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Jee Eun-hee Demonstrates Against Lee Jong-chan of the Millennium Democratic Part

A crisp strong female voice spread through the streets of Chong-no on April 11. "We need a revolution in our corrupt state! Everyone knows who the blacklisted candidates are. It is time for the voters to change politics!" Jee Eun-hee has been demonstrating against Lee Jong-chan, a candidate from the Millennium Democratic Party, in Chong-no, a district famous for its hostile political power battles. Ms. Jee is a representative of the Citizen's…

Apr 11,2000
Opposition Parties Suspicious of Summit Announcement

The three opposition parties, the Grand National Party(GNP), the United Liberal Democrats (ULD), and the National People's Party (NPP), are denouncing the recent summit meeting news as a government manoeuvre to win the coming elections. The parties jointly suggested that there were covert discussions leading up to the agreement on a summit meeting. Lee Won-chang with the GNP alleged that "considering the government's previous dealings and it…

Apr 11,2000
Ruling Party Likely to Benefit from Summit Talks in General Elections

The political community buzzed with excitement Monday over the unprecedented agreement to hold inter-Korean summit talks and scrambled to calculate the substantial impact on National Assembly elections only three days away. No political party, however, could deny that the upcoming summit talks would have a positive impact on the ruling party and a negative impact on the opposition. The ruling Millenium Democratic Party (MDP) judged that i…

Apr 10,2000
Inchon Election Commission Requests for Investigation

The Inchon Election Commission requested that the Inchon District Public Prosecutors' Office investigate the mayor of Pupyung city, Park Soo-mook, and the head of the General Affairs Bureau for Pupyung, Kwak Yung-ki. The two are suspected of illegally campaigning for the upcoming general election. According to the Election Commission, Mr.Park purchased lunch for 90 female office workers while campaigning on the 30th of March. Mr.Kwak is unde…

Apr 10,2000
Forest Fires and Political Flames

The forest fires in Kangwon district have started a political fire over wether the fire was a natural or man made calamity. The opposition blames the ruling party and describes the fire as a man made event and blame the government for not reacting adequately. Lee Hoe-chang, the president of the opposition Grand National Party (GNP), remarked, "President Kim's administrative vacumn is responsible for the forest fires which are double the…

Apr 09,2000
93 Percent Turnout for Absentee Voting

This year's turnout for absentee voting was 93 percent. The National Election Commission(NEC) remarked that from April 6 to 8, 717,577 out of 768,854 absentee voters had cast their ballot. The turnout for absentee voters four years ago in the 15th General Election was 94 percent. by Lee Chul-hee…

Apr 09,2000
Political Party in an Uproar over Criminal Records

A 'war on convicts' is taking place between ruling and opposition parties. Both parties are concentrating all their resources to make the best out of the unveiled criminal records of candidates, evaluating possible gains and losses. This is especially true for some political parites that are launching full fledged war on rival candidates by trying to dig up even jucier details. The leadership of the Grand National Party (GNP) is sighing with…

Apr 07,2000
Political Circles Abuzz with the Disclosure of Criminal Records

The final count shows that out of 1,178 candidates in the 16th general election, 189, or 16 percent, have had brushes with the law beyond the level of imprisonment. On April 7, the National Election Commission exposed the candidates with criminal records through its Internet homepage (www.nec.go.kr). The most frequent misdemeanors, with 101 candidates, were violations of laws related with political activities, such as the National Security La…

Apr 07,2000
Talks on Extending Range of South Korean Missiles

South Korea and the U.S. will hold working-level talks on April 10, to discuss extending the range of domestic missiles. South Korea wants to extend the allowable range of its missiles to 300 kilometers, from the present 160 kilometers. Korea is also proposing extending the range of missiles designated for scientific research and development to 500 kilometers. Korea's Director General of the North American Affairs Bureau Song Min-soon a…

Apr 07,2000
Final Push toward General Elections

With only a week before the general elections, candidates from the three major parties are turning their attentions on their respective regional bases. Suh Young-hoon, a candidate for the Millennium Democratic Party (MDP), will hold a streetside campaign in west Inchon. Rhee In-jae, the chief of the MDP's election campaign, will join a labor union meeting in Kumsan. Lee Hoi-chang of the Grand National Party (GNP) will conduct streetside c…

Apr 07,2000

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