The Latest Breaking News from the National Assembly

The Duplomb Law is being fiercely contested by civil society and a petition opposes the reintroduction of a pesticide.

A petition against new rules allowing farmers to use a banned pesticide had gained more than 1 million signatures by Sunday night, less than two weeks after it was launched.

Polls favour Democratic Party candidate Lee Jae-myung over governing People Power Party’s candidate Kim Moon-soo.

If election frontrunner Lee Jae-myung is elected, Sejong city could replace Seoul as the centre of political power.

On June 3, South Koreans will head to the polls to choose the country’s new president. The election may draw to a close one of the most chaotic and contentious periods in the country’s post-1987 democratic era.

The bill, which received 305 votes in favour and 199 against, will be sent to the Senate for further debate but a definitive vote on the measure could take months.

Venezuela’s ruling party romped to victory in regional and legislative elections on May 25, winning over 82% of votes cast for the national assembly. The government-controlled national electoral council said candidates for the United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV) won the race for governor in 23 out of the country’s…

French deputies vote on a controversial right-to-die bill on Tuesday, the first step in a lengthy parliamentary process to legally grant patients medical assistance to end their lives in clearly defined circumstances.

French politicians will vote on measures that would allow eligible adults to take life-ending medication