Park’s South Korea Stimulus Plans at Risk as Vote Looms

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South Korean President Park Geun Hye’s plans to stimulate the country’s economy are in jeopardy as her ruling party faces a fight to hold on to its parliamentary majority in upcoming by-elections.

Park’s Saenuri party must win at least four of the 15 seats being contested at the country’s biggest special poll on July 30 at a time when her approval rating has slumped, hitting a record low of 40 percent at the start of this month from 61 percent in March, according to a Gallup Korea poll released on July 4.