The ruling People Power Party (PPP) decided Monday to elect its new leader only by a vote of party members without including public opinion polls. The party decided to revise the current party rules that call for selecting the party s chairman based on a weight of 30 percent of public opinion poll results and 70 percent of ballots cast by party members.
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Rep. Ahn Cheol-soo of the ruling People Power Party (PPP) is struggling to resuscitate his political influence, as his presence in the party s chairmanship race remains at a disappointing level despite his reputation as a former presidential candidate who then merged his campaign with President Yoon Suk-yeol s.
A coordinated international effort over the last few decades to stop North Korea from going nuclear has all but failed. South Korea s next mission ― convincing the regime to give up the formidable weapons in a more divided world ― is even more daunting, if not impossible. Many South Koreans today believe the denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula is nothing more than just a political slogan that won t bring real changes. According to one expert, the only way to achieve that goal is, ironically, for South Korea to build its own nuclear weapons.