SEOUL, Sept. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — The Blue House announced on September 14 it had launched a new edition of the Inter-Korean Summit webpage (www.koreasummit.kr) to deliver news of the upcoming talks scheduled for September 18. Based on the online platform that was used for the first Inter-Korean Summit on April 27, the Blue House [...]
Jun. 30 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea’s presidential Blue House is positioning itself as an exemplary “tree hugger” aimed at spurring more significant behavioral changes among the public. Cheong Wa Dae, the executive office of the South Korean head of state, announced yesterday that it would be cutting back on the use of single-use items [...]
SEOUL, April 11 (Korea Bizwire) — The Moon Jae-in administration has decided that South Korea’s Parents’ Day on May 8 this year will remain a non-holiday, which should temporarily settle the unexpected clash of opinions that arose over what would have transformed May’s first weekend from a 3- to 4-day holiday period. In the past [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — The Blue House has said it will launch an investigation into the bullying scandal surrounding the disgraced women’s speed skating team amid growing calls for action. Speaking on the presidential office’s official Facebook show, presidential secretary Kim Hon-soo said a government investigation would be launched in response to the controversy [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 31 (Korea Bizwire) – The presidential office Cheong Wa Dae is seeking to spearhead boosting local consumption during the upcoming Lunar New Year’s Day holiday, the office said Wednesday, as part of efforts to support the country’s economic growth. The presidential office plans to purchase 160 million won (US$150,000) worth of gift vouchers [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 6 (Korea Bizwire) – The presidential office Cheong Wa Dae expressed a wariness to strengthen the punishment for crimes committed under the influence of alcohol Wednesday, noting the move may lead to unnecessarily harsh penalties for all alcohol-related crimes. The reaction came in response to a petition posted on the website of Cheong [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 23 (Korea Bizwire) – Attending a parliamentary budget subcommittee meeting on November 21, presidential aide Lee Jung-do briefly mentioned past occurrences of hacking attempts made on the Blue House when he said, “There are 500 to 600 hacking attempts from the outside made on the Blue House every month.” Cyberattacks on government databases [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — A petition that women’s mandatory military service needs to be introduced in addition to men’s was made once again on the Blue House home page. It was the second petition arguing the case after the first one made on the 26th of last month. As of the 4th of [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — While the alleged development of a hydrogen bomb by North Korea is keeping the military on alert, Donald Trump’s allusions to a possible termination of the Korea – U.S. Free Trade Agreement is keeping the nation’s economy in a similar state. In the latest stream of news either decrying [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean President Moon Jae In is set to hold talks with his Russian counterpart and Germany chancellor later Monday in telephone conversations widely expected to focus on ways to rein in North Korea’s evolving nuclear and missile provocations, the presidential office Cheong Wa Dae said. Moon will first [...]