Politics
Ahn, Saenuri candidates' by-election wins to weigh heavily on party politics
April 24, 2013
Ahn Cheol-soo, former software mogul and presidential candidate, won a parliamentary seat Wednesday, securing a foothold to advance his “new politics” agenda and challenge the established opposition bloc.President Park Geun-hye’s close ally Kim Moo-sung and former South Chungcheong Governor Lee Wan-koo, both from the ruling Saenuri Party, also scored landslide victories in by-elections that were the first electoral test of Park since her inauguration in February. The parliamentary and local by-e