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South Korea PM offers to resign after heavy defeat in parliamentary elections
PM Han Duk-soo said the government ‘humbly accepted’ the election result, which severely dents the political power of the president
Senior ruling party politicians in South Korea have offered to resign to take responsibility for its heavy defeat in Wednesday’s national assembly elections – a result that has severely weakened the country’s conservative president, Yoon Suk Yeol.
The prime minister, Han Duk-soo, tendered his resignation on Thursday as the scale of the drubbing meted out to the conservative People Power party (PPP) became apparent, according to the Yonhap news agency.
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