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Cho Kuk, leader of the Innovation Party, and Kim Jae-yeon, co-chair of the Progressive Party, unexpectedly crossed paths on April 18 at the Pyeongtaek by-election site held alongside the June 3 local elections. Their encounter was short but charged with tension.
According to the Innovation Party, the meeting took place at Pyeongtaek’s Paengseong Market. Cho greeted Kim, saying, “Thank you for your hard work.” Kim replied, “Good to see you.”
When Cho tried to defuse the moment with, “Let’s keep this a contest of goodwill,” Kim responded with a pointed quip: “Maybe pick up my calls sometimes, too.”
Kim was the first to announce a run in Pyeongtaek and has long focused his efforts in the district. But when Cho formally declared his candidacy on April 14, the two have been engaged in a public rivalry.
On the day he announced his bid, Cho told MBC Radio’s “Kwon Sun-pyo’s News High Kick” that past cooperation with the Progressive Party was “a fact,” but that cooperation did not automatically imply conceding Pyeongtaek. “Ultimately, this is about who offers more concrete policy proposals for Pyeongtaek’s future,” he said.
Kim, speaking the previous day on OhmyTV’s “Park Jung-ho’s Hotspot,” expressed his frustration: “If we had discussed this in advance, there would have been room to coordinate. Why announce so late, like dropping a bomb? I called and sent messages — they read them and didn’t respond.”
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