2020 in pictures (April ~ July) [PHOTOS]
Posted : 2020-12-10 08:59
Updated : 2020-12-10 17:02
Election night: Members of the ruling Democratic Party of Korea and its satellite party Civil Together sit as they wait for election results to be announced on TV amid a media frenzy, April 15. Korea Times photo by Shim Hyun-chul
By Kang Hyun-kyung
A gigantic party was born.
The ruling Democratic Party of Korea swept the April 15 National Assembly elections by winning 180 seats out of the 300-member parliament.
The election results were a foregone conclusion, even though the ruling party and the Moon Jae-in government were reeling from the aftermath of a series of corruption scandals involving some of its key members.