SEOUL, May 7 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean prosecutors have sparked controversy after it was revealed they sought food delivery app records as part of a recent search of former President Yoon Suk-yeol’s private residence, an investigative move that Yoon’s camp condemned as a political ploy to humiliate him and his wife. The detail, disclosed by [...]
SEOUL, May 6 (Korea Bizwire) — Russia said Tuesday that North Korea will be represented at the ambassador level at Victory Day celebrations in Moscow this week, with the reclusive regime’s leader, Kim Jong-un, staying at home. Per reports out of Moscow, Yuri Ushakov, foreign policy adviser to Russian President Vladimir Putin, said North Korea’s [...]
SEOUL, May 6 (Korea Bizwire) — Former Prime Minister Han Duck-soo on Tuesday stressed the need to unify the conservative presidential candidacy ahead of the June 3 election amid efforts to collaborate with People Power Party (PPP) candidate Kim Moon-soo. Han, who registered as an independent preliminary candidate, made the remarks during a debate session [...]
SEOUL, May 6 (Korea Bizwire) — Moon Da-hye, daughter of former President Moon Jae-in, is under police investigation over fraud charges, officials said Tuesday. The Seoul Seodaemun Police Station announced they had recently booked the junior Moon as a suspect in an alleged fraud case. According to police, Moon is accused of not honoring a [...]
SEOUL, May 6 (Korea Bizwire) – A government delegation from Belarus will visit North Korea this week for talks on economic cooperation between the two nations, Pyongyang’s state-run media reported Tuesday. The delegation was scheduled to visit Pyongyang from Tuesday to Friday to hold a meeting of the intergovernmental joint committee for trade and economic [...]
PRAGUE, May 6 (Korea Bizwire) — A Czech court on Tuesday temporarily blocked the government in Prague from signing a multibillion-dollar agreement with South Korea for the construction of two nuclear reactors, according to multiple reports, making it highly unlikely that an official contract will be concluded this week. A South Korean consortium led by [...]
SEOUL, May 6 (Korea Bizwire) — Unionized bus drivers in Seoul will resume their “work-to-rule” protest this week following a long holiday weekend, city officials said Tuesday. In a press release, the Seoul Metropolitan Government said the union will launch its collective action early Wednesday and the city will take “special steps” to minimize inconveniences [...]
SEOUL, May 5 (Korea Bizwire) — Two disability rights activists affiliated with the Solidarity Against Disability Discrimination (SADD) underwent a pretrial detention hearing on Monday after staging a 15-day rooftop protest atop a Catholic cathedral in Seoul’s Hyehwa-dong neighborhood. They were arrested earlier this month on charges of violating assembly laws after descending voluntarily from the [...]
SEOUL, May 5 (Korea Bizwire) – Former Prime Minister Han Duck-soo said Monday he proposed a meeting with the People Power Party (PPP) presidential candidate Kim Moon-soo, amid growing expectations for a unified conservative candidacy ahead of the June 3 election. Han told reporters he made the proposal for a meeting later in the day [...]
SEOUL, May 5 (Korea Bizwire) — A South Korean national was safely released Monday, three days after being kidnapped in the Philippines, Seoul’s foreign ministry said. The kidnapping happened early Friday as the individual was traveling by car with two Chinese and two Philippine nationals to Nasugbu, near Manila, for a fishing trip when a [...]