SEOUL, Jun. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — Police have been put on high alert nationwide one day ahead of U.S. President Donald Trump’s two-day visit as a number of rallies for and against the visit are scheduled, the National Police Agency said Friday. “We put police in Seoul at the highest level of alert at 9:00 [...]
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 [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — Severe traffic congestion is expected on major roads in downtown Seoul over the weekend as conservative and progressive civic groups are planning a series of massive rallies and marches for and against U.S. President Trump’s visit to South Korea, police here said Thursday. Trump is scheduled to arrive in [...]
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, 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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — South Koreans bid their last farewell to late former first lady Lee Hee-ho on Friday, in honor of her contribution to inter-Korean reconciliation efforts and the enhancement of women’s rights. Lee died at the age of 96 late Monday while suffering from liver cancer. She was the widow of [...]
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 [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — Lee Hee-ho, the widow of former President Kim Dae-jung, died Monday at the age of 96, aides said. Lee had been hospitalized at a Seoul hospital while battling liver cancer. “First lady Lee passed today at 11:37 p.m.,” an official at the Kim Dae Jung Peace Center said. Lee [...]