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Seoul, Feb 10 (IANS) The leader of South Korea’s ruling Democratic Party (DP) said Tuesday that discussions on a possible merger with the minor liberal Rebuilding Korea Party will be put on hold until after the June local elections, apologising to party members for internal friction caused by the proposal. “We decided to end discussions on the merger ahead of the local elections,” DP chairman Jung Chung-rae said in a briefing after a supreme council meeting. “It is true that my proposal caused c…