The National Assembly approved, Thursday, a motion to arrest main opposition Democratic Party of Korea (DPK) Chairman Rep. Lee Jae-myung, as a larger-than-expected number of lawmak.
Few expected the main opposition Democratic Party of Korea (DPK), which holds a majority of seats at the National Assembly, to strip its chairman, Lee Jae-myung, of immunity from arrest. But on Thursday, the Assembly passed a motion to allow the potential arrest of Lee, who is embroiled in corruption scandals, after at least 29 DPK lawmakers joined voted against him.
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South Koreans woke Friday to dramatic political circumstances: The firebrand leader of the country's leftist opposition party, already hospitalized in a dramatic protest hunger strike against government policies, could soon be behind bars.