Democratic Party Warns Pro-Moon Lee Ho-cheol Over Public Support for Cho Kuk

South Korea’s Democratic Party issued a warning to Lee Ho-cheol, a former senior presidential civil affairs secretary, after he publicly supported Cho Kuk, the Rebuilding Korea Party candidate, in the Pyeongtaek by-election in Gyeonggi Province. The party said that supporting or campaigning for a candidate from another party or an independent candidate could be regarded as an act harmful to the party. Lee is known as a pro-Moon figure, making his public endorsement a potential flashpoint in the party’s election response and in relations within the broader opposition bloc. The warning is seen as an effort to manage public political moves by affiliated figures during the by-election campaign. Source: mk.co.kr