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Liberal DP, conservative PPP sharply divided on President Yoon's arrest

Responses to the arrest of President Yoon Suk Yeol were sharply divided along partisan lines on Wednesday.

2025-01-15

Gap narrows between rival parties as PPP's approval rating rebounds

The gap in the approval ratings for the conservative People Power Party (PPP) and the liberal Democratic Party (DP) narrowed to the slimmest margin in nearly four months, a poll showed Monday.

2025-01-13

No reinvention, no hope

The party is doomed if it settles for the comfort zone.

2024-12-29

PPP floor leader poses punishments for failed impeachment motions

Kweon Seong-dong, acting head and floor leader of the conservative People Power Party, said Thursday that lawmakers who propose and vote in favor of impeachment motions that are later dismissed by the Constitutional Court should be prosecuted.

2024-12-19

New PPP floor leader urges DP to withdraw 'excessively issued' impeachment motions

People Power Party (PPP) floor leader Kweon Seong-dong on Wednesday urged the Democratic Party (DP) to withdraw impeachment motions "excessively issued for political purposes" in his first official meeting with DP head Lee Jae-myung since becoming...

2024-12-18

Let me take the wheel!

After President Yoon Suk Yeol was impeached, the People Power Party and the Democratic Party are fighting over who should lead the country.

2024-12-17

No future if the PPP is detached from reality (KOR)

We hope the PPP keeps in mind that the party will be doomed if it continues dismissing deepening public sentiment against it.

2024-12-17

No future if the PPP is detached from reality

We hope the PPP keeps in mind that the party will be doomed if it continues dismissing deepening public sentiment against it.

2024-12-16

Out in the cold

After the PPP leader resigned from his seat over his responsibility for supporting the impeachment of the president, the governing party will be led by the emergency steering committee for the sixth time since the launch of the government in 2022.

2024-12-16

‘I'm to blame, I'm sorry’: PPP leader resigns following Yoon’s impeachment

People Power Party leader Han Dong-hoon resigned on Monday, stating that it was impossible for him to fulfill his duties due to the collapse of the party’s supreme council.

2024-12-16