Hunger strike enters fourth day for Jang

Jan 19, 2026, 07:53 am

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People Power Party leader Jang Dong-hyuk drinks water while continuing a hunger strike at the National Assembly on Jan. 17 to oppose the passage of a second comprehensive special prosecutor bill. / Yonhap

On the fourth day of his hunger strike, Jang Dong-hyuk, leader of South Korea’s opposition People Power Party, said he would “defend freedom and the rule of law to the very end.”

In a Facebook post on January 18, Jang wrote, “Day four of the hunger strike. My body is exhausted, and as time passes it becomes harder to maintain a clear mind.” He added that he regains his composure when “the scent of flowers occasionally drifts over from the other side of the Rotunda Hall.”

Jang also expressed gratitude to party members and supporters, saying it would have been far more difficult to endure without them. “South Korea must not be a country swayed by the power of those in authority,” he wrote. “It must be a nation where justice flows like a river.”

Jang has been holding the hunger strike since January 15 in the Rotunda Hall of the National Assembly, demanding that the ruling Democratic Party of Korea accept a pair of special prosecutor investigations related to allegations involving the Unification Church and political donation scandals.

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