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In South Korea, parties agree on formation of ad hoc parliamentary panels17 October 2018
The ruling and opposition parties on Tuesday reached an agreement on how to form six ad hoc parliamentary committees.
Rival parties had been at loggerheads ov…
Op-ed: Can randomly selected groups of people decide complex issues, bring back trust in democracy?7 August 2018
Democracy is under threat around the world, afflicted by polarized politics, tribalism in support of partisanship and propaganda spread on social media. Most ci…
Constitutional reform derailed in South Korea25 April 2018
President Moon Jae-in criticized the National Assembly on Tuesday for failing to revise a national referendum law in time to put constitutional reform on the ba…
Op-ed: Contrasting constitutional reform in the Philippines and South Korea24 April 2018
From the early 1970s to the mid-1980s, both the Philippines and South Korea were ruled by brutal authoritarian regimes. Filipinos ousted the dictator Ferdinand …
South Korea's National Assembly at a standstill over constitutional revisions9 April 2018
This month’s parliamentary session came to a standstill for the second week in a row on Monday, as rival parties continued to clash over contentious bills inclu…
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