Opposition leader on hunger strike
Jang Dong-hyeok, leader of the main opposition People Power Party, lies inside a tent at the National Assembly in Seoul on Jan. 22, 2026, as he stages a hunger strike for the eighth day to demand the ruling Democratic Party accept special probe bills on an alleged bribery scandal involving the Unification Church and alleged bribery linked to election nominations. Next to him is the party's floor leader, Song Eon-seog. (Yonhap)
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