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People Power Party chief Jang Dong-hyeok speaks at a protest site in Songpa District on July 17.

The PPP's election autopsy painted a rosy picture. For its lawmakers, the party still needs resuscitation.

Mired in internal squabbles and a preoccupied leadership, the conservative party failed to capitalize on an opening after the June 3 elections as it shirked a chance to reinvent itself.

2026.7.23

President Lee Jae Myung, center, meets with local merchants at Namhang Market in Busan on May 27. [BLUE HOUSE]

Current and former presidents stump in Busan ahead of June 3 elections

Busan became the stage for a rare political showdown on Wednesday as both current President Lee Jae Myung and former President Park Geun-hye campaigned in the key battleground city just a week ahead of the June 3 local elections.

2026.5.28

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President Lee Jae Myung speaks at a senior aides' meeting at the Blue House in Jongno District, central Seoul, on March 19. [JOINT PRESS CORPS]

Lee slams conservative YouTuber's slush fund accusations as 'pathetic,' 'malicious'

President Lee Jae Myung on Thursday lambasted a conservative YouTube channel for airing slush fund accusations against him, calling it "pathetic" and "malicious."

2026.3.20

Conservative People Power Party (PPP) leader Jang Dong-hyeok is seen during a PPP supreme council meeting at the National Assembly in Yeouido, western Seoul, on Feb. 12. [LIM HYUN-DONG]

Yoon conviction intensifies rift within Korea's conservative bloc as figures call for break with ex-president

Former President Yoon Suk Yeol's life sentence on insurrection charges has triggered an open rift inside the conservative People Power Party (PPP).

2026.2.19

Former People Power Party leader Han Dong-hoon speaks in a 2:05 video posted on Facebook on Jan. 18 regarding the party’s move to expel him. [SCREEN CAPTURE]

Former PPP chief Han apologizes for posts, but still rejects party's move to expel him

Han Dong-hoon apologized for his family's alleged posts disparaging former President Yoon, claiming retaliation and political fabrication. His apology could signal a strategic retreat amid escalating tensions within the PPP.

2026.1.18

Jang Dong-hyuk, leader of the People Power Party, leaves after a Supreme Council meeting at the National Assembly on the morning of Jan. 8. [LIM HYUN-DONG]

What's in a name? Beleaguered opposition party plans rebrand, new focus ahead of June elections.

Sixty-eight percent of the conservative PPP dues-paying members — those who have paid at least 1,000 won ($0.68) in party dues for three months or longer — support a recent push led by party leader Jang Dong-hyuk to change the party’s name.

2026.1.12

President-elect Jose Antonio Kast, of the Republican Party, waves after winning the presidential runoff election in Santiago, Chile, on Dec. 14. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)

Conservative Kast's victory in Chile suggests a hard-right, pro-Trump surge across Latin America

Chile has become the latest country in Latin America to veer toward the right, electing a deeply conservative veteran politician who has long attracted comparisons to U.S. President Donald Trump.

2025.12.16

Former President Yoon Suk Yeol announces a state of emergency martial law on Dec. 3, 2024. [JOINT PRESS CORPS]

A year on from martial law crisis, political polarization is more ingrained, survey finds

One year after a blindsiding martial law decree threw Korea into turmoil, a new poll shows that a majority of the public believes the country has grown even more politically divided, with voters split not who to blame and the ensuing landscape shift.

2025.12.1

Conservative People Power Party Rep. Kim Jae-sub, center, speaks during a meeting. [YONHAP]

PPP voices urge party apology as Dec. 3 martial law anniversary approaches

Voices within the conservative People Power Party (PPP) are calling for the party to issue a public apology ahead of the first anniversary of the Dec. 3 martial law declaration.

2025.11.27

A total of 37 progressive groups, including the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions, hold a press conference on a roadside in Dongcheon-dong, Gyeongju, on Oct. 29. [KIM JUNG-SEOK]

Trump opponents, supporters rally in Gyeongju as U.S. president arrives in city

As heads of state, including U.S. President Donald Trump, begin arriving in Korea for the 2025 APEC Economic Leaders’ Meeting, rallies by various civic groups have been unfolding across the host city of Gyeongju.

2025.10.29