Global ThreadsApr 4, 2025

🇰🇷 SOUTH KOREA
🔴 Snap Election in 60 Days to Replace Yoon: Who’s in the Race?

🔸 Lee Jae-myung (DP) leads polls despite legal woes from bribery & real estate scandal.
🔸 Han Dong-hoon (PPP) emerges as a conservative challenger after breaking with Yoon.
🔸 Seoul mayor Oh Se-hoon pushes “KOGA” slogan, suggests nukes as deterrent.
🔸 Kim Moon-soo & Hong Joon-pyo weigh conservative bids; Gyeonggi Gov. Kim Dong-yeon may rise for liberals.

#SouthKorea #Elections #LeeJaeMyung #HanDongHoon #OhSeHoon

The Japan TimesDec 8, 2024
South Korea's ruling party leader said Sunday that Prime Minister Han Duck-soo will handle national affairs amid fallout from President Yoon Suk Yeol’s martial law misstep. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/12/08/asia-pacific/ruling-party-vows-orderly-exit-for-yoon/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #southkorea #yoonsukyeol #handucksoo #ppp #handonghoon
South Korea’s ruling party vows ‘orderly exit’ for Yoon

The opposition, holding a legislative majority, condemned PPP’s plan, calling Prime Minister Han's assumption of Yoon's role 'unconstitutional and anarchic.”

The Japan Times
The Japan TimesDec 6, 2024
South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol's attempted coup, marked by his declaration of martial law, revealed both his political incompetence and the strength of South Korea's democratic commitment. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/editorials/2024/12/06/yoons-incoherent-incompetent-coup/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #editorials #southkorea #yoonsukyeol #handonghoon #leejaemyung
Yoon’s incoherent, incompetent coup defies logic and reason

Yoon’s lack of political acumen must not be allowed to tar all his policies.

The Japan Times
The Japan TimesDec 6, 2024
The leader of South Korea’s ruling party said President Yoon Suk Yeol should be suspended from office quickly, an abrupt shift in stance that makes it more likely an impeachment motion will pass. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/12/06/asia-pacific/politics/yoon-party-leader-shift/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #politics #southkorea #yoonsukyeol #handonghoon
Key ally of South Korea’s leader now wants him gone in shift

The stark reversal suddenly makes it more likely that Yoon Suk Yeol will be impeached in a vote set to occur in the coming days.

The Japan Times
The Japan TimesApr 11, 2024
South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol was struggling to recover Thursday from a disastrous election that saw his party fail to win a majority in parliament. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/04/11/asia-pacific/politics/election-rout-yoon-lame-duck/ #asiapacific #politics #yoonsukyeol #southkorea #leejaemyung #handonghoon
Election rout makes Yoon's 'lame duck' fears reality

'I apologize to the people for failing to be chosen'

The Japan Times
The Japan TimesApr 10, 2024
The fates of four key political figures are set to be shaped Wednesday as the South Korean electorate votes to pick 300 members of parliament and decides whether President Yoon Suk Yeol will be able to advance his socially conservative agenda. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/04/10/asia-pacific/politics/south-korea-election-key-figures/ #asiapacific #politics #southkorea #yoonsukyeol #leejaemyung #chokuk #handonghoon
Four key figures to watch ahead of South Korea's general election

Political fates will be shaped Wednesday as the South Korean electorate votes to pick 300 members of parliament.

The Japan Times
KOREA PROJan 23, 2024

President #YoonSukyeol nominated former Seoul High Prosecutors' Office chief Park Sung-jae as the new justice minister, succeeding #HanDonghoon, who resigned to lead the ruling #PeoplePowerParty for the upcoming April general elections.

https://world.kbs.co.kr/service/news_view.htm?lang=e&Seq_Code=183267

Yoon Nominates Ex-Chief of Seoul High Prosecutors' Office for Justice Minister

President Yoon Seok Yeol on Tuesday nominated former Seoul High Prosecutors' Office chief Park Sung-jae as the new justice minister.According to presidential Chief of ...