South Korea's ruling party suffers devastating defeat in mayoral elections

FOCUS: Opposition's win set to accelerate Moon's lame-duck status

Wednesday's losses in the Seoul and Busan mayoral elections for South Korea's ruling Democratic Party mark a public rebuke of the scandal-hit administration of President Moon Jae In.

South Korea: Mayoral elections sink Moon's North Korea peace drive

South Korea's ruling Democratic Party suffered crushing defeats on Wednesday, in by-elections for the Seoul and Busan mayoral posts, deepening President Moon Jae-in's lame duck status and effectively dashing his hopes for making peace with North Korea.Opposition People Power Party (PPP) candidate Oh Se-hoon won the Seoul mayoral election by 57.5% to 39%, with the Busan PPP candidate winning by almost 30%, according to Yonhap News, South Korea's …

South Korea’s ruling party suffers devastating defeat in mayoral elections

SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korean President Moon Jae-in’s ruling party suffered a devastating defeat in a special election for key mayoral posts amid political scandals and policy blunders, vote counts showed on Thursday.Millions of South Koreans went to the polls on Wednesday to elect chiefs of the country’s two largest cities, the capital Seoul and port city of Busan, among 21 local offices up for grabs.The election was widely seen a key baromete…

Seoul and Busan Mayor By-Elections Spell Trouble for President Moon

The ruling Democratic Party failed to keep the mayor positions in the country’s two biggest cities in by-elections on Wednesday.

President Moon accepts mayoral election losses

South Korean President Moon Jae-in says he humbly accepts his party's losses in mayoral by-elections in the country's two biggest cities, Seoul and Busan.

South Korean ruling party loses key mayoral elections

Opposition party candidates win by-elections in capital Seoul, 2nd-largest city of Busan - Anadolu Agency