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‘70% extra budget to be executed before October’: government

PoliticsJul 23, 2017

The government will execute 70 percent of the supplementary budget approved Saturday before October, in an attempt to maximize its effects and to offset the delay in its approval by the National Asse...
[Newsmaker] Veteran politician talks Macron, Third Way and Korean leaders

PoliticsJul 21, 2017

For Kim Chong-in, 78, morning starts at 5 a.m., with news updates about world politics. “Humans are political animals. You should know what’s going on around the world,” the veteran politician told ...
[Eye Plus] Savor taste of Gwangjang market

Social affairsJul 21, 2017

With more than a century of history, Gwangjang traditional market is still bustling with shoppers and visitors. Although it sells all sorts of goods from clothes to fresh meat and vegetables, the bi...
Blue House document disclosure evolves into legal dispute

PoliticsJul 20, 2017

The main opposition Liberty Korea Party on Wednesday filed a complaint against Blue House officials for leaking presidential records of the previous administration, claiming they broke a law banning ...
Moon appeals for parliamentary support on budget, state management

PoliticsJul 19, 2017

President Moon Jae-in on Wednesday appealed for parliamentary support of his core issues, including an extra budget bill currently pending, in a rare meeting with opposition party leaders. During a ...
Assembly passes pending bills, fails to handle budget

PoliticsJul 18, 2017

The National Assembly failed to handle President Moon Jae-in’s extra budget and government reorganization plans at a plenary session Tuesday, as rival parties continued to lock horns over some key de...
Senior politicians call for people-led constitutional reform on Constitution Day

PoliticsJul 17, 2017

Senior politicians and lawmakers called for a constitutional reform plan that reflects the opinions of the people during a debate at the National Assembly on Monday, the 69th Constitution Day. “Cons...
Scandals, probes plague minor parties

PoliticsJul 14, 2017

Minor parties are struggling with criminal allegations just as the parliament looks set to resume normal operations. On Friday, Lee Yoo-mi, a rank-and-file member of the People’s Party, was indicted...
Moon's extra budget gains momentum on People's Party support

PoliticsJul 13, 2017

The Moon Jae-in administration’s supplementary budget plan gained much needed momentum Thursday with the minor opposition People’s Party agreeing to cooperate with the ruling Democratic Party of Kore...
[News Focus] Bareun Party charts new conservative course

PoliticsJul 12, 2017

Rep. Lee Hye-hoon, chairwoman of the conservative splinter Bareun Party, on Wednesday paid homage to the late former President Roh Moo-hyun, a liberal icon openly disdained by the conservative old gu...
Seoul Metro official found to be involved in graft case

Social affairsJul 11, 2017

An executive of Seoul Metro, a subway operator in the capital, received personal favors from a company in return for helping it win a contract to supply trains, the state audit agency said Tuesday. ...
People’s Party struggles to contain scandal

PoliticsJul 10, 2017

The People’s Party declared Monday it would officially request a special prosecutorial probe into its fake tip-off during the presidential election and the allegation that President Moon Jae-in’s son...
Moon vows to separate humanitarian aid with politics on NK

PoliticsJul 9, 2017

President Moon Jae-in on Saturday said offering humanitarian aid to North Korea should not be linked to political circumstances, drawing a line between the need for aid and the North’s escalating nuc...
[Feature] Traditional leap month beliefs fading among young generation

PoliticsJul 9, 2017

“No harm can be done even if you hang a corpse upside down in a leap month.” This is a Korean saying that describes a local superstition surrounding the extra 13th month of the lunar calendar. The ...
10-day holiday in October becoming reality

PoliticsJul 6, 2017

President Moon Jae-in’s de facto transition team is considering designating Oct. 2 as a temporary holiday to allow 10 consecutive days of holidays, its chief official said Thursday. In a local radio...