2024 South Korea General Election: The Rebuilding Korea Party

Cho Kuk, April 6, 2024 : Cho Kuk (R), leader of the Rebuilding Korea Party (aka the Korea Innovation Party) for proportional representation seats, greets a supporter wearing a cap covered with green onions at the party's meeting with supporters in Seoul, South Korea, ahead of the April 10 general elections. The sign which Cho is holding reads, "What the hell in two years (after President Yoon Suk-Yeol's inauguration). Cast a vote instead of a stone". The green onions makes a parody of South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol who aroused anger by finding the price tag of 875 won ($0.65) for a bunch of green onions a "reasonable price" at a grocery mall last month. The 875 won ($0.65) was a temporary discount price offered due to a government subsidy and the average retail prices of green onions was about 3,000 to 4,000 won ($2.2 to 2.9) for weeks, which was some of the highest levels over the years. Cho Kuk, South Korea's former Justice Minister under the previous liberal Moon Jae-In administration, was an architect of the liberal government's prosecution reform. (Photo by Lee Jae-Won/AFLO)