South Korea's main opposition party taps ex-leader Lee as presidential candidate

South Korea's main opposition Democratic Party of Korea has named former leader Lee Jae-myung as its candidate for the presidential election on June 3. Lee has been leading opinion polls. The upcoming vote follows former President Yoon Suk-yeol's …

Minor opposition party vows full support for DP presidential candidate Lee Jae-myung

SEOUL, April 27 (Yonhap) -- The minor opposition Rebuilding Korea Party (RKP) on Sunday officially declared its support for the liberal Democratic Party's (DP) presidential candidate, Lee Jae-myung. The declaration by the minor party established by …

Democrat faults his own party for picking wrong battle with case of deported MS-13 suspect

Rep. Henry Cuellar, D-Texas, joins ‘The Brian Kilmeade Show’ to discuss the Trump administration’s southern border strategy and Democratic support for suspected MS-13 gang member Kilmar Abrego Garcia. Rep. Henry Cuellar is pushing back against his own …

‘Tinubu has captured our party’ – PDP founding member identifies other gov to join APC

  One of the founding fathers of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Senator Chris Ekpenyong has lamented the recent wave of defection of by the party’s bigwigs to the ruling All Progressives Congress.   The defection of Governor Sheriff Oborevwori of Delta …

Street party horror as SUV ploughs into huge crowd and kills nine revellers in Vancouver - as suspect, 30, 'known to ...

At least nine people have been killed after an SUV rammed through a packed street festival in Vancouver on Saturday night. The vehicle rammed through the crowd at the Lapu Lapu Day event at around 8pm local time, leaving multiple people dead and scores …

South Korea's opposition party has chosen a former leader as its presidential candidate

South Korea's main liberal opposition party has chosen its former leader, Lee Jae-myung, as the presidential candidate for the upcoming June 3 election. South Korea’s main liberal opposition party tapped Sunday its former leader Lee Jae-myung as …

From Washington: Divided Democrats, The Future Of The Party

A recent Siena College poll indicates that Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer’s favorability rating has fallen to its lowest point in two decades, at 39%. However, progressive Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is currently polling at 47%, her …

Defections And Dangers Of A One-Party State

“Some praise in the morning/ What they blame at night/ But always think the last opinion is right.” – Alexander Pope It is a crying shame, to put it bluntly, that while the fertile fields of the country called Nigeria, especial­ly Benue, Plateau, …

Battenfeld: Old and new guard in Democratic Party on collision course

South Korea’s main opposition party selects presidential candidate

The Democratic Party said Mr Lee had won nearly 90% of the votes cast during the party’s primary that ended on Sunday, defeating two competitors. The election on June 3 is to replace the recently ousted conservative president Yoon Suk Yeol. Mr Lee lost the …