Korean General Elections

As expected, pro-government Uri Party got 152 seats out of 299, which gives them the majority.  Han-nara (Grand National) Party lost its majority position but still managed to eek out a respectable showing, thanks to the daughter of a former dictator who took control of the party just weeks before the election.  It's funny how conservatives prefer the nostalgic certainty of iron-clad rule by dictators over euphoric optimism of liberals.  Min-noh (Democratic Labor) Party emerged in the third place, making the ultra-liberal pro-labor party a political force to be reckoned with.

National Assembly seats after ballot counting  [As of 1:00 a.m.]

 Party Before Now
Uri Party 49 152
Grand National Party 137 121
Millennium Democratic Party 61 9
Democratic Labor Party 0 10
United Liberal Democrats 10 4
Others 14 3