The ruling party-dominated National Assembly passed one of two controversial bills on prosecution reform Saturday amid strong protests from the main opposition party, heralding a bipartisan standoff down the road. For the past weeks, the Democratic Party of Korea (DPK) has vowed to pass the two bills on prosecution reform which would immediately deprive the prosecution of all investigative powers. Early this week, the ruling party railroaded the legislation through the National Assembly Judiciary Committee and said it would pass the bills at a plenary session