In South Korea’s presidential election on June 3, the then-opposition Korean Democratic Party received 49.42 percent of the vote, while the ruling People Power Party (PPP) came second with 41.15 percent. Six months earlier, the PPP’s then-leader, President Yoon Suk Yeol, attempted to declare martial law, for which he was later impeached and removed. Now under new leadership, the PPP is finding its feet as the main opposition party in a closely divided country. How does the new opposition view President Lee Jae-myung? What do election results mean for Seoul’s relationship with Taipei? And how would Lee respond to a crisis in the Taiwan Strait? In this special episode from South Korea, TaiwanTalks speaks to a member of the PPP about the election results, Yoon’s failed martial law bid, and the consequences for South Korea’s foreign policy. Our guest: Cho Jung-Han National Assembly of Korea Member (People’s Power Party) Co-Founder and Former Leader of Transition Korea Party (2020-2023) Chapters: 00:00:00 – Korean Opposition Voice in Spotlight 00:00:46 – Is Lee the South Korean Trump? 00:02:17 – Effects of Yoon’s Failed Martial Law Bid 00:06:40 – South Korea’s Complex Links with Taiwan 00:18:36 – How Would Seoul Respond to a Taiwan Crisis? 00:24:56 – Taiwan and S. Korea’s Economic Rivalry #SouthKorea #SouthKoreanElection2025 #PresidentLee #LeeJaemyung #YoonSukYeol #ChoJunghan #KoreanDemocraticParty #PeoplePowerParty #TransitionKoreaParty #KoreanPeninsula #TaiwanSouthKoreaRelations #NorthKorea #Seoul #Pyongyang #TaiwanStrait #TaiwanCrisis #TaiwanContingency #EastAsia #MartialLaw #Impeachment #SouthKoreaForeignPolicy #InterKoreanRelations #SouthKoreaChinaRelations #SpecialEpisode #TaiwanTalks
