Understanding Korea’s general elections: With enemies like these, who needs friends?In “Dynamic Korea,” one of the biggest forces in politics appears to be the advantage gained from the other side’s mistakes. Things had been looking bleak for the Democratic Party, which had suffered a string of defeats, first in the presidential election in March 2022, and then in the local elections and by-elections on June 1 of that year. The party, with Lee Jae-myung at the helm, seemed to have little chance of prevailing in the general elections scheduled for April 10 of this year.