South Korean Election Could Reinforce Status Quo

South Korean voters went to the polls Wednesday to elect to representatives to the National Assembly.   President Park Geun-hye’s ruling conservative Saenuri Party is expected to maintain a majority in the unicameral parliament. Recent polls have shown strong public support for Park’s tough policies to respond to the growing North Korean nuclear threat, including cutting the last cooperative inter-Korean tie by closing the jointly run Kaesong Industrial Project following the...

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