Founder quits minor party

Ahn Cheol-soo, a co-founder of the minor opposition Bareunmirae Party, speaks during a press conference at the National Assembly in Seoul, Wednesday, to announce that he will leave the party following a rift with current party leader Sohn Hak-kyu over how to reform the party. The software mogul-turned-politician, who returned to politics earlier this month, plans to create a new political party dedicated to pragmatic and centrist politics. / Korea Times photo by Oh Dae-geun