South Korea in 2015: Battling to set the stage for elections

O. Fiona Yap

doi:10.1525/AS.2016.56.1.78

South Korea in 2015: Battling to set the stage for elections

O. Fiona Yap^*

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The year 2015 featured real and metaphorical battles in South Korea: face-offs between the executive and the legislature saw President Park Geun-hye duel with the non-Park faction in the ruling Saenuri Party and fend off the opposition, whose alliance struggled with infighting and subsequent fractures. The government waged war against a health epidemic and exchanged artillery fire with North Korea at the Demilitarized Zone. The by-elections in April 2015 augur the political stage for pending elections in 2016 and 2017.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	78-86
Number of pages	9
Journal	Asian Survey
Volume	56
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1525/AS.2016.56.1.78
Publication status	Published - 2016

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