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Breakaway parties threaten to disrupt South Korea’s two-party system – can they also end parliamentary gridlock?

  • Written by Jong Eun Lee, Assistant Professor, North Greenville University
Breakaway parties threaten to disrupt South Korea’s two-party system – can they also end parliamentary gridlock?Is South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol waving goodbye to his popularity?Henry Nicholls/AFP via Getty Images

Contemporary South Korean politics has traditionally been dominated by just two main parties – in common with many other countries with strong presidential systems. But that could soon change.

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