Seoul, Feb 5 (IANS) South Korea’s Police on Thursday requested arrest warrants for a lawmaker and a former Seoul city councillor embroiled in a bribery scandal linked to the 2022 local elections.The warrants were sought for Rep. Kang Sun-woo, an independent who formerly belonged to the ruling Democratic Party (DP), and Kim Kyung, who until recently served as a Seoul city councillor, reports Yonhap news agency.Kim is accused of offering 100 million won (US$68,500) to Kang in exchange for a DP nom…
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Seoul, Jan 11 (IANS) The leadership of the ruling Democratic Party (DP) on Sunday demanded former floor leader Rep. Kim Byung-kee voluntarily leave the party amid mounting corruption suspicions surrounding him, as the DP was set to pick a new floor leader later in the day.”We request that (Kim) deeply deliberate on which path best cherishes the party,” DP spokesperson Park Soo-hyeon said, in what was apparently a call on him to give up party membership.Park said there were even impending calls f…