Representative Seol Hoon, Running as an Independent Candidate in Bucheon, Gyeonggi for the 5th Term

by Heo Kyungjun

Published 02 Mar.2024 19:51(KST)

Seol Hoon, a five-term lawmaker who left the Democratic Party, announced on the 2nd that he will run as an independent candidate in his constituency, Bucheon-e, Gyeonggi Province.

Seol Hoon, a lawmaker who left the Democratic Party of Korea, is holding a press conference on his departure at the National Assembly Communication Office on the 28th of last month. Photo by Hyunmin Kim kimhyun81@

Seol plans to register as a preliminary candidate as an independent but is expected to join New Future, a group mainly composed of Democratic Party defectors, later on.

Seol, who is part of the anti-Lee Jae-myung faction, revealed on the 23rd of last month that he was ranked in the bottom 10% in the current legislative activity evaluation, expressing his opposition.

At a National Assembly press conference on the 28th of last month, he declared his departure, stating, "The Democratic Party is no longer a public party but has transformed into a totalitarian factional party under the control of Leader Lee Jae-myung."