Democratic Party of Korea lawmakers are voting to elect 11 standing committee chairs at the plenary session of the National Assembly on the 30th. Yonhap News The Democratic Party of Korea independently elected the chairs of 11 standing committees, including the Legislative and Judiciary Committee and the Budget and Accounts Committee, at the plenary session of the National Assembly on the 30th. When an agreement on the composition of the original committee failed, the Democratic Party pushed ahead with the election of its own party's standing chairman, and the People Power Party responded with a boycott by submitting a resignation letter. For the first time in history, the opening was held solely by the opposition party...