SEOUL, July 17 (Korea Bizwire) – President Lee Jae Myung on Thursday instructed senior aides to review a plan to redesignate Constitution Day as a public holiday. Observed annually on July 17, Constitution Day had been a public holiday but was reclassified in 2008 as a commemorative day, meaning government offices and businesses no longer [...]
SEOUL, July 17 (Korea Bizwire) — In commemoration of the 77th Constitution Day, South Korea’s National Assembly on Thursday unveiled a symbolic stone monument on the parliament lawn to mark the legislature’s swift vote to lift the state of martial law declared by former President Yoon Suk Yeol last December. The monument, inscribed with the [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 18 (Korea Bizwire) – Environmental groups and families of disaster victims gathered on July 17, South Korea’s Constitution Day, to urge the government to guarantee citizens’ right to live in a safe environment. At a press conference held at the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions office in central Seoul, the Climate Crisis Emergency Action [...]