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Park Won-soon's win in the Seoul mayoral election on October 27 has South Korean progressives feeling good about there prospects in the 2012 general elections (AP/Lee Jin-man photo)

With blood in the water, Korean progressives in an electoral feeding frenzy

By Andy Jackson Tue, Dec 27, 2011 11:21AM UTC View Comments

The victory by Park Won-soon, a long-time activist backed by progressive groups in a close election for mayor of Seoul last October, has gotten Korea’s left salivating at the prospect of sweeping victories in next year’s national assembly and presidential elections. With a chance to control both the Blue House and the legislature, the various...

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Moon Jae-in still rising in Korea

By Andy Jackson Fri, Aug 05, 2011 9:43PM UTC View Comments

The release of the book "Moon Jae-in's Destiny" helped fuel his surge in support

This column has been following former Roh Moo-hyun administration official, Moon Jae-in, since early June, when he began rising in poll ratings among potential progressive presidential candidates. That rise was primarily fueled by his work on unity among progressive parties in last April’s by-elections. Moon kept the surge going with the release of his book “Moon Jae-in’s...

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Moon Jae-in: Muy macho progressive prince

By Andy Jackson Sun, Jul 31, 2011 2:57AM UTC View Comments

Moon Jae-in served as paratrooper in the Korean military after serving a prison term for protesting against the Park Chung-hee dictatorship.

Moon Jae-in, the head of the Roh Moo-hyun foundation, has has been a rising star in progressive circles over the past several months and is emerging as a serious contender for the presidential nomination on a fusion ticket of progressive parties. Moon first appeared on the radar of political observers as a result of his...

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Korea: Deep thoughts on last April’s by-elections

By Andy Jackson Thu, Jun 30, 2011 8:55PM UTC View Comments

Park Geun-hye has led the NFP back to the top of public opinion polls

For those who cannot get enough Korean elections*, Dr. Kim Jiyoon, a research fellow at the Asan Institute for Policy Studies, aims to please. As the name suggests, her Analysis of the 4.27 Special Election Results and the 2012 Presidential Election serves a deep dish of data and analysis regarding last April’s by-elections and their impact on...

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How will Rhyu Si-min fail to be SKorea’s next president? Let him count the ways

By Andy Jackson Mon, Jun 13, 2011 11:00PM UTC View Comments

Rhyu Si-min is the king of Twitter among Korean politicians, but is less regal in the polls. (OhMyNews photo)

As I noted in my previous post, People’s Participation Party chair Rhyu Si-min has shown himself unable to win major campaigns and is unlikely to win next year’s presidential election despite good political terrain for progressives and his relatively strong standing in public opinion polls. Rhyu suffered a setback last April 27 when his party’s candidate...

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