Lee Jun-seok, who resigned in disgrace, has been expelled from the ruling party.

Lee Jun-seok, the former chair of the People Power Party, was suspended for an additional year after a protracted internal dispute. Thursday, the court denied Lee's plea for an injunction to remove Chung Jin-suk from his position as interim chair of the party, pushing Lee to the edge of a precipice.

Within the same day, the National Assembly hosted a meeting of the ruling party's ethics panel to deliberate Lee's punishmen....