Ruling party lawmaker under fire for supporting far-right pastor's rally

The KFA lied to the media and the public when it announced the election will be held on Jan. 23, as if all candidates had agreed to the new schedule,

Huh said in a statement

The KFA committee's decision to set such a tight schedule could only be seen as a move to protect Chung,

Shin said

We are disappointed that the court halted the election on Tuesday, because we had been preparing for the election impartially without breaching rules, but we do respect the court's decision,

the committee said in a statement

If they press ahead with this, we may have to file for another injunction."

An official in Huh's camp added

We have rescheduled the election following the court's ruling to enhance the fairness and transparency of the process,

it said

You might become president if you keep this up.”

Lawmaker Yoon attended a rally near the presidential residence in Hannam-dong, Seoul, Sunday, where Jun, a vocal opponent of impeachment efforts against the president, lauded him from the stage, saying

I get frustrated when I hear President Trump and others talk about this as if we are only there for Korea's defense and that we are not getting anything out of it ... I push back against that significantly."

He added

We see a kind of belligerence like what we see right now with Donald Trump talking about Greenland or Panama,

Kim said

I have sat down already with Sen. Marco Rubio as well as Congresswoman Elise Stefanik, and I have raised (with) them directly my desire to see the U.S. continue with the trilateral process, with the Quad and other types of actions that we have in the region,

he said, referring to Trump's picks for his secretary of state and ambassador to the U.N

It's really a critical time for stability, not for any particular person to try to use this to advance their own political ambitions,

Kim said during a meeting with Korean and Asian American reporters at the Capitol in Washington

It's about stabilizing it first and foremost,

he added, ... noting

If President Trump were to try that again or hint at that, I think there would again be very strong bipartisan pushback against that,

he said

(It ... It is) not about this idea that America First needs America only, and that we can survive without our partners and our allies,

he said

That helps the United States try to play a deterrent role to China when it comes to the Taiwan Strait, when it comes to other parts of the Asia-Pacific,

he said

The current standoff is something that worries me, but I've seen a sense of resilience in the Korean process that gives me some reassurance that hopefully, this will work through smoothly,

he said

I think pro-China and pro-North Korea forces are controlling the country from behind."

Repeating a widely debunked conspiracy theory that the opposition party was in cahoots with Pyongyang and Beijing, he said

I won't be able to stand the situation where the president is impeached, leading to pro-North Korea left-wing Lee Jae-myung ruining the country,

he added, repeating unproven claims the country's progressive opposition was in bed with the nuclear-armed neighbour

The Democratic Party had basically established legislative dictatorship,

he said, because of its majority in parliament

The press just focus on putting big, negative headlines about us,

he said, claiming mainstream

I believe the conservative party is more competent on the economic front,

he told AFP