Rift between president and ruling party chief surfaces as general elections loom



Briefings Rift between president and ruling party chief surfaces as general elections loom Presidential office’s request for Han Dong-hoon’s resignation underscores growing divide in People Power Party KOREA PROJanuary 23, 2024 SHARE COPY LINK FACEBOOK X LINKEDIN MASTODON People Power Party interim leader Han Dong-hoon attends a meeting to promote the use of AI in the public sector, Jan. 19, 2024 \| Image: People Power Party Han Dong-hoon, the interim leader of South Korea’s ruling People Power Party (PPP), has publicly confirmed that he was requested to resign by President Yoon Suk-yeol’s chief of staff, Lee Kwan-sup, but has chosen to reject the request. This revelation highlights an unexpected rift between Yoon and the interim party leader, particularly as tensions mount over how to address allegations involving the first lady, Kim Keon-hee, receiving a luxury bag as a gift in 2022. The refusal by Han, a close confidantof Yoon, to step down from his leadership position within the PPP signals potential instability within the party. © Korea Risk Group. All rights reserved. No part of this content may be reproduced, distributed, or used for commercial purposes without prior written permission from Korea Risk Group. LATEST ANALYSIS 01Trump’s Korea investment victory lap masks safeguards Seoul still controls 02North Korean POW dispute tests Seoul-Kyiv trust and future Ukraine policy 03South Korea’s CPTPP push exposes the cost of turning trade gains into consensus 04AI storage boom gives South Korea battery makers an EV overcapacity lifeline 05South Korea’s Mexico strategy runs into the hard limits of USMCA politics 06Preschool test ban forces South Korea’s English hagwons to rethink placement 07Lee Jae Myung’s Wall Street pitch tests South Korea’s capital market credibility 08US midterm clock raises stakes for South Korea’s $200 billion investment talks

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Rift between president and ruling party chief surfaces as general elections loom

Presidential office’s request for Han Dong-hoon’s resignation underscores growing divide in People Power Party

KOREA PROJanuary 23, 2024

Rift between president and ruling party chief surfaces as general elections loom

People Power Party interim leader Han Dong-hoon attends a meeting to promote the use of AI in the public sector, Jan. 19, 2024 | Image: People Power Party

Han Dong-hoon, the interim leader of South Korea’s ruling People Power Party (PPP), has publicly confirmed that he was requested to resign by President Yoon Suk-yeol’s chief of staff, Lee Kwan-sup, but has chosen to reject the request. This revelation highlights an unexpected rift between Yoon and the interim party leader, particularly as tensions mount over how to address allegations involving the first lady, Kim Keon-hee, receiving a luxury bag as a gift in 2022.

The refusal by Han, a close confidantof Yoon, to step down from his leadership position within the PPP signals potential instability within the party.

Rift between president and ruling party chief surfaces as general elections loom

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