SEOUL, Feb. 3 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea’s special investigators appeared at the presidential office Cheong Wa Dae on Friday to execute a search warrant where President Park Geun-hye was named a bribery suspect in an influence-peddling scandal rocking the country. The investigation team looking into the alleged wrongdoings visited Cheong Wa Dae to secure [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 12 (Korea Bizwire) – Pyongyang’s state media, Korean Central Television, reported Sunday that leader Kim Jong-un observed a military drill simulating an attack on a mock-up of Cheong Wa Dae, the South Korean presidential residence also known as the Blue House. Kim viewed the combat drill conducted by the North Korean army’s special [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 26 (Korea Bizwire) – Recent military data has shown that with the increasing popularity of drones, their presence in the no-fly zone (P73A) covering Cheong Wa Dae is now threatening the security of one of Korea’s most important government facilities. Cheong Wa Dae (the Blue House), the equivalent of the White House in the [...]
SEOUL, April 12 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea launched a tour program that offers a hands-on experience of Korean traditional culture tailored for Chinese travelers visiting Seoul, the state-run Korea Tourism Organization (KTO) said Tuesday. The travel package includes a pedicab ride to the traditional village, local market tour and a Korean cooking class as well [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — An arrest warrant for a former lawmaker and husband of President Park Geun-hye‘s cousin was issued Wednesday over bribery-taking suspicions, court officials said. The Uijeongbu District Court approved the arrest of the 77-year-old, identified only by his surname Yoon, citing fear of flight or destruction of evidence. Yoon is [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — Web portal operator Daum Kakao is set to introduce a service which enables the government, companies and the press to write comments for online news articles through official commenting channels specially dedicated to them. Named ‘Official Comments,’ the service will start in the third quarter of the year, after [...]
“As the Korea-China relations come of age, the two nations must discuss sensitive issues in an open-minded manner. With regard to the issues of North Korea, North Korea’s nuclear program, unification and security as well as North Korean defectors and fishing orders in the Yellow Sea, the two nations must exchange opinions in a more [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — Families of those missing in last year’s Sewol ferry disaster began a one-person relay protest in Seoul on Thursday, calling for a swift and full salvage of the sunken ship. Parents of Huh Da-yun and Cho Eun-hwa, both teenage girls who went missing in the ferry sinking, were standing [...]