“We Are All Trying Here” has nothing to do with politics. But the narrative awaiting political novices is likely to resemble main character Hwang Dong-man’s insecurity and pettiness.
South Korea's ruling and main opposition parties are making similar calls in a rare unison for voter support that the outcome of the upcoming local elections will serve as judgment against the other side, political observers here noted Wednesday.
The leader of the ruling Democratic Party (DP) said on Wednesday that the People Power Party (PPP) should be harshly judged in the upcoming June 3 local elections, stressing the need to wipe out “even the slightest remnants of insurrection.”
Candidate registration for the upcoming June 3 local elections and parliamentary by-elections will open this week, the election watchdog said on Tuesday.
Staff of the Daegu Metropolitan Election Commission and election commission mascots engage with visitors at E-World, a theme park in Dalseo District, Daegu, during a parade to promote voter participation on May 10.
The Democratic Party began procedures to replace its candidate for Seoul’s Gangbuk District head by-election, Lee Seung-hoon, following public backlash over the candidate's past as a defense lawyer for child sex abusers and prostitution businesses.
With about a month to go before the June 3 local government elections, candidates are flooding the campaign trail with pork-barrel pledges and promises to relocate public institutions to their regions.
A scheduled parliamentary by-election in Busan is shaping up to be one of the most closely watched races nationwide, with a potential three-way contest emerging as one of President Lee Jae Myung's former secretaries prepares to enter the race.
The main opposition People Power Party (PPP) on Sunday nominated three-term lawmaker Rep. Choo Kyung-ho as its candidate for the mayor of Daegu, a major conservative stronghold, for the upcoming June 3 local elections.
Lee Jin-sook, a former broadcasting watchdog chief under ousted former President Yoon Suk Yeol, said Saturday she would not run for the Daegu mayorship after being excluded from the main opposition People Power Party's primary.
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