In a poll of 1,017 adults conducted between Dec. 28 and Dec. 29, the PPP has a slight lead with 39 percent support, while the DP trails behind with 34 percent.
People Power Party leader Kim Gi-hyeon announced his resignation on Facebook, taking responsibility for the party's current predicaments and urging reorganization under floor leader Yun Jae-ok.
The regulatory change reportedly aims to boost regional economies, especially ones in severe decline. Yoon's planned lifting of development restrictions would be the most significant relaxation of greenbelt regulations since May 2015.
Two conservative holders of Korea's top office — Yoon Suk Yeol and Park Geun-hye — met for the first time in more than a year since Yoon’s inauguration as the incumbent president’s poll numbers dwindle ahead of next year’s parliamentary election.
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.
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