SEOUL, Jul. 5 (Korea Bizwire) – A regional court sentenced the knife attacker of opposition leader Lee Jae-myung to 15 years in prison Friday for the January stabbing in Busan that left Lee hospitalized for over a week with a neck wound. Posing as a supporter asking for a signature, the 67-year-old attacker, surnamed Kim, approached [...]
SEOUL, Apr. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — The opposition bloc’s runaway victory in Wednesday’s general elections is expected to tighten its grip over parliament for the next four years and undercut the Yoon Suk Yeol government during the remainder of its term. The triumph also significantly cemented the status of Lee Jae-myung, leader of the main [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 21 (Korea Bizwire) – The main opposition Democratic Party of South Korea unveiled an ambitious plan on March 20 to increase the country’s reliance on renewable energy sources to 40% by 2035, a significant stride toward achieving the “100% Renewable Energy” (RE100) goal. The party’s policy committee announced the “Renewable Energy 3540″ electoral pledge, [...]
SEOUL, June 2 (Korea Bizwire) — The ruling People Power Party (PPP) clinched a resounding victory in local elections, giving the newly inaugurated government of President Yoon Suk-yeol an added mandate to push forward with its agenda. The PPP won 12 out of 17 key races for big city mayors and provincial governors, including Seoul, [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — Former Prime Minister Lee Nak-yon was elected the new chairman of the ruling Democratic Party on Saturday in a party convention held remotely in response to the spread of the new coronavirus. Lee, now a lawmaker and one of the leading potential presidential candidates, overwhelmingly won the election to [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — An association of foreign news media reporters based in Seoul has expressed “grave concern” after the ruling Democratic Party criticized a Bloomberg News reporter over a story portraying President Moon Jae-in as “top spokesman” of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un. The article, published in September last year, drew fresh [...]
SEOUL, Apr. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — A group of 13 South Korean gay rights activists were detained on Wednesday after staging a surprise protest at the National Assembly against presidential front-runner Moon Jae-in over his latest remarks against homosexuality. The activists, both men and women, are accused of approaching Moon during a meeting with supporters [...]
SEOUL, Apr. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s leading presidential candidate Moon Jae-in on Saturday unveiled a set of energy policy pledges that include reducing coal-fired power plants and nuclear reactors in the country, while expanding renewable energies. Moon’s camp said there will be no more construction of nuclear reactors and coal-fired power plants. The [...]
SEOUL, Apr. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — Presidential front-runner Moon Jae-in on Wednesday raised more than 30 billion won in campaign funding within only an hour, his party said. Moon’s liberal Democratic Party opened the online fundraiser at 9 a.m. and closed it an hour later after thousands signed up to donate, apparently far more than [...]