Saturday, December 20, 2014

#SOUTHKOREA: Small Leftist Party Banned; Accused of Planning Gov't Overthrow

[world politics news]


The Constitutional Court Friday voted 8-1 to ban a pro-North Korean party, the first time a party has been banned. Several Unified Progressive Party members were convicted of plotting to overthrow the government if it went to war with North Korea. It held 5 of the 300 seats in parliament.

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