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

Korea’s ruling party suffers “crushing defeat” in by-elections

By Thu, Apr 28, 2011 6:43AM UTC View Comments Sohn Hak-kyu's Democrati Party boycotted a vote on the Korea-EU FTA that they had helped set

Here are a couple of headlines concerning the results of the April 27 by-elections.  Yonhap led with Ruling party suffers crushing defeat in by-elections, while the JoonAng Ilbo declared Opposition headed to victory in by-elections.  While it is certainly true that the majority Grand National Party was disappointed by the results, it was hardly as...

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