Incumbent Democratic Party (DP) Rep. Min Hyung-bae clinched a landslide victory over his rival, Lee Nak-yon, leader of the Saemirae Party, for Gwangsan-B District in Gwangju.
Lee Nak-yon, running under his newly formed Saemirae Party, is expected to lose to Democratic Party Rep. Min Hyung-bae.
The primary challenge for the majority party comes from its hard-liners, not the governing party.
Reps. Min Hyung-bae and Kim Yong-min, two hard-line Democratic Party lawmakers, proposed the majority party submit a motion to impeach President Yoon Suk Yeol to help form a united front against the president ahead of the next parliamentary election.
A party representing the people and an official serving the people must watch their language and behavior.
After leaving the Democratic Party (DP) to become an independent and help the DP pass a controversial bill aimed at stripping the prosecution of its investigative powers, Rep. Min Hyung-bae returned to the party.
The Democratic Party has assigned Rep. Min Hyung-bae to a special committee aimed at supporting strategic industries like semiconductors and batteries after forcing out Rep. Yang Hyang-ja from the committee.
A bill that would reduce the number of Korean nationals studying at foreign schools has unleashed a firestorm of complaints from parents and school administrators.
The Justice Ministry and the state prosecution service filed a joint petition with the Constitutional Court on Monday asking that it void two recent laws weakening the prosecution's investigative powers.
The Democratic Party has forced one of its members to leave the party to entirely strip the prosecution of its investigation authority.
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