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32 PPP lawmakers joined by 2 others in urging president to drop military academy integration

The resolution called on Lee Jae Myung to drop the initiative and retract his assertion that all past coups were led by Korea Military Academy graduates.

2026.8.7

Busan ex-candidate sent to prosecutors over staged campaign attack

A former Busan mayoral candidate was handed over to prosecutors after police said he staged a campaign attack with a fitness trainer during last month's local elections.

2026.7.16

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Ex-Busan mayoral candidate appears for arrest warrant hearing over allegedly staged assault

Jeong Yi-han, the former candidate of the minor New Reform Party, arrived at the court for a hearing on his potential arrest over claims that he staged an attack on himself to woo voters ahead of the local elections.

2026.7.8

Former Busan mayoral candidate Jeong Yi-han of Reform Party speaks to reporters at a local market in the port city on April 29.

Warrant sought for former Busan mayoral candidate over staged assault allegations

Prosecutors have requested an arrest warrant for former Busan mayoral candidate Jeong Yi-han over allegations he faked an attack to woo voters during the local election campaign.

2026.7.7

Party chief apologizes amid suspicions that mayor candidate staged attack

Lee Jun-seok apologized and vowed to pursue legal action as police investigate whether the ex-Busan mayoral candidate Jeong I-han fabricated an assault on the campaign trail.

2026.6.18

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

Lee Jun-seok, left, leader of the minor conservative Reform Party, speaks with conservative People Power Party leader Jang Dong-hyeok at his protest site in the National Assembly Rotunda Hall in Yeouido, western Seoul, on Jan. 21, as Jang marks one week of a hunger strike. [NEWS1]

PPP, Reform Party leaders sponsor bill to verify online users' nationalities ahead of elections

Conservative People Power Party (PPP) leader Jang Dong-hyeok and minor conservative Reform Party leader Lee Jun-seok jointly sponsored a bill on Friday aimed at preventing foreign nationals from distorting public opinion.

2026.2.7

Democratic Party floor leader Kim Byung-kee, right, speaks during a supreme council meeting at the National Assembly in Yeouido, western Seoul, on Dec 22. [YONHAP]

DP does about-face, agrees to Unification Church probe as public pressure mounts

The liberal Democratic Party (DP) said Monday that it would accept a special prosecutor probe into the Unification Church, just one day after the conservative People Power Party (PPP) and minor conservative Reform Party reached a surprise agreement.

2025.12.22

Lee Jun-seok, leader of the minor conservative Reform Party, appears before the Min Joong-ki special counsel team in downtown Seoul on Dec. 21. [YONHAP]

Reform Party leader questioned for election meddling allegations linked to ex-first lady

Lee Jun-seok, leader of the minor conservative Reform Party, underwent nearly 10 hours of questioning Sunday by a special counsel team over allegations of election meddling linked to former first lady Kim Keon Hee.

2025.12.22

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