NEW YORK, Oct. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — North Korean defector-turned-lawmaker said Monday that South Korea should step up efforts to improve the human rights situation in North Korea, along with its proposal to declare the formal end to the Korean War. Rep. Tae Young-ho of the main opposition People Power Party made the remark during an [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — Lee Jae-myung has been known to be an aggressive public administrator whose relentless drive to get things done, often in sensational ways, landed him the presidential nomination of the ruling liberal Democratic Party on Sunday. The 56-year-old governor of Gyeonggi, South Korea’s most populous province, is a self-professed champion [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — Gyeonggi Gov. Lee Jae-myung won the ruling Democratic Party’s nomination for president Sunday, a widely expected victory for a man championing universal basic income and other sweeping welfare programs amid concern a deepening corruption scandal involving a close aide could dog him through the race. The 56-year-old human rights [...]
WASHINGTON, Sept. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — The United States must not return to the so-called strategic patience when dealing with North Korea, the head of South Korea’s ruling Democratic Party said Sunday, also arguing the Joe Biden administration’s policy on the North may be too “vague.” Rep. Song Young-gil insisted the North Korean nuclear issue [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 31 (Korea Bizwire) — The ruling Democratic Party (DP) on Tuesday kicked off a 41-day nationwide voting process to choose its final candidate to run in next year’s presidential election, party officials said. The primary election voting on six DP presidential contenders started off on the inaugural leg of the central city of [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — A group of ruling party lawmakers have withdrawn a controversial bill designed to curb slander of former wartime sexual slavery victims and their advocacy groups, in the face of strong criticism from opposition parties. According to a National Assembly website tracking legislative bills, the proposal to revise the act [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — The United States is considering using American military bases in South Korea as one of the housing sites for evacuees from Afghanistan, along with other overseas bases, including those in Japan, the Wall Street Journal has reported. The Pentagon is “looking at American bases in Japan, Korea, Germany, Kosovo, [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — Six presidential hopefuls from the ruling Democratic Party (DP) have embarked on a collective online campaign following the opening ceremony of their metaverse camp last week. Metaverse, a combination of meta (meaning beyond) and verse (from universe), refers to a three-dimensional virtual shared world in which all activities can [...]
SEOUL, July 25 (Korea Bizwire) — Rumors that former President Park Geun-hye and Samsung Group heir Lee Jae-yong may receive presidential pardons or paroles are increasingly making the rounds in political circles as of late amid growing calls for amnesty for the two figures jailed over corruption-related charges. Such speculations are being circulated widely with [...]
SEOUL, July 22 (Korea Bizwire) — Gyeonggi Province Gov. Lee Jae-myung, the front-running presidential contender for the ruling Democratic Party, made a campaign pledge Thursday to distribute universal basic income of up to 2 million won (US$1,736) per year to all citizens. “Within the (five-year) term of the next administration, (I) will provide 2 million [...]