The North Korean nuke test has hardened differences between South Korea’s major political parties on Seoul economic assistance to Pyongyang, as evidenced by this piece from the JoongAng.
Compare this:
Kang Jae-up, the leading opposition Grand National Party chairman, reminded Incheon voters that Uri chairman Kim Geun-tae danced with North Korean waitresses Friday at the Kaesong Industrial Complex. “We have to give a lesson to this government by electing the Grand National candidate,” Mr. Kang said.
With this:
The Uri chairman campaigned in the Haenam-Jindo district. “The Uri candidate is the person to continue the Sunshine Policy,” he told voters. The region is the political stronghold of former President Kim Dae-jung, who started the policy. The minor opposition Democratic Party, founded by the former president, also campaigned there.
Haenam-Jindo had been held by the Democratic Party and they are expected to keep it. I am not sure about the Incheon seat. The National Assembly home page says that 8 of 11 seats in the city are held by Uri, with the GNP holding the other three.
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With all their antics, I’d be surprised if Park Geun Hee isn’t elected the next president.