc. / Captured from TBS website
By Kim Rahn
Calls are mounting to remove left-wing radio show host Kim Ou-joon of the Traffic Broadcasting System (TBS) for his alleged politically biased comments siding with the ruling Democratic Party of Korea (DPK), especially during the April 7 mayoral by-election campaign period.
More than 167,000 people have signed an online petition on the Cheong Wa Dae website, as of Monday afternoon, since the petition was posted last Friday, to call for his removal as the host of TBS s Kim Ou-joon s News Factory program.
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1of15Kerry Burke gets her second COVID-19 vaccination at a mobile clinic in Great Barrington, Mass., Monday, April 12, 2021. This particular clinic used the Moderna vaccine. (Ben Garver/The Berkshire Eagle via AP)Ben Garver/APShow MoreShow Less
2of15Karl Pajak, 28, right, and Yuting Yu, 22, fill out forms to get the Moderna vaccine at a vaccination center in the Chinatown neighborhood of Los Angeles, Monday, April 12, 2021. The city of Los Angeles has opened up vaccines to younger people, days ahead of the state broadening eligibility to everyone 16 and up.Jae C. Hong/APShow MoreShow Less
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