South Korea's president canceled his traditional speech Thursday before the new National Assembly, as an opposition boycott over a widely unpopular U.S. beef import agreement brought the legislature to a standstill.
The main opposition parties refused to attend the formal opening of the legislature in a protest aimed at pressuring President Lee Myung-bak to renegotiate the U.S. deal.
In another setback for Lee, his ruling Grand National Party suffered a bruising defeat in local by-elections Wednesday. While small-scale, the results contrasted sharply with April parliamentary elections in which the conservative GNP clinched a majority.
The new …
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