Growing concerns shadow Democratic Party’s push for second special counsel

South Korea’s ruling Democratic Party of Korea is readying for a second round of special counsel investigations, even as concerns mount over rising costs, effectiveness and the strain on the criminal justice system — and despite rare open dissent from within the party itself. The party seeks to follow up on three high-profile special counsel probes — into the emergency martial law incident, allegations involving former first lady Kim Keon Hee, and the death of a Marine corporal — arguing that un