SEOUL, June 4 (Korea Bizwire) – President Lee Jae-myung on Wednesday called for “watertight” military readiness in his first phone talks with South Korea’s military chief, shortly after assuming his role as commander-in-chief. During the phone talks, Lee received a security briefing from Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) Chairman Adm. Kim Myung-soo on North Korea’s [...]
SEOUL, June 4 (Korea Bizwire) – President Lee Jae-myung has instructed the launch of an emergency task force to address economic challenges as his first executive order since he took office Wednesday, his spokesperson said. Kang Yu-jung, spokesperson of the presidential office, made the remarks in a briefing, saying Lee ordered Deputy Prime Minister Lee [...]
SEOUL, June 4 (Korea Bizwire) — President Lee Jae-myung on Wednesday nominated one of his close confidants, Rep. Kim Min-seok of the Democratic Party (DP) who served as a top campaign aide, as his candidate for prime minister, marking his first personnel announcement since he took office earlier in the day. Kim, a former student [...]
SEOUL, June 4 (Korea Bizwire) — As Lee Jae-myung steps into the South Korean presidency, he inherits a nation weighed down by global headwinds and domestic fatigue. Confronted by a trade war brewing across the Pacific and an economy teetering on stagnation, the former human rights lawyer-turned-political brawler is shifting into the role of crisis manager [...]
SEOUL, June 4 (Korea Bizwire) — Lee Jae-myung’s path to the presidency has been anything but conventional. Bruised by political defeat, dogged by legal battles, and shaped by a lifetime of adversity, the 61-year-old politician now stands at the pinnacle of South Korean politics — a figure both divisive and unwavering. In a political landscape defined [...]
SEOUL, June 2 (Korea Bizwire) — Democratic Party presidential candidate Lee Jae-myung said Monday revitalizing the nation’s sluggish economy and improving people’s livelihoods would be his top priority if he is elected. Lee made the remark during a press conference on his campaign stop in Seongnam, Gyeonggi Province, stressing that improving people’s livelihoods is currently [...]
SEOUL, May 26 (Korea Bizwire) – A meeting of judges nationwide ended Monday without issuing a response to the controversy surrounding presidential candidate Lee Jae-myung’s election law violation case. The extraordinary meeting of the National Council of Judges was held at the Judicial Research and Training Institute in Goyang, northwest of Seoul, with 87 to [...]
SEOUL, May 21 (Korea Bizwire) — Lee Jae-myung, presidential candidate of the Democratic Party of Korea, has pledged to overhaul the nation’s animal welfare framework by introducing a Basic Animal Welfare Act and establishing a National Animal Welfare Promotion Agency, aiming to consolidate currently fragmented government responsibilities related to animals. In a policy statement released via [...]
SEOUL, May 9 (Korea Bizwire) — Judges nationwide will hold an extraordinary meeting later this month to discuss the controversy surrounding presidential candidate Lee Jae-myung’s election law violation case, a judges’ association said Friday. The meeting will be held May 26 at the Judicial Research and Training Institute in Goyang, northwest of Seoul, after the [...]
SEOUL, May 8 (Korea Bizwire) — Democratic Party presidential candidate Lee Jae-myung on Thursday stepped up a push to promote his pro-business and economic policies ahead of the June 3 election, capitalizing on eased legal risks following the postponement of his retrial over election law violations. Lee attended a meeting with the heads of South [...]