Korea Joongang Daily
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Doubted and ignored, conservative party's innovation committee calls it quits

The chief of the conservative People Power Party's (PPP) innovation committee announced that the board had ended its activities earlier than scheduled on Thursday.

2023-12-07

PPP grants 'sweeping amnesty' for suspended members to bolster party unity

The conservative People Power Party (PPP) lifted the membership suspensions imposed on former party chief Lee Jun-seok and Daegu Mayor Hong Joon-pyo Thursday as it works toward internal unity ahead of next year's elections.

2023-11-02

The shaky Ihn-led innovation committee (KOR)

Ihn Yo-han must ruminate on the meaning of innovation instead.

2023-11-01

The shaky Ihn-led innovation committee

Ihn Yo-han must ruminate on the meaning of innovation instead.

2023-10-31

Can the innovation committee succeed? (KOR)

To achieve the goal, the committee must have a clear role and power.

2023-10-30

Can the innovation committee succeed?

To achieve the goal, the committee must have a clear role and power.

2023-10-26

I'll fix it!

Controversy has erupted over whether the innovation committee led by Ihn Yo-han can rescue the People Power Party after he failed to bring in politicians who can criticize President Yoon Suk Yeol.

2023-10-26

Aide says presidential office will not get involved in selecting candidates

In May the president’s office was suspected of influencing the People Power Party in pushing its policies in exchange for guaranteeing the party's nomination for next year's parliamentary election.

2023-10-25

Give the innovation czar carte blanche

The leadership of the party must promise it will humbly accept what the innovation committee proposes. Otherwise, the party will be judged by the voters in the election on April 10.

2023-10-23

We trust you!

After its crushing defeat in a by-election in Seoul, the governing People Power Party seated Ihn Yo-han — a professor at Yonsei University College of Medicine and Korea’s first special naturalized citizen — as the head of its innovation committee.

2023-10-23