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Seongnam mayor says will run in local elections, but undecided on which office to seek

PoliticsJun 20, 2017

Seongnam Mayor Lee Jae-myung plans to run in next year’s local elections, but is undecided on which office to seek, he said Tuesday. “I will run in the next year’s provincial elections. (On the ques...
Legislators push for special law to confiscate Choi family assets

PoliticsJun 20, 2017

A bipartisan group of lawmakers is pushing for a special law to investigate and confiscate assets illegally accumulated by Choi Soon-sil, the arrested confidante of former President Park Geun-hye. R...
Hong Joon-pyo faces possible lawsuit over critical speech

PoliticsJun 19, 2017

Hong Joon-pyo, the 2017 presidential candidate for the main opposition Liberty Korea Party, faces a possible lawsuit by a local media outlet after he openly denounced its former CEO on Monday. In a ...
Hong declares bid to become conservative party chief

PoliticsJun 18, 2017

Hong Joon-pyo, a former presidential candidate and provincial governor, on Sunday declared that he would be running for the chief position of the Liberty Korea Party, vowing to rebuild the nation’s r...
[Graphic News] How Moon Jae-in’s Cabinet is shaping up

PoliticsJun 14, 2017

President Moon Jae-in had only three ministerial posts to fill in his Cabinet as of Wednesday. He has named 16 Cabinet members so far and two of them -- Prime Minister Lee Nak-yon and Deputy Prime M...
Parliament speaker calls for open discussion for constitutional revision

PoliticsJun 13, 2017

National Assembly Speaker Chung Sye-kyun on Tuesday vowed to strive for an open and transparent process to revise the constitution. He also urged fellow parliamentarians to come up with an amendment ...
Liberty Korea Party leadership race shapes up

PoliticsJun 12, 2017

The main opposition Liberty Korea Party is preparing to elect its new party leadership in early July, with the race widely expected to be a showdown between supporters and opponents of the party’s pr...
6 in 10 support foreign minister nominee: poll

PoliticsJun 12, 2017

Six in 10 citizens agree with the appointment of Kang Kyung-wha as foreign minister, a poll showed Monday. According to local pollster Realmeter, 62.1 percent of 505 respondents said they supported ...
Moon to encourage job creation in first parliamentary speech

PoliticsJun 11, 2017

President Moon Jae-in is seeking to make a breakthrough in the stalled negotiations over his policy pledge for a supplementary budget for job creation and his appointment of Cabinet nominees this wee...
Opposition parties reject foreign minister nominee

PoliticsJun 8, 2017

Opposition parties have made clear their stance against Foreign Minister nominee Kang Kyung-wha, putting the brakes on President Moon Jae-in’s efforts to form a diplomatic lineup amid multiple foreig...
Constitutional Court chief nominee apologizes over 1980 ruling

PoliticsJun 7, 2017

Constitutional Court President nominee Kim Yi-su apologized over controversial rulings he made against citizen protesters in a democratic uprising in 1980, during his confirmation hearing Wednesday. ...
[News Focus] People’s Party in dilemma as key voting bloc

PoliticsJun 6, 2017

A small opposition party with just 40 parliamentary seats is enjoying an outsized say in the parliamentary process and in President Moon Jae-in’s key personnel choices and policy pushes. But the Peo...
Parties’ push for family reunion with NK sparks controversy

PoliticsJun 5, 2017

Four parties agreed Monday to push for a reunion of families separated by the Korean War on Aug. 15 Liberation Day, triggering controversy over the idea’s legitimacy and feasibility due to the absenc...
Fire breaks out on mountain in northern Seoul

Social affairsJun 1, 2017

A big fire broke out on Mount Surak in northern Seoul Thursday, firefighters said, with no casualties having been reported so far. Firefighters said they were struggling to contain the fire that sta...
South Korean elected head of OECD's intergovernment body on transport

Diplomatic CircuitJun 1, 2017

SEJONG (Yonhap) -- A South Korean official at the transportation ministry on Thursday was elected the head of the International Transport Forum at the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Develo...