Ruling party’s growing divide rings of past factionalism

Convention preparations committee leader resigns in discontent

President Yoon Suk-yeol challenged reporters Tuesday to compare his personnel choices with those of the previous administration, suggesting he was doing no worse a job than his predecessor. Yoon put up the defense a day after his pick for health minister withdrew over allegations she diverted political funds for personal use and his nominee for chief of the antitrust regulator was forced to apologize over allegations he sexually harassed students in the past. "Well, did you see any praisewo

SNU law professor nominated as antitrust watchdog chief

Personnel affairs, party’s internal strife, economic difficulties eat away at support for the president

Last-minute deal puts legislature back to work after monthlong hiatus

The main opposition Democratic Party (DP) on Monday rejected a request from former interim leader Park Ji-hyun that she be allowed to run for party chairmanship at an upcoming national convention despite her lack of qualification. Park, a 26-year-old politician seen as a symbol of generational change in the DP, has declared her bid for the party's chairmanship, a month after she stepped down as the party's interim leader following its crushing defeat in last month's local election

President Yoon Suk-yeol said Monday he will decide soon on whether to appoint his health minister nominee amid allegations she diverted political funds for personal use. Kim Seung-hee is under investigation by prosecutors for allegedly using her political funds when she was a lawmaker to pay for her husband's car insurance and car rental fee in violation of the Political Funds Act. The nominee has denied any wrongdoing, saying there was an accounting error. "When it comes to the bigges

The rival parties were looking to reach a last-minute compromise Monday to end an impasse in parliamentary committee formations that has left the National Assembly in limbo for more than a month. The floor leaders of the ruling People Power Party (PPP) and the main opposition Democratic Party (DP) failed to reach an agreement on the issue Sunday, though they agreed to hold negotiations until a National Assembly plenary session is convened in the afternoon. The DP, which holds 170 out of 299 seat

President Yoon Suk-yeol's disapproval rating surpassed his approval rating in a poll released Sunday. The survey by Research View, conducted on 1,000 South Koreans aged 18 or over from last Tuesday to Thursday, was the latest in a series of national polls, in which those giving a negative assessment of Yoon's performance outnumbered those who were bullish on the president. This poll was conducted while Yoon was visiting Spain for the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) summit, his firs

Floor leaders’ meeting on the eve of new provisional assembly ends with no progress

Rising stars face steep uphill battle against Lee Jae-myung

Floor leaders to meet on the eve of new provisional assembly

Park Ji-hyun, former co-chair of the emergency steering committee for the Democratic Party of Korea, blamed the main opposition party for the incident of a missing family found dead in a submerged car. On Wednesday, police confirmed the deaths of 10-year-old Cho Yu-na and both of her parents, after they were found in an upturned car in waters off of Wando, South Jeolla Province. Park called out the Democratic Party on Thursday for not providing a social safety net for families experiencing

In a country with one of the longest working hours in the world, the 52-hour rule has come under scrutiny just a few years after enactment