South Korea’s main opposition party changed its name to appeal to moderate voters, seeking to build on the momentum it’s picked up as President Moon Jae-in’s progressives face public anger over high housing prices.
The United Future Party on Thursday rebranded itself as the People Power Party, carrying on a local political tradition of trying to show a new focus by running under a new name. The conservatives are attempting to appeal to younger voters who may still be wary about the right’s historical ties to big business and the military-backed government that suppressed civil rights until the late 1980s.
