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Analysis Why South Korea’s new ruling party leader faces difficult days aheadKim Gi-hyeon faces corruption allegations and will have to win over those who view him as too close to president After months of bitter campaigning, South Korea’s conservative People Power Party (PPP) has elected Kim Gi-hyeon, a legislator close to the presidential office, as its new chairman. Although the results are not terribly surprising — he is the president’s presumed favorite for party chair and led party polls for some time — Kim must now keep the party behind him while deflecting criticism that he is too close to the president. A record number of PPP voters cast their vote for the new chairperson on Wednesday, and Kim won with 52.93% of all ballots. Coming in a distant second was © Korea Risk Group. All rights reserved. |





