SEOUL -- South Korea's progressive Democratic Party, which suffered a major defeat in local elections on June 1, is in turmoil now that its new 26-year-old co-chair has picked a fight with key Democrats who catapulted into office after taking part in the 1980s student movement.
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"The party is dead, and he is the only survivor." Those words were directed at Lee Jae-myung, right, a former presidential candidate who led the Democrats' abysmal election campaign. He sits here with party co-chair Park Ji-hyun. © Kyodo
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