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Sun, December 10, 2023 | 22:31

Independent candidates fear losing out as voters mark 7 paper ballots

Independent candidates fear losing out as voters mark 7 paper ballots

Voters have gone to the polls once again to vote in local elections and National Assembly by-elections on Wednesday, about three months after the presidential election. Unlike the presidential election in which voters marked only one paper ballot to choose the country's leader, this time voters in most of the electoral districts were given seven ballots. Those who live in the...

2022-06-01 11:26

Koreans head to polls in local elections

Long road to unity: Yoon faces tough challenges in parliament

Long road to unity: Yoon faces tough challenges in parliament

President-elect Yoon Suk-yeol of the People Power Party (PPP) has been stressing bipartisan efforts to achieve national unity after winning Wednesday's election as the results of voting underscored a deep national divide.

2022-03-11 16:35

President-elect meets coalition partner Ahn Cheol-soo

Yoon to redirect Korea's diplomacy with US, China, Japan

Yoon to redirect Korea's diplomacy with US, China, Japan

President-elect Yoon Suk-yeol of the main opposition conservative People Power Party (PPP) said he would make the Korea-U.S. alliance stronger, improve Seoul-Beijing ties based on mutual trust and bolster future-oriented Korea-Japan ties. “I will respond decisively to the illegal and unreasonable behaviors of North Korea based on principles, while always keeping the door for ...

2022-03-10 17:00

Yoon hopes for stronger coordination with Japan

Yoon says Seoul-Beijing relations will develop further

Biden invites President-elect Yoon to White House during phone conversation

Yoon vows to open era of national unity

Yoon vows to open era of national unity

President-elect Yoon Suk-yeol of the conservative People Power Party (PPP) vowed Thursday to rebuild the nation based on justice and common sense and open an era of national unity. Yoon was elected as the 20th President of Korea by a razor-thin margin in Wednesday's election. He also vowed to strengthen democracy and fight corruption to get the nation back on what he called t...

2022-03-10 16:42

President-elect to receive head-of-state treatment

Conservative Yoon Suk-yeol elected in presidential race

Yoon finds sweeping support in ex-President Park's political hometown

Yoon finds sweeping support in ex-President Park's political hometown

President-elect Yoon Suk-yeol's landslide victory in Daegu and North Gyeongsang Province was somewhat surprising for many, considering his bitter relations with ex-president Park Geun-hye, whose political stronghold was Daegu.

2022-03-10 16:28

Angry voters turn out to vote against President Moon, ruling party

Angry voters turn out to vote against President Moon, ruling party

Angry voters turn out to vote against President Moon, ruling party

Yoon Suk-yeol of the conservative People Power Party (PPP) has been elected as the new president to lead Korea for next five years after defeating Lee Jae-myung of the liberal ruling Democratic Party of Korea (DPK) by fewer than 250,000 votes, or 0.8 of a percentage point, in Wednesday's election. The 61-year-old Yoon, who served as the prosecutor general under President Moon...

2022-03-10 16:20

Yoon finds sweeping support in ex-President Park's political hometown

President-elect to receive head-of-state treatment

President-elect to receive head-of-state treatment

President-elect Yoon Suk-yeol will be treated almost the same as President Moon Jae-in in accordance with the law until he is sworn in as the next president on May 10.

2022-03-10 14:47

Yoon vows to open era of national unity

President-elect Yoon vows to 'trust, follow will of people'

President-elect Yoon vows to 'trust, follow will of people'

President-elect Yoon Suk-yeol said Thursday he will trust and follow the will of the people as he vowed to close any national divisions. "I will solely trust the people and follow the people's will," Yoon said in remarks given at the National Assembly Library in western Seoul. "(The election results) constitute a call for reform, and the restoration of justice and common sens...

2022-03-10 11:54

Yoon Suk-yeol wins presidential election

Moon congratulates President-elect Yoon on winning election

Moon congratulates President-elect Yoon on winning election

President Moon Jae-in congratulated President-elect Yoon Suk-yeol on winning the presidential election in a telephone conversation Thursday.

2022-03-10 11:46

Yoon Suk-yeol wins presidential election

Korean nationals in US call for unity, recovery

Korean nationals in US call for unity, recovery

SEATTLE - Echoing calls from voters in their motherland, Korean nationals in the U.S. asked newly elected president Yoon Suk-yeol to usher in a new chapter of unity, equality and recovery from years of worsening economic disparity and generational and gender division. Conservative opposition and political novice Yoon came out just narrowly beating liberal Lee Jae-myung from t...

2022-03-10 11:44

Biden invites President-elect Yoon to White House during phone conversation

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