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Parliament set to handle extra budget bill over coronavirus

Mar 17, 2020

The National Assembly is set to handle an extra budget bill Tuesday that is designed to strengthen quarantine measures and minimize the economic fallout from the new coronavirus. Rival parties earli...
Liberal proportional coalition off rocky start

Mar 16, 2020

The ruling Democratic Party’s efforts to launch a liberal coalition party to win more parliamentary seats via the new proportional representation system in next month’s general election got off to a ...
National security advisers of S. Korea, US discuss coronavirus response in phone talks

Mar 15, 2020

South Korea's national security adviser, Chung Eui-yong, spoke by phone with his US counterpart Robert O'Brien on Sunday and discussed ways of cooperation to tackle the new coronavirus, the president...
PM calls for parliament to approve extra budget amid coronavirus jitters

Mar 15, 2020

Prime Minister Chung Sye-kyun on Sunday urged lawmakers to promptly approve the extra budget bill of 11.7 trillion won ($9.6 billion) currently pending at the parliament, amid the growing concerns ov...
Moon declares virus-hit Daegu, part of North Gyeongsang Province as special disaster zones

Mar 15, 2020

President Moon Jae-in declared the southeastern city of Daegu and three nearby regions in North Gyeongsang Province as special disaster zones Sunday, paving the way for state support for the regions ...
Coronavirus rattles S. Korean politics 30 days before April elections

Mar 15, 2020

The new coronavirus is rattling South Korean politics just a month before the April 15 parliamentary elections, changing the way candidates campaign and shifting the overall focus to how the governme...
Moon urges 'unprecedented' special steps for pandemic-hit economy

Mar 13, 2020

South Korean President Moon Jae-in called Friday for "unprecedented" policy measures to counter the economic fallout of the coronavirus pandemic, speaking at a rare Cheong Wa Dae meeting with the cou...
Ruling party votes in favor of proportional coalition

Mar 13, 2020

The ruling Democratic Party will join a coalition proportional representative party in the April 15 general election, the party said Friday. In the vote to decide whether to join the coalition, near...
Ruling party to join proportional representation coalition

Mar 13, 2020

The ruling Democratic Party (DP) voted Friday to take part in a liberal political bloc designed to win more parliamentary seats via the proportional representation system in next month's general elec...
Govt. preparing to declare virus-stricken Daegu a special disaster

Mar 13, 2020

The South Korean government is preparing to designate Daegu and nearby North Gyeongsang Province, hard hit by massive coronavirus infections, as "special disaster zones" in a bid to facilitate emerge...
Govt. orders scheduled remote working for public servants

Mar 12, 2020

In its latest efforts to fight the new coronavirus, South Korea on Thursday introduced a flexible working scheme, including flexible working hours and remote working, for public servants. Under the ...
NSC decides to actively join global efforts to contain new coronavirus

Mar 12, 2020

South Korea's National Security Council (NSC) decided Thursday to actively join global efforts to contain the spread of the new coronavirus as the UN health agency has declared the virus outbreak a p...
Moon makes first visit to virus control headquarters

Mar 11, 2020

President Moon Jae-in visited the disease control headquarters Wednesday to encourage health officials fighting the new coronavirus. Moon visited the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention...
Ruling bloc wants larger supplementary budget

Mar 11, 2020

Cheong Wa Dae and the ruling party will look into increasing the supplementary budget that was recently drawn up in response to the COVID-19 outbreak. According to the ruling Democratic Party, plans...
Ruling party to vote on joining proportional representation coalition

Mar 11, 2020

The ruling Democratic Party will hold an online vote for all its members to decide whether to participate in a coalition proportional representative party. The coalition proportional representative ...