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Opposition launches filibuster, hunger strike over DP's 'second comprehensive special counsel bill'

The National Assembly kicked off its first plenary session of the year with a dramatic escalation in tensions as the ruling and opposition parties clashed over the passage of a controversial special counsel bill.

2026.1.15

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

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From left: Democratic Party Reps. Jeon Jin-sook, Park Hong-bae and Kim Moon-soo shave their heads on the steps of the National Assembly in Yeouido, western Seoul, on March 11. [NEWS1]

Liberal lawmakers' hunger strike heats up tensions before impeachment decision

The political standoff surrounding impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol escalated on Monday as lawmakers from the Democratic Party (DP) and its allies embarked on a hunger strike calling on the Constitutional Court to remove him from office.

2025.3.11

Democracy is an art of compromise

Now is the time to end the overtime playoffs of last year’s presidential election and start the new politics of unity.

2023.9.25

Democratic Party floor leader Park Kwang-on, center, slumps in his chair after hearing the results of the vote on the arrest motion against party leader Lee Jae-myung at the National Assembly in Seoul on Thursday. [YONHAP]

National Assembly clears way for DP leader's arrest

In a historic first, the National Assembly passed a motion to allow the arrest of Democratic Party leader Lee Jae-myung during a heated plenary session on Thursday afternoon.

2023.9.21

Democratic Party (DP) leader Lee Jae-myung holds the hand of DP floor leader Park Kwang-on at a hospital in Jungnang District, eastern Seoul, on Thursday morning. Lee has been on an intravenous drip since Monday, when he was admitted for treatment in the middle of his ongoing hunger strike. [YONHAP]

DP chief Lee Jae-myung to sit out vote on motion for own arrest

Democratic Party (DP) leader Lee Jae-myung will not attend the parliamentary vote on his arrest motion that is scheduled to take place later this afternoon, party officials said Thursday.

2023.9.21

Former President Moon Jae-in, left, holds hands with Democratic Party leader Lee Jae-myung, right, at the Wonjin Green Hospital in Myeonmok-dong, Seoul, on Tuesday.[YONHAP]

Ex-President Moon meets hospitalized DP's Lee Jae-myung

Former President Moon was in Seoul for the first time since leaving office to attend a fifth-anniversary event of the Sept. 19 Pyongyang Declaration held in Yeouido, Seoul, on Tuesday.

2023.9.19

Emergency respondents take Democratic Party leader Lee Jae-myung, who has been on a hunger strike for 19 days, to a nearby hospital from his office in Yeouido, Seoul, on Monday. [YONHAP]

Prosecutors move to arrest DP chief despite hunger strike

The arrest warrant motion comes just two hours after Lee, who has been on a hunger strike for 19 days, was transferred to a nearby emergency room in Yeouido. Lee is accused of breach of trust, bribery and abetting perjury.

2023.9.18

No surrender!

Lee Jae-myung adheres to a hunger strike to end the Yoon Suk Yeol administration’s “prosecution-based dictatorship.”

2023.9.17

Toward a presidential impeachment

Democratic Party leader Lee Jae-myung urged his supporters to stage a massive rally to call for the impeachment of President Yoon Suk Yeol.

2023.9.6