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

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South Korea's conservative opposition won landslide victories in votes for the mayors of the country's two biggest cities, results showed Thursday, in a bad sign for Moon Jae-in's Democratic Party a year before the next presidential poll.

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Times of India

Crushing poll defeats for South Korea's ruling party

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3 years ago·India

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BBC News

South Korea ruling party suffers crushing defeat in mayoral vote

South Korea's Democratic Party has suffered a crushing defeat in mayoral elections in Seoul and Busan.

3 years ago·United Kingdom

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Yahoo News

South Korean attempts to engage with North Korea in doubt after hefty defeats for ruling party

South Korea's attempts to reach out to Pyongyang have been thrown into doubt after the ruling party suffered resounding defeats in two key mayoral elections on Wednesday. Voters punished the government of Moon Jae-in for a series of political mis-steps including a slow roll-out of coronavirus vaccines, failed economic policies, and scandals over property and sexual harassment. The Democratic party lost the bellwether by-elections for the mayoral…

3 years ago·Los Angeles, United States

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CTV News

South Korea's opposition party wins 2 key local elections

South Korea's conservative opposition party has won sweeping victories in mayoral byelections in the country's two biggest cities, votes seen as a test of public sentiment ahead of next year's presidential election.

3 years ago·Canada

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Reuters

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

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.

3 years ago·United Kingdom

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Associated Press News

South Korea's opposition party wins 2 key local elections

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea’s conservative opposition party has won sweeping victories in mayoral by-elections in the country’s two biggest cities, votes seen as a test of public sentiment ahead of next year’s presidential election.

3 years ago·United States

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