Fred Hiatt
election results:ROH Moo-hyun elected president; percent of vote - ROH Moo-hyun (MDP) 48.9%; LEE Hoi-chang (GNP) 46.6%; other 4.5% Legislative branch: unicameral National Assembly or Kukhoe (299 seats - members elected for four-year terms; 243 in single-seat constituencies, 56 by proport...
SOUTH KOREA: The race between South Korea’s two leading Presidential candidates has seen unprecedented levels of toxic rhetoric, mudslinging and lawsuits. 韩国:在韩国两位领先的总统候选人之间的竞争中,出现了前所未有的恶毒言论、诽谤和诉讼。 How bad is it? “Hitler,”“beast,” and “parasite” ar...
“We take the election results as a call from our people to revive the economy and to better take care of their livelihoods,” Yoon said in a statement. Ruling party incumbents defeated challengers for the posts of mayor of South Korea’s two biggest cities, the capital Seoul and port city...
The final voter turnout for South Korea’s 44 million eligible voters was tentatively estimated at 67%, the highest for a parliamentary election since 1992, according to the election commission. The 10 Oldest U.S. Presidents Regardless of the results, Yoon wi...
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The inaugural ceremony was held at a main hall of the parliamentary building, just hours after the election results were confirmed by the national election commission. Moon won a landslide victory in the country's presidential race. Right after the confirmation, his presidential power came into for...
SEOUL--South Korea’s prime minister and senior presidential officials offered to resign en masse on Thursday, media reports said, after their conservative ruling party suffered a crushing defeat in parliamentary elections. The results of Wednesday’s election posed a huge political blow to President...
south korea, japan welcome un sanctions on north world news news home the latest: south korea, japan welcome un sanctions on north south korea and japan welcomed the u.n. security council's new sanctions on north korea in response to the country's latest nuclear test. sept. 12, ...
examine the supposed vulnerabilities of the commission’s computer systems, which Yoon said was hampering the credibility of election results. He accused the commission of resisting a thorough inspection by Seoul’s spy agency following a cyberattack attributed to...