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Labor Leader Released on Bail

Labor Leader Released on Bail

SEOUL, Jun. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — Kim Myeong-hwan, the leader of the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions (KCTU), a militant labor umbrella group, was released on bail Thursday, a week after being arrested on charges of masterminding assaults on police during outdoor rallies. The Seoul Southern District Court approved Kim’s release on a bail of [...]

S. Korea Split over Fate of Embattled Elite High Schools

S. Korea Split over Fate of Embattled Elite High Schools

SEOUL, Jun. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — With its gleaming buildings, immaculate green landscape, and well-supplied library and science labs, Sangsan High School in the southwestern city of Jeonju has the trappings that befit an upscale university. Founded in 1981 by a superrich educator, the school has long epitomized diversity, choice and freedom of education, as [...]

Seoul City, Far-right Party Intensify Feud over Gwanghwamun Square Tents

Seoul City, Far-right Party Intensify Feud over Gwanghwamun Square Tents

SEOUL, Jun. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — The Seoul metropolitan government and a minor far-right party are escalating a conflict over the latter’s protest tents reinstalled on Gwangwhamun Square in the center of the capital hours after their forced demolition on Tuesday. The local government said Wednesday it will pursue all possible civil and criminal lawsuits [...]

Stature of N.K. Leader’s Sister Appears Elevated: Seoul’s Spy Agency

Stature of N.K. Leader’s Sister Appears Elevated: Seoul’s Spy Agency

SEOUL, Jun. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — The stature of Kim Yo-jong, sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, appears to have been elevated, the chief of the parliament’s intelligence committee said Tuesday, citing the spy agency’s closed-door briefing. Rep. Lee Hye-hoon made the remarks, revising her earlier explanation that the standing of Kim Yo-jong appears [...]

Far-right Party Reinstalls Protest Tents on Seoul Square Hours After Forced Demolition

Far-right Party Reinstalls Protest Tents on Seoul Square Hours After Forced Demolition

SEOUL, Jun. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — Tensions were running high at Seoul’s Gwanghwamun Square on Tuesday, as a far-right minor opposition party reinstalled tents for anti-government protests there hours after their demolition by municipal officials. Early in the morning, the Seoul metropolitan government demolished tents set up by the Korean Patriots Party, now the Uri [...]

Ex-first Lady Lee Remembered as Political Buttress for Husband, Pioneer for Women’s Rights

Ex-first Lady Lee Remembered as Political Buttress for Husband, Pioneer for Women’s Rights

SEOUL, Jun. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — The late former first lady Lee Hee-ho was a lifelong political companion of her late husband Kim Dae-jung, the architect of the “sunshine policy” of engaging North Korea, and a pioneer for women’s rights. Lee died at the age of 96 on Monday after battling liver cancer, according to [...]