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Article: Key presidential hopeful vows to create new political party.
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- YON - Yonhap News Agency of Korea
- Article date:
- November 3, 2006
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SEOUL, Nov. 2 (Yonhap) -- Moves to realign the South Korean political community received fresh momentum Thursday after a leading contender for next year's presidential election said he would push to create a new party next month.Talk of a political realignment resurfaced last week when the ruling Uri Party suffered humiliating defeats in parliamentary and local by-elections, which were seen as another test of voter sentiment ahead of the December 2007 presidential polls.
On Thursday, Goh Kun, a former prime minister who is not currently affiliated with any political party, told a forum that he would promote launching a new political group in December, when ...