Korea Joongang Daily
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Still lethargic just like two years ago

Who would vote for a political party next time if it can’t even look back on its past blunders?

2024-09-11

Stop being Lee Jae-myung's 'defensive shield,' PPP floor leader tells DP

The floor leader of the conservative People Power Party (PPP) on Thursday accused the liberal Democratic Party (DP) of "legislative overreach" and inciting "political strife."

2024-09-05

The show continues

After a People Power Party lawmaker compared majority Democratic Party (DP) leader Lee Jae-myung to Lenin, the DP lawmakers called the PPP lawmaker “an idiot.”

2024-09-03

Political retaliation or wheels of justice? Parties clash over former President Moon's listing as bribery suspect

Rival parties on Monday clashed over the listing of former President Moon Jae-in as a bribery suspect in an investigation into the preferential appointment of his estranged son-in-law as an airline executive.

2024-09-02

Rival party heads agree on consultative body for livelihood issues

However, they failed to reach an agreement on the special counsel probe into the death of a young Marine.

2024-09-01

Seoul mayor, PPP lawmaker argue against minimum wage for Filipino caregivers

Seoul Mayor Oh Se-hoon and People Power Party Rep. Na Kyung-won on Tuesday underscored the need to implement differential wages for Filipino domestic caregivers as controversies over high costs continue to escalate.

2024-08-27

Covid-19 forces DP leader Lee Jae-myung into quarantine, delays key political meetings

Lee Jae-myung, leader of the Democratic Party (DP), entered self-quarantine on Thursday after testing positive for Covid-19. As a result, the meeting between the ruling and opposition party leaders scheduled for Sunday has been postponed.

2024-08-22

Normalize the legislature before it’s too late (KOR)

Lee must help put the legislature back on track by ending the DP’s dark history of submitting special motions to investigate or impeach whoever the party dislikes. Han also must accept Lee as a partner for governance and cooperate with him.

2024-08-20

Normalize the legislature before it’s too late

Lee must help put the legislature back on track by ending the DP’s dark history of submitting special motions to investigate or impeach whoever the party dislikes.

2024-08-19

Concern over weaponized Constitutional Court shutdown grows amid political wrangling over appointments

Politicians and legal experts worry that the Constitutional Court's operations could come to a halt in October amid delays in nominating successors to three justices whose terms expire in two months.

2024-08-13