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Topic: Left wins South Korean elections
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swallow
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posted 19 April 2004 01:06 PM
This is a seismic shift in Korean politics. The Uri party supports impeached president Roh, a former human rights lawyer who is now likely to return to the presidency. A leftist party controls the South Korean parliament for the first time ever. The third-largest party is now Democratic Labour, a union-based party, which gains seats for the first time. code:
old new
Uri 49 152
Grand National Party 137 121
Millenium Democratic P. 61 9
Democratic Labour P. 0 10
United Liberal Dem’s 10 4
Others 14 3
Total seats 273 299
Dick Cheney has already flown to Seoul to do damage control, aware that anger against US foreign policy has been the Uri party's best weapon. Uri is expected to pursue a more conciliatory approach to North Korea, in conflict with US policy. Cheney and the two Koreas [ 19 April 2004: Message edited by: swallow ]
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