A Gallup Korea survey found that 17 percent of respondents remained uncommitted to either major party, though the liberal base appears to be merely diversifying its support.
Official campaigning kicked off across the country on Thursday, 13 days before a general election that both of Korea's major parties view as crucial to determining the country’s future and shaping President Yoon Suk Yeol's remaining time in office.
The election is expected to be charged, with rhetoric from both the conservative People Power Party (PPP) and the liberal Democratic Party (DP) reminiscent of the last presidential election as they target each other’s torchbearers from that race.
Han Dong-hoon, interim leader of the conservative People Power Party (PPP), made a campaign pledge on Wednesday to relocate the Seoul-based National Assembly to Sejong City.
Their meeting came on the same day that the PPP acknowledged that its candidates face a “tough” electoral landscape, 15 days before polls open.
The chief of a minor party that could upend the general election vowed to summon President Yoon Suk Yeol before the National Assembly to respond to allegations that prosecutors under his watch illegally stored criminal suspects' information.
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Democratic Party (DP) leader Lee Jae-myung's suggestion that every household should receive 1 million won ($750) as part of an economic stimulus plan was blasted as “populist” and vote-pandering by conservatives on Monday.
Despite their pledges to reform the country’s political system, Korea’s political parties nominated fewer women and millennial candidates this year compared to the previous general election.
President Yoon Suk Yeol said Sunday his administration will work with the conservative People Power Party (PPP) to devise “flexible measures” to deal with the doctors’ strike after the PPP leader met with representatives of medical school professors.
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