SEOUL, Dec. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — The interim leader of the main opposition People Power Party (PPP) offered an official apology Tuesday for two former presidents affiliated with the conservative party, who were convicted of corruption. Kim Chong-in made the public apology during a press conference at the National Assembly, holding the party accountable for [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — The Kim Dae-jung Presidential Library and Museum in Seoul on Monday disclosed letters sent between late former President Kim and U.S. President-elect Joe Biden during Kim’s struggle to achieve South Korea’s democracy in the early 1980s. The two letters were disclosed for the first time by the presidential museum [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — Representatives at the National Assembly are scrambling to collect donations to prepare for next year’s activities. This year, district representatives can collect up to 300 million won (US$265,500) while proportional representatives can collect up to 150 million won. Members of the ruling Democratic Party are speeding up efforts to [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — Although overshadowed by more pressing matters at hand such as the new coronavirus or regional security, the closure of South Korea’s second-oldest nuclear reactor has remained a hot-button topic in domestic politics since President Moon Jae-in decided in 2017 to decommission the reactor earlier than scheduled in line with [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — A ruling party lawmaker has come under fire for a leaked mobile messenger conversation that opposition lawmakers claimed corroborates the ruling party’s censorship of the press. Press cameras captured a screenshot of a Telegram conversation between Rep. Yoon Young-chan of the Democratic Party (DP) and an unknown person during [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — The proportion of female lawmakers in South Korea’s parliament, as well as that of female ministers in the Cabinet, has reached an all-time high, data showed Saturday. According to the gender equality ministry and Statistics Korea, 57 women were elected in the April 15 general elections, accounting for 19 [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — Former Prime Minister Lee Nak-yon was elected the new chairman of the ruling Democratic Party on Saturday in a party convention held remotely in response to the spread of the new coronavirus. Lee, now a lawmaker and one of the leading potential presidential candidates, overwhelmingly won the election to [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — As South Korea is on the cusp of a potential second wave of mass new coronavirus infections, a debate is brewing over whether and to whom the government needs to provide a second round of emergency handouts. After the country doled out its first COVID-19 response handouts in May, [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — A red mini dress sported by a young female lawmaker during the latest assembly session is stirring up a heated spat over what is suitable for female lawmakers to wear on duty. Rep. Ryu Ho-jeong of the progressive minor Justice Party drew public attention as photos of her walking [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — The already frayed relations between South Korea and Japan will likely plunge further into a fresh downward spiral as a local court is expected to kick off a procedure to sell off assets of a Japanese firm to compensate victims of wartime forced labor. Starting midnight Tuesday, the Pohang [...]