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A cross-party parliamentary group is pushing for major electoral law reforms before GE16, including restricting government machinery use in campaigns and granting the Election Commission enhanced enforcement authority.
The cryptocurrency industry is investing close to $200 million in the US midterm elections through Fairshake, a major super PAC backing pro-crypto candidates. The spending underscores the sector's growing political influence as it pushes for sweeping legislation to reshape federal oversight of digital assets.
A Seoul court has convicted former South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol of election law violations, sentencing him to 18 months suspended imprisonment. The ruling threatens his party's retention of campaign reimbursement funds worth approximately 39.7 billion won.
A Seoul court has handed former President Yoon Suk Yeol a two-year prison sentence after finding him guilty of accepting illegal political donations disguised as free opinion polls from a self-proclaimed political operative during his 2022 parliamentary campaign.
South Korea's former President Yoon Suk Yeol has been sentenced to two years imprisonment after being convicted of accepting free political polling services valued at 27.92 million won during his 2021–2022 presidential campaign.