SEOUL, June 4 (Korea Bizwire) — Lee Jae-myung’s path to the presidency has been anything but conventional. Bruised by political defeat, dogged by legal battles, and shaped by a lifetime of adversity, the 61-year-old politician now stands at the pinnacle of South Korean politics — a figure both divisive and unwavering. In a political landscape defined [...]
SEOUL, June 3 (Korea Bizwire) – Democratic Party (DP) candidate Lee Jae-myung was projected to win the presidential election by a wide margin Tuesday, four polls showed, as vote counting got under way. According to a joint exit poll by broadcasters KBS, MBC and SBS, Lee of the liberal DP was leading conservative People Power [...]
SEOUL, June 3 (Korea Bizwire) — Democratic Party (DP) floor leader Park Chan-dae said Tuesday that exit polls showing a majority for the party’s presidential candidate, Lee Jae-myung, represented a stern verdict from the people on the “insurrectionist government” of ousted former President Yoon Suk Yeol. Park made the remark shortly after the exit polls [...]
SEOUL, June 3 (Korea Bizwire) — Democratic Party (DP) candidate Lee Jae-myung will garner around 50 percent of the vote, leading People Power Party candidate Kim Moon-soo by at least 7.5 percentage points, four exit polls showed Tuesday. A JTBC exit poll projected that Lee will garner 50.6 percent of the vote against Kim’s 39.4 [...]
SEOUL, June 3 (Korea Bizwire) — As South Korea gears up for its pivotal presidential election on June 3, a colorful array of unconventional polling stations across the country has captured public attention—ranging from wrestling gyms to pizza shops and even wedding halls. While official election law typically designates schools, community centers, and other public [...]
JEJU, June 2 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea has reported its first confirmed case of Zika virus infection this year, health officials announced Monday, after a patient tested positive following travel to Southeast Asia. According to the Jeju provincial government, a man in his 40s—identified only as Mr. A—was diagnosed with Zika virus on May [...]
SEOUL, June 2 (Korea Bizwire) – Police will deploy nearly 30,000 officers to polling stations nationwide this week as part of security measures for the June 3 presidential election, officials said Monday. A total of 28,590 police officers will be stationed across 14,295 polling stations Tuesday, when the nation heads to the polls to elect [...]
SEOUL, June 2 (Korea Bizwire) — Democratic Party presidential candidate Lee Jae-myung said Monday revitalizing the nation’s sluggish economy and improving people’s livelihoods would be his top priority if he is elected. Lee made the remark during a press conference on his campaign stop in Seongnam, Gyeonggi Province, stressing that improving people’s livelihoods is currently [...]
SEOUL, June 2 (Korea Bizwire) — The military said Monday it is in talks with the United States over ways to receive surveillance support, as the Navy grounded around a dozen patrol aircraft in safety measures following a fatal crash last week. On Thursday, a Navy P-3CK patrol plane crashed on a mountain in Pohang, [...]
SEOUL, June 2 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korean stocks finished slightly higher Monday, as investors took a wait-and-see posture ahead of the crucial presidential election amid signs of renewed trade tensions between the United States and China. The local currency rose against the U.S. dollar. The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI) added 1.3 [...]