Word: uris
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...restored President faces a new political battle, this time with his own supporters. Roh is allied with the Uri Party, which won a majority in the National Assembly in last month's general elections. The party's sizeable left wing opposes Roh's decision to send 3,000 troops to Iraq by the end of June. Last week Uri Party floor leader Chun Jung Bae suggested that Korea might want to send money instead of men. "The influence of the antitroop dispatch, anti-Iraq war faction is growing," frets opposition lawmaker Won Hee Ryong, who fears a failure to send...
...Constitutional Court reinstated President Roh Moo-Hyun, who was impeached and stripped of his powers in March. Conservative lawmakers in the outgoing government voted to oust Roh on charges of electoral-law violations, incompetence and corruption, but were defeated in parliamentary polls in April by the pro-Roh Uri Party. After being reinstated, Roh apologized for the corruption scandals involving his aides. Contested Polls THE PHILIPPINES Challenger Fernando Poe Jr. contested exit polls suggesting that incumbent Gloria Macapagal Arroyo had won the presidential election, and accused Arroyo of electoral fraud. One For The Road BRAZIL The government withdrew an expulsion...
...attempted political suicide, it seemed hard to beat. In the run-up to South Korea's parliamentary elections, Chung Dong Young, chairman of the youthful and liberal Uri Party, advised people in their 60s and 70s to "stay home and rest" instead of voting. As penance, Chung resigned his post as his party's campaign head and went on hunger strike. Yet in a land where political haplessness is increasingly the norm, his gaffe apparently failed to dent the party's standing. Instead, voters last week tripled the size of the Uri Party delegation, to 152, enough for a majority...
...Uri Party's resounding victory represents a lifeline for President Roh Moo Hyun, who was impeached by conservative lawmakers last month in a move many voters considered a cynical power play. Roh is currently suspended from office, and his fate rests with the Constitutional Court, which has until September to rule on the matter. Roh's main offense had been to publicly voice his support for Uri, but the judges may view last week's vote as show of support for him, making them unwilling to uphold the impeachment...
...Regardless, South Korean politics seem poised for a sharp left turn. Many Uri Party members want more economic aid funneled to North Korea, which could increase friction between Seoul and Washington over how to deal with Pyongyang's nuclear-weapons program. Seoul's plan to send 3,000 troops to Iraq by the end of June could also be in jeopardy. Officially, the Uri Party supported Roh's decision to send Korean troops. But the deployment could now come up for debate again. The Uri Party's parliamentary leader Kim Keun Tae says: "We have to examine carefully whether...