South Korean Election Disrupts Political Landscape

For the first time in 16 years, a South Korean ruling party has failed to win a majority in a legislative election. The surprise losses suffered by President Park Geun-hye’s Saenuri Party Wednesday revealed widespread public discontent with her conservative economic policies and growing division over her “get tough” approach to the North Korean nuclear threat. Saenuri won only 122 out of 300 seats in the South Korean National Assembly according to the National Election Commission....

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