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Rebuilding Korea Party elects new floor leader

Kim Joon-hyung, the minor party's chief policymaker, ran unopposed for the role.

2026.6.16

Rebuilding Korea Party candidate Cho Kuk, who ran in the National Assembly by-election for the Pyeongtaek B constituency, concedes defeat at his campaign office in Pyeongtaek, Gyeonggi, on June 4. [JOINT PRESS CORPS]

Minor parties fail to break Korea's two-party mold with disappointing local election, by-election results

The June 3 local elections turned into a two-party affair for the liberal Democratic Party (DP) and the conservative People Power Party (PPP), leaving the country's smaller parties with almost nothing to show.

2026.6.4

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Jung Chung-rae, center, leader of the ruling Democratic Party, speaks during a press briefing after a supreme council meeting at the National Assembly in Seoul on Feb. 10. [YONHAP]

Minor Rebuilding Korea Party agrees to put off merger talks with ruling party

The minor liberal Rebuilding Korea Party said Wednesday it accepted a proposal from the Democratic Party (DP) to set up a preparation committee to discuss cooperation ahead of the June local elections.

2026.2.11

Democratic Party leader Jung Chung-rae, left, and Rebuilding Korea Party leader Cho Kuk speak during a New Year's event at the Blue House in Jongno District, central Seoul, on Jan. 2. [JOINT PRESS CORPS]

Cho Kuk's future central to proposed DP-Rebuilding Korea merger

With the Democratic Party (DP) proposing a merger with the minor liberal Rebuilding Korea Party, attention has shifted to a central question: in which constituency Cho Kuk, the leader of the minor party, will run in the June 3 local elections.

2026.1.22

Jung Chung-rae, leader of the ruling Democratic Party, attends a hastily convened press conference at the National Assembly in Seoul on Jan. 22 to call for the minor Rebuilding Korea Party to merge with his party, around four months ahead of the local elections. [YONHAP]

Ruling party proposes merger with minor Rebuilding Korea Party ahead of local elections

The leader of the ruling Democratic Party (DP) on Thursday proposed merging with the minor liberal Rebuilding Korea Party, in a move expected to broaden its political spectrum around four months ahead of the local elections.

2026.1.22

Pictured are pears sent by the People Power Party to the Rebuilding Korea Party on Dec. 12. In Korean, the word for pear sounds like the word for “several times over,” which the PPP said conveyed a call to “pick up the pace two-fold.” [PEOPLE POWER PARTY]

Apples to apologies: Political parties trade barbs with gifts of fruit

The conservative People Power Party sent a box of pears to the Rebuilding Korea Party after the smaller liberal group earlier delivered apples demanding an apology over the PPP's role in last year's martial law crisis.

2025.12.12

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

Cho Kuk, former interim leader of the Rebuilding Korea Party, speaks during a press conference held at the National Assembly in Yeouido, western Seoul on Nov. 10. [LIM HYUN-DONG]

Cho Kuk declares party chair candidacy, vows to put 'past version' of himself behind

Cho Kuk, former interim leader of the Rebuilding Korea Party, declared his candidacy for party chair on Monday, declaring a new chapter for himself and the group while promising to challenge and “disrupt” the current landscape of Korean politics.

2025.11.10

Cho Kuk, head of the Institute for Policy Innovation at the minor liberal Rebuilding Korea Party, speaks during an event for party members in Gochang County, North Jeolla, on Aug. 27. [REBUILDING KOREA PARTY]

Prosecutors drop charges against ex-presidential officials in reinvestigation of 2018 election meddling case

Prosecutors said Thursday they would not seek charges against former presidential officials under the past Moon Jae-in administration in its reinvestigation of alleged election meddling in the 2018 mayoral race of the southeastern city of Ulsan.

2025.10.2

Cho Kuk, former head of the Rebuilding Korea Party, walks out of the Seoul Southern Detention Center in western Seoul on Aug. 15. [NEWS1]

Rebuilding Korea Party recommends ex-leader Cho Kuk as interim head

The minor Rebuilding Korea Party on Tuesday decided to recommend former Minister of Justice Cho Kuk as its new interim leader to steer the embattled party out of turmoil sparked by a sexual misconduct scandal.

2025.9.9