1 May 2015

South Korea's Liberal Party Woes Continue

April 30, 2015

The more things change politically in South Korea, the more they stay the same. Despite rock bottom approval ratings for Park Geun-hye’s administration and the ongoing bribery scandal, the main opposition party New Politics Alliance for Democracy (NPAD) could not capitalize at the ballot box in the April 29 by-elections.

In two of the four constituencies in contention where liberal candidates have historically fared well – Gwanak-B (Seoul) and Seo-B (Gwangju) – the NPAD candidate lost. In Gwanak, Saenuri candidate Oh Shin-hwan defeated NPAD candidate Chung Dae-ho, and in Gwangju NPAD candidate Cho Young-taek lost to independent candidate Cheon Jung-bae.

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