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How short-form videos are reshaping elections (KOR)

Han Dong-hoon’s high-profile Busan race showed how short-form videos are becoming a powerful, low-cost force in campaigning while raising concerns about image-driven politics.

2026.6.12

How short-form videos are reshaping elections

Han Dong-hoon’s high-profile Busan race showed how short-form videos are becoming a powerful, low-cost force in campaigning while raising concerns about image-driven politics.

2026.6.11

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People Power Party faces a post-election choice (KOR)

After bruising local election results, the conservative party is urged to break with Jang Dong-hyuk’s leadership style and learn from the victories of Han Dong-hoon and Oh Se-hoon.

2026.6.11

People Power Party faces a post-election choice

After bruising local election results, the conservative party is urged to break with Jang Dong-hyuk’s leadership style and learn from the victories of Han Dong-hoon and Oh Se-hoon.

2026.6.10

Independent candidate Han Dong-hoon greets supporters on June 4 at his campaign office in Busan's Buk District after his by-election win is confirmed. [YONHAP]

Expelled from his party, Han Dong-hoon storms back with Busan by-election win

Han Dong-hoon, the former People Power Party (PPP) leader who was expelled from the party in January, won a National Assembly by-election in Busan's Buk-A constituency early Thursday, claiming the first parliamentary seat of his political career.

2026.6.4

Rep. Bae Hyun-jin of the People Power Party speaks to reporters as she arrives at the party’s headquarters in Yeouido, western Seoul, to attend a central ethics committee meeting on Feb. 11. [NEWS1]

PPP suspends Bae Hyun-jin for a year over posting photo of minor during online dispute with private citizen

The conservative People Power Party (PPP) suspended one of its prominent lawmakers on Friday, stripping her of her role overseeing Seoul’s local election campaign and deepening strains within the party just months before voters head to the polls.

2026.2.13

Former People Power Party leader Han Dong-hoon is seen at a press conference at the National Assembly in Yeouido, western Seoul, on Jan. 29. [YONHAP]

PPP's internal turmoil deepens as party expels former leader Han Dong-hoon

The People Power Party (PPP)'s supreme council voted to expel former party leader Han Dong-hoon on Thursday, plunging Korea's main conservative opposition party into deeper internal turmoil with just 124 days remaining until the local elections.

2026.1.29

Han Dong-hoon, center, former leader of the People Power Party, ignores a reporter's question during his visit to a movie theater in western Seoul on Jan. 28. [YONHAP]

PPP expels ex-leader Han Dong-hoon over online posts amid internal feud

The People Power Party (PPP) said Thursday it has expelled former party chief Han Dong-hoon over his family's posting of defamatory comments about former President Yoon Suk Yeol and his wife on a party bulletin board.

2026.1.29

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

People Power Party leader Jang Dong-hyeok is seen during a hunger strike at the National Assembly's main rotunda in Yeouido, western Seoul on Jan. 15. [LIM HYUN-DONG]

PPP chief Jang begins hunger strike as party faces internal division over Han expulsion

PPP leader Jang Dong-hyeok initiated a hunger strike to protest a Democratic Party bill and delay on expelling Han Dong-hoon amid internal party tensions and upcoming elections, urging political resolution over punitive action.

2026.1.15