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Reporter : Park Ji-won

Fri, February 28, 2020 | 06:32

Campaigns for LKP leadership begin

The main opposition Liberty Korea Party's (LKP) election campaign for the party leadership officially started. The three candidates - former Prime Minister Hwang Kyo-ahn, former Seoul Mayor Oh Se-hoon and Rep. Kim Jin-tae - had their first joint campaign, in Daejeon, laying out their political visions. The LKP will hold a national convention on Feb. 27 near Seoul to elect its...

Politics | 2019-02-14 17:28

Only 3 register for LKP leadership election

Only three candidates have registered for the main opposition Liberty Korea Party (LKP) leadership election.

Politics | 2019-02-13 17:18

LKP delays punishment for 3 hawkish members

The ethics committee of the main opposition Liberty Korea Party (LKP) held a meeting to decide on punitive measures against three lawmakers accused of making defamatory remarks against the May 18 Gwangju Uprising in 1980, but failed to reach an agreement. The party referred the three - Kim Jin-tae, Lee Jong-myeong and Kim Soon-rye - to the party’s ethics committee amid growin...

Politics | 2019-02-13 17:17

Ex-Seoul mayor opts to run in LKP leadership race

Former Seoul Mayor Oh Se-hoon reversed his pledge to boycott the national convention and said he will run in the main opposition Liberty Korea Party (LKP) leadership race as scheduled. “I have decided to run in the election to prevent the LKP from becoming a party that only works for specific regions and ideologies, not a party that serves everyone,” Oh told a press conferenc...

Politics | 2019-02-12 17:13

Controversy escalates over lawmakers' remarks against 1980 uprising

The main opposition Liberty Korea Party (LKP) has been mired in turmoil over its lawmakers' defamatory remarks against victims of the brutal military crackdown of the May 18 Gwangju Uprising in 1980. Four political parties, the Democratic Party of Korea (DPK), the Bareunmirae Party, the Party for Democracy and Peace (PDP) and the Justice Party, filed a petition Tuesday agains...

Politics | 2019-02-12 17:13

Hong Joon-pyo quits LKP leadership race

Hong Joon-pyo, former chairman of the main opposition Liberty Korea Party (LKP), dropped out of the LKP leadership race, Monday, after the party rejected his request to delay the national convention.

Politics | 2019-02-11 17:17

Parties join hands to unseat three LKP lawmakers

Four political parties have agreed to work together to deprive three Liberty Korea Party (LKP) lawmakers of their seats over defamatory remarks they made against victims of the brutal military crackdown on the May 18 Gwangju Uprising in 1980. Floor leaders of the four parties - Rep. Hong Young-pyo of the ruling Democratic Party of Korea (DPK), Rep. Kim Kwan-young of the Bareu...

Politics | 2019-02-11 17:17

Main opposition leadership race in chaos

The leadership race at the main opposition Liberty Korea Party (LKP) is being thrown into chaos after six out of eight contenders pledged to drop out Sunday.

Politics | 2019-02-10 17:24

Cost for US troops to rise 8.2%

South Korea signed a provisional agreement to pay around 1.04 trillion won this year for the stationing of U.S. Forces Korea (USFK) troops here, a rise of 8.2 percent year-on-year. Chang Won-sam, the top negotiator in defense cost-sharing negotiations and Timothy Betts, acting deputy assistant secretary and senior adviser for security negotiations and agreements of U.S. State...

Defense | 2019-02-10 16:45

Parliamentary leaders to visit Washington next week

National Assembly Speaker Moon Hee-sang and leaders of the ruling and opposition parties will travel to the U.S. next week to meet policymakers and experts on North Korea there.

Politics | 2019-02-07 17:15

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