South Korea’s prime minister and top presidential officials offer to resign after election defeat

Published April 10, 2024 8:03 PM

By HYUNG-JIN KIM
Associated Press

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korean media report that the prime minster and top presidential advisers have offered to resign in the wake of the parliamentary election defeat. South Korean media outlets including Yonhap news agency submitted their resignations on Thursday. South Korea’s liberal opposition parties appeared set to win a landslide victory in Wednesday’s election, vote counts showed, a result that could make conservative President Yoon Suk Yeol a lame duck for his remaining three years in office.

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