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Sohn Hak-kyu's Democrati Party boycotted a vote on the Korea-EU FTA that they had helped set

Divided Korean National Assembly passes EU Free trade agreement

By Fri, May 06, 2011 12:13AM UTC View Comments Sohn Hak-kyu's Democrati Party boycotted a vote on the Korea-EU FTA that they had helped set

After a long and contentious process, Korea’s National Assembly passed a free trade agreement with the European Union on a 163 to 1 vote with five abstentions. That sounds like a pretty impressive level of support until you remember that the National Assembly has 299 seats. So what happened to the other 130 members? The...

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