Hong, Park loyalists poised for do-or-die battle
(WorldNews South Korea)

By Choi Ha-young Hong Joon-pyo Liberty Korea Party (LKP) Chairman Hong Joon-pyo lashed out at loyalists of former President Park Geun-hye for resisting his reform drive, Monday, saying they were acting like `cowards.` Hong`s criticism came after two pro-Park lawmakers - Choi Kyung-hwan and Suh Chung-won - snubbed the party`s request to leave the party `voluntarily,` harshly criticizing Hong for `dividing` the LKP. Following a war of words with pro-Park lawmakers over the weekend, Hong reopened his verbal attack on the faction before boarding an airplane for Washington, D.C., where he...