South Korea's liberal opposition parties were expected to win a landslide victory in Wednesday's parliamentary election, initial exit polls suggested, a result that if confirmed would make conservative President Yoon Suk Yeol a lame duck for his remaining three years in office.
A mother casts her vote with her daughter for the parliamentary election at a polling station in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, April 10, 2024. South Korea's liberal opposition parties were expected to win a landslide victory in Wednesday's parliamentary election, initial exit polls suggested, a result that if confirmed would make conservative President Yoon Suk Yeol a lame duck for his remaining three years in office.
"We did our best to do politics that follow public sentiments, but results of exit polls are disappointing," ruling party Han Dong-hoon said in televised comments. "We'll watch ballot counting to the end." Lee is now a harsh critic of Yoon's policies and is eying another presidential bid. His main potential conservative rival in the next presidential race is Han, an ally of Yoon who served as his justice minister. Lee faces an array of corruption investigations that he argues are politically motivated and pushed by by Yoon's government.
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While selectively rolling out elements targeting millennials and Generation Z, Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland won't say whether next week's federal budget could include higher taxes for corporate Canada or major grocers.Canada's dental associations, which say some of their members are reluctant to participate in the national dental care plan, are in fact just negotiating with Ottawa over the program, says federal Health Minister Mark Holland.
After roughly two hours of deliberations, the five jurors in the coroner’s inquest looking into the death of Darrell Mesheau have ruled he died in a natural manner, with the cause being heart failure.The Manitoba government says Parks Canada is considering closing a popular lake to boating this year because of zebra mussels.
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