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Kingmaker Kim Chong-in returns to helm splinter party's nomination committee

So-called kingmaker Kim Chong-in returned to the political scene as he was named chief of the nomination committee of the new splinter party led by former People Power Party (PPP) chief Lee Jun-seok.

2024.2.26

[Today's Cartoon] 2022.08.23

In a strange development after the suspension of Lee Jun-seok from his chairmanship, Kim Chong-in, Lee’s former mentor, and Rep. Choe Jae-hyung, the reform committee chair appointed by Lee, are urging President Yoon Suk-yeol to embrace Lee

2022.8.22

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Yoon Suk-yeol, presidential candidate for the People Power Party (PPP), announces that his election campaign committee will be dissolved in order to start from scratch at the PPP headquarters in Yeouido, western Seoul, Thursday. [KIM KYUNG-ROK]

PPP candidate Yoon disbands election campaign

People Power Party (PPP) presidential candidate Yoon Suk-yeol disbanded his election campaign committee Wednesday to start anew — without campaign chief Kim Chong-in.

2022.1.5

The conference room at the headquarters of the main opposition People Power Party (PPP) in Yeouido, western Seoul, Tuesday is empty amid a major overhaul of its election campaign committee leading to resignations of senior officials Monday. [KIM KYUNG-ROK]

Yoon cancels activities again as party mayhem continues

The main opposition People Power Party (PPP) presidential candidate Yoon Suk-yeol canceled all his activities for a second day Tuesday amid continued mayhem within the party as it tries to overhaul its election campaign committee.

2022.1.4

People Power Party (PPP) presidential candidate Yoon Suk-yeol is surrounded by reporters at the National Assembly in western Seoul after canceling all campaign activities Monday amid the announcement of a complete overhaul of the PPP election campaign committee. [NEWS1]

Revamp starts in chaotic opposition presidential campaign

The leaders of the election campaign committee for opposition presidential candidate Yoon Suk-yeol offered their resignations Monday after weeks of chaos.

2022.1.3

People Power Party's (PPP) presidential candidate Yoon Suk-yeol, center, cheers at an event launching the South Jeolla branch of the election campaign committee during a visit to Suncheon in South Jeolla Thursday. [JOINT PRESS CORPS]

PPP campaign chief tells toadies to keep their distance

Kim Chong-in, general chairman of the main opposition People Power Party's (PPP) election campaign committee, warned people claiming to be close to presidential candidate Yoon Suk-yeol against “overstepping” their boundaries Thursday.

2021.12.23

Kim Chong-in, general chairman of the People Power Party’s (PPP) election campaign committee, speaks to reporters Wednesday in front of the party’s headquarters in Yeouido, western Seoul, after PPP chief Lee Jun-seok stepped down from campaign posts the previous day amid a spat with a senior party official. Kim met with both presidential candidate Yoon Suk-yeol and Lee that day and said he plans to step up his role overseeing the campaign. [NEWS1]

Kim Chong-in vows to step up role in PPP campaign committee

Kim Chong-in said Wednesday he will work to regroup and helm the main opposition People Power Party's campaign after the party's chief, Lee Jun-seok, abruptly announced he will step down from all his positions in the election committee.

2021.12.22

Yoon Suk-yeol, second from left, presidential candidate of the opposition People Power Party (PPP), cheers at the launch of the PPP election campaign committee at the KSPO Dome at the Olympic Park in Songpa District, eastern Seoul, on Monday, alongside the campaign’s general chairman Kim Chong-in and party chief Lee Jun-seok. [JOINT PRESS CORPS]

Differences aside, PPP election campaign now in full swing

The main opposition People Power Party (PPP) formally launched its election campaign committee Monday with veteran politician Kim Chong-in newly on board as its general chairman, putting aside differences to back presidential candidate Yoon Seok-youl

2021.12.6

Lee Jun-seok, left, chief of the main opposition People Power Party (PPP), and Yoon Seok-youl, the party’s presidential nominee, wave to the crowd in matching red hoodies in the streets of Busan Saturday, after their reconciliatory dinner meeting in Ulsan the night before. [YONHAP]

PPP's Yoon and Lee have 'dramatic reconciliation,' Kim Chong-in joins campaign

Yoon Seok-youl, the presidential candidate of the main opposition People Power Party, and the party’s chief Lee Jun-seok reconciled in Ulsan Friday evening, while veteran politician Kim Chong-in agreed to oversee the election campaign committee.

2021.12.5

The main opposition People Power Party's presidential campaign chief Kim Byong-joon holds a press conference at the National Assembly in Yeouido, central Seoul on Sunday. [LIM HYUN-DONG]

Kim Byong-joon takes charge of Yoon's campaign

The main opposition People Power Party's (PPP) presidential candidate Yoon Seok-youl will visit the special administrative city of Sejong with Kim Byong-joon, chairman of the party's campaign headquarters.

2021.11.28