President Yoon Suk Yeol, center, People Power Party (PPP) Leader Han Dong-hoon, left, and other PPP officials take a walk together at a garden in front of the presidential office in Yongsan District, Seoul, in this picture provided by Yoon's office, Sept. 24. Yonhap Leaders of the ruling People Power Party (PPP) voiced frustration Wednesday after a dinner including President Yoon Suk Yeol and PPP leader Han Dong-hoon ended without meaningful discussions despite the need to address pressing issues, such as an ongoing doctors' walkout and suspicions surrounding first lady Kim Keon Hee.
The dinner was hosted by Yoon at the presidential compound Tuesday with the attendance of Han, floor leader Rep. Choo Kyung-ho and members of the PPP Supreme Council. The event drew attention because it was only the second such gathering since Han's election as PPP leader in July and had been postponed once following Han's request to defer the medical school admissions increase for 2026, a proposal the presidential office balked at.
Han had earlier asked for a private meeting with the president during the dinner, apparently to discuss the medical reform and first lady issues, but no such meeting materialized. "It appears that the presidential office and the party have different perceptions about the situation," Kim Chong-hyuk, a Supreme Council member, said during a CBS radio interview. "With respect to the medical reform, the party sees it as a very serious situation, whereas the presidential of.
