SEOUL, May 10 (Korea Bizwire) – Moon Jae-in’s term as South Korea’s new head of state was officially launched early Wednesday, only one day after the nation held a rare presidential by-election. Moon’s presidency began even before an inauguration ceremony as his election was a result of the rare by-election that sought to fill the [...]
SEOUL, April 20 (Korea Bizwire) – The National Election Commission has warned voters and the media ahead of the presidential election scheduled for next month that big data analysis must not be confused with election polls. The independent agency that overlooks elections and referendums said in a statement yesterday that the results of big data [...]
SEOUL, April 17 (Korea Bizwire) – The official electioneering period for the country’s upcoming presidential election began Monday with 15 hopefuls vying for the top elected office. The 22-day campaign period will end one day before the May 9 election, according to the National Election Commission. A total of 15 candidates registered to run for [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 11 (Korea Bizwire) – Books authored by Donald Trump, the president-elect of the United States, have grown extremely popular following the announcement of the election results on Wednesday. Some 1,200 units of Trump’s Crippled America: How to Make America Great Again were sold on November 9 alone as the news of the unprecedented [...]
WASHINGTON, Nov. 11 (Korea Bizwire) – Some Korean-Americans supported Donald Trump’s surprise election as U.S. president and are expected to be given roles in the incoming government. Most representative of them are Lisa Shin, an eye doctor living in New Mexico; Michelle Park Steel, vice chair of California’s Orange County Board of Supervisors; RNC Asian [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 9 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea’s top financial regulator said Wednesday the related authorities will do their best for market stabilization with an “utmost sense of tension,” as Americans caught the world off guard by choosing Donald Trump as their next president. “Following the U.S. presidential elections, the expansion of swings at South [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 9 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korean shares plunged Wednesday as Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump won the White House. The local currency fell against the U.S. dollar. The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index shed 45.00 points, or 2.25 percent, to 1,958.38. The index fell to an intraday low of 1.931.07 during the [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 9 (Korea Bizwire) – The outcome of the U.S. presidential election will inevitably have an impact on South Korea’s exports to the U.S., but victory of either one of two leading candidates — Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump — may lead to a rise in South Korean shipments, just in different areas, a [...]
SEOUL, July 7 (Korea Bizwire) – Bad news for Hillary. You’re welcome, Donald. A recent big data analysis of public opinion in the United States revealed that Donald Trump has a ‘sizeable likelihood’ of winning the 2016 presidential election. The study was conducted by a research team from Sejong University, led by business administration professor [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 19 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korean people can now conveniently give a donation to a politician they support through their smartphones. The Republic of Korea National Election Commission announced on November 17 that it would launch an application to allow citizens to directly make donations to politicians. The app called the “Smartphone Political Support [...]