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Hong Joon-pyo speaks at the Grand National Party convention where he was elected chairman (Yonhap News Photo)

Korea: New GNP chair hopes to be Mr. Unity

By Tue, Jul 05, 2011 12:30AM UTC View Comments Hong Joon-pyo speaks at the Grand National Party convention where he was elected chairman (Yonhap News Photo)

Four-term National Assembly member Hong Joon-pyo won the election for Grand National Party chairman Monday. Hong had cast himself as someone who could heal the long-standing rift in the party between supporters of President Lee Myung-bak and Park Geun-hye, the former GNP chair who finished a close second to Lee for the party’s presidential nomination...

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