South Korea’s PPP Faces Legitimacy Battle as Pro-Yoon and Pro-Han Factions Undercut June Election Prospects
The Diplomat text portrays South Korea’s People Power Party as trapped in a legitimacy struggle between a hardline pro-Yoon base and a pragmatic pro-Han bloc, driving sustained low polling and candidate recruitment strain. With June local elections approaching, the party’s inability to reconcile factions or reset leadership risks converting ruling-party vulnerabilities into missed opposition gains.