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Korea’s Virus Response Hands Election Victory to Moon Jae-in’s Democrats
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variety.comBy Patrick Frater Asia Bureau Chief The Left-leaning Democratic Party of President Moon Jae-in swept to a thumping victory in Wednesday’s parliamentary elections in South Korea.
The government’s largely successful handling of the coronavirus outbreak was a decisive factor in reversing the fortunes of Moon and his political allies.
With most votes counted by midday Thursday, the Democratic Party had won 163 seats in the 300-seat National Assembly. Its current ally, the Platform Party, was expected to win 17 seats, giving the government a total of 180 seats.
The opposition United Future Party was forecast to win 103 seats, according to exit polls Among the newly elected parliamentarians was one, Thae Yong-ho, who defected from North Korea
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