This article investigates the outcomes and examines the implications of South Korea's 2022 presidential election on the country's domestic politics and economics, specifically regarding the new government's exercise of executive power. While the 2022 election saw the return of the conservatives to ...
Voter casts a vote pick South Korea's new president in Seoul, South Korea on March 9, 2022. (Photo by James Lee/Xinhua) The election to select the next president will last from 6:00 a.m. local time (2100 GMT Tuesday) to 6:00 p.m. (0900 GMT Wednesday) at 14,464 polling station...
Dates of South Korea Election Day in South Korea 2024Wed, Apr 10National Holiday 2022Wed, Mar 9National Holiday 2020Wed, Apr 15National Holiday 2018Wed, Jun 13National Holiday 2017May 9, Dec 20 Summary The days of elections are public holidays in South Korea to encourage public participation....
Just days before Wednesday’s election, Lee Jae-myung from the liberal governing Democratic Party and Yoon Suk Yeol from the main conservative opposition People Power Party are locked in an extremely tight race. Their negative campaigns are aggravating South Korea’s already severe political divide a...
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Candidates for South Korea's presidential election began their formal campaigns Tuesday in a race tainted by intense political strife over allegations involving the main candidates and their families.
South Korea. Presidential Election 2022 By Alex Kireev Yoon Suk-yeol 48.56 Lee Jae-myung 47.83 Sim Sang-jung 2.38 Huh Kyung-young 0.83 Kim Jae-yeon 0.11 Cho Won-jin 0.08 Oh Jun-ho 0.05 Kim Min-chan 0.05 Lee Gyeong-hee 0.03 Lee Baek-yun 0.03 Kim Gyeong-jae 0.02 Ok Un-ho 0.01 ...
A voter casts ballot for the presidential election at a polling station in Seoul, South Korea, March 9, 2022. Polls began early Wednesday nationwide to pick South Korea's new president amid a neck-and-neck race between candidates of the ruling Democratic Party and the main conservative oppositi...
SEOUL--A former top prosecutor became the presidential candidate for South Korea’s main opposition party on Friday, seeking to ride voter anger over runaway home prices and corruption scandals involving President Moon Jae-in’s ruling party to victory in a 2022 election. ...
Yoon, who won an unprecedented tight March 9 election, had promised to abolish the government's gender ministry, a pledge that helped engage young male voters spearheading a backlash against feminism in South Korea. Fulfilling the pledge, however, requires approval from parliament, which is control...
South Korea election has ended up in a ‘Goldilocks scenario,’ analyst says Jeremy Chan, senior China and Northeast Asia analyst at the Eurasia Group, discusses the South Korea election and says it will be “policy status quo” for the next three years. Thu, Apr 11 202412:18 AM EDT Top...