Lee Jae-myung, the leader of the main opposition Democratic Party, on Saturday rejected former party leader Lee Nak-yon's call for his resignation as they failed to patch up their differences. The two sides met for talks in Seoul after the former party leader demanded Lee Jae-myung step down and agree to form a joint interim leadership committee ahead of the general elections scheduled for next April. The curren.
Lee Jae-myung, the leader of the main opposition Democratic Party of Korea (DPK), on Saturday rejected former DPK leader Lee Nak-yon s call for his resignation as they failed to patch up their differences.
A decision by the Ministry of Patriots and Veterans Affairs, Monday, to pick former President Syngman Rhee as the independence fighter of January, is rekindling controversy over the conservative Yoon Suk Yeol’s administration’s push to honor historical figures selectively based on their ideologies.
The ruling People Power Party (PPP) is floating the idea of putting off the launch of a special counsel probe into first lady Kim Keon Hee until after the upcoming general elections in April next year, in a bid to counter the opposition’s push to pass a bill to facilitate such an investigation this month and take advantage of negative public sentiment toward the first lady in election campaigning.
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