It's official,... the date has been set-- Korea's two centrist parties are becoming one.<br />The center-left People's Party and center-right Bareun Party will hold a joint national convention on February 13th to finalize their merger process,... disregarding strong objections from within both parties. <br /> The joint committee tasked with prepping for the merger says it will complete all other merger procedures, like selecting the name for the envisioned party by this Thursday.<br />With the linkup,... two former presidential candidates from earlier this year -- Ahn Cheol-soo and Yoo Seong-min -- also leaders of the parties, will be on the same team. <br />
