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Yoon Indefinitely Suspends Routine Q&A with Reporters

SEOUL, Nov. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — President Yoon Suk-yeol will stop holding routine Q&As with the press starting Monday, his office said, after a reporter got into a shouting match with one of his aides during a session last week. The quarrel happened after Yoon said it was “unavoidable” that his office barred local broadcaster [...]

Yoon Suspends Doorstepping Due to COVID-19 Outbreak in Press Room

SEOUL, July 11 (Korea Bizwire) — President Yoon Suk-yeol suspended his daily morning Q&A sessions with reporters Monday due to a COVID-19 outbreak in the press room, officials said. Doorstepping as Yoon arrives for work has become a daily routine, except on days when the president travels outside of the capital, allowing reporters to ask [...]