The DP cannot avoid criticism for returning to the authoritarian days, when the party head appointed the floor leader.
The new floor leaders of the conservative People Power Party (PPP) and the liberal Democratic Party (DP) met for the first time since they were both elected on Monday, less than three weeks before the new National Assembly opens.
Lawmakers from the conservative People Power Party (PPP) elected former finance minister and two-term lawmaker Choo Kyung-ho as their new floor leader during a general meeting at the National Assembly on Thursday.
Amid the People Power Party (PPP)’s lethargy after its crushing defeat in the April 10 parliamentary elections, Rep. Lee Chul-gyu would gladly become the party’s new floor leader after no other members apparently want to assume the post.
Democratic Party (DP) leader Lee Jae-myung appeared at Seoul Central District Court on Tuesday morning to attend a hearing on an arrest warrant request filed by prosecutors accusing him of corruption charges.
Rep. Yun Jae-ok, a third-term lawmaker, was elected as the new floor leader of the conservative People Power Party (PPP) on Friday.
The Democratic Party (DP) submitted a no-confidence motion against Interior Minister Lee Sang-min to a plenary session of the National Assembly Thursday, setting the stage for a floor vote on Friday.
The People Power Party (PPP) elected Rep. Joo Ho-young its floor leader Monday after beginning procedures to review further disciplinary action against its beleaguered former chief Lee Jun-seok.
Rep. Suh Byung-soo stepped down as chair of the People Power Party's (PPP) national committee Wednesday after opposing the launch of a new emergency steering committee as the party flounders through a leadership vacuum.
The People Power Party (PPP) agreed Tuesday to find new interim leadership and stop a drift in the president's party.
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