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South Korean frontrunner of opposition party keeps top spot in presidential poll

Seoul - ArabToday

South Korea's presidential frontrunner of the main opposition Minjoo Party kept top spot in recent opinion polls ahead of an early presidential election slated for May 9. According to a Gallup Korea survey released on Friday, Moon Jae-in, former head of the biggest opposition party, garnered 31 percent of public support this week, unchanged from the previous week. The resultRead more

South Korean provincial governor narrows gap with frontrunner in presidential poll

Seoul - ArabToday

A South Korean provincial governor of the main opposition party narrowed a gap with frontrunner of the same party in recent presidential polls. According to a Realmeter survey released on Monday, Ahn Hee-jung, governor of South Chungcheong Province who is affiliated with the Minjoo Party, gained 20.4 percent in approval scores last week, up 3.7 percentage points from the previousRead more

South Korean opposition party keeps top post in polls after ex-UN chief's drop in presidential bid

Seoul - ArabToday

Moon Jae-in, former head of the biggest opposition Minjoo Party, kept his top post by a wide margin after former UN chief Ban Ki-moon dropped his bid for presidential race, local media reported on Thursday. Ban, the career South Korean diplomat whose second, five-year tenure in the top UN post terminated at the end of last year, returned to hisRead more

South Korean presidential frontrunner

Seoul - ArabToday

South Korea's presidential frontrunner heralded a severe punishment for corruption and cozy ties between politicians and businessmen after prosecutors requested an arrest warrant for the heir apparent of Samsung Group, the country's largest conglomerate. Moon Jae-in, former head of the biggest opposition Minjoo Party, held a meeting with foreign correspondents in Seoul on Wednesday night, saying his country's punishment forRead more

South Korea's ruling party to lose parliamentary majority

Seoul - Arab Today

South Korea's conservative ruling party may have lost its parliamentary majority in Wednesday's general election, exit polls by three major TV channels showed. The polls said the Saenuri Party was forecast to win between 118 and 147 seats in the 300-member National Assembly. The main opposition Minjoo Party was expected to secure between 97 and 128 and the splinter oppositionRead more