YANGSAN, Aug. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — Tranquility and calmness appear to have returned to a southeastern rural village where former President Moon Jae-in’s residence is located on the first day of strengthened security measures there. Gone from Pyeongsan Village in Yangsan, 420 kilometers southeast of Seoul, are loud noises and abusive language from anti-Moon demonstrators. [...]
YANGSAN, June 3 (Korea Bizwire) — Police on Friday imposed their first ban on rallies in front of former President Moon Jae-in’s residence in Yangsan, southeastern South Korea, as the Moon family has reportedly been suffering from loud noises and abusive language produced by demonstrators and conservative activists since his retirement early last month. The [...]
SEOUL, May 12 (Korea Bizwire) — Former President Moon Jae-in, after finishing his five-year term, returned to his retirement home on Tuesday, beginning his first day as an ordinary citizen. Moon returned to his private residence in Pyeongsan Village in the southeastern city of Yangsan to a warm welcome from his supporters, spending his first day [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — Former President Chun Doo-hwan, a general-turned strongman widely criticized for seizing power through a 1979 military coup and ruthlessly quelling a pro-democracy civil uprising in the southwestern city of Gwangju the following year, died Tuesday at the age of 90. Chun died at his home in western Seoul around [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea bid farewell to late former President Roh Tae-woo on Saturday, marking the end of a five-day state funeral for a leader who drew both criticism and praise for his role in staging a coup and then embracing democracy. The funeral ceremony for Roh, who died Tuesday at [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — Roh Tae-woo, South Korea’s last general-turned-president who played a key role in a 1979 coup before winning election through a direct vote at the start of South Korea’s democratization, died Tuesday, aides said. He was 88. Roh, who served as president from 1988-93, was recently admitted to a hospital [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — The Supreme Court on Thursday upheld a 20-year sentence for former President Park Geun-hye in a high-profile corruption case, closing the yearslong saga that gripped the country and ultimately removed her from office in 2017. In the sentencing hearing over an appeal filed by prosecutors against a ruling in [...]
GWANGJU, Nov. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — A court on Monday found former President Chun Doo-hwan guilty of defaming a late activist who testified to having witnessed Chun’s troops shooting from helicopters on pro-democracy demonstrators in Gwangju. The Gwangju District Court endorsed the claims of late priest Cho Pius that there were shootings at civilians from [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — The Supreme Court on Thursday upheld a 17-year prison sentence handed down by an appeals court for former President Lee Myung-bak on embezzlement and bribery charges. In February, the 78-year-old was sentenced to 17 years in prison, a fine of 13 billion won (US$10.9 million) and a forfeit of [...]