SEOUL, June 2 (Korea Bizwire) – New National Intelligence Service (NIS) director Suh Hoon on Thursday ordered the abolition of domestic intelligence operations, setting in motion a campaign to reform the spy agency long suspected of meddling in politics to support ruling elites. Suh issued the order shortly after President Moon Jae-in conferred an appointment [...]
SEOUL, June 1 (Korea Bizwire) – The newly elected Moon Jae-in administration has reaffirmed its stance on cutting mobile phone bills for the socially marginalized in South Korea. In a business meeting with the Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning (MSIP) held today, Lee Gae-ho from the advisory committee for government planning said reducing [...]
SEOUL, May 30 (Korea Bizwire) – The number of South Koreans visiting China shrank by almost half in March-May from a year earlier, data from a major travel agency showed Tuesday, reflecting weak demand amid the ongoing diplomatic row between the neighboring countries. The tally on outbound travelers to China plunged 42 percent in the [...]
SEOUL, May 29 (Korea Bizwire) – Maru, a Pungsan dog President Moon was raising before becoming president, officially became a first dog on May 25, and will spend the next five years with his family at the Blue House, an official confirmed on Saturday. South Korea’s new president is famous for his love of animals, [...]
SEOUL, May 26 (Korea Bizwire) – “Moonshine Policy” is what the media have dubbed President Moon Jae-in’s stance towards North Korea, taken from late President Kim Dae-jung’s famous Sunshine Policy that earned him the Nobel Peace Prize in 2000. After over nine years of rule at the hands of two conservative presidents, South Korea has a [...]
SEOUL, May 27 (Korea Bizwire) – A South Korean female navy officer was found hanged to death by her colleagues in an apparent suicide Wednesday, and revelations from an investigation into her death that she had been sexually assaulted have come to light, causing a public outcry. In a memo found in the navy officer’s room, [...]
SEOUL, May 26 (Korea Bizwire) – Police will refrain from using excessive physical force at street rallies, a ranking officer at the National Police Agency (NPA) said Friday, in line with President Moon Jae-in’s calls for better protection of human rights. Lee Dae-hyung, an NPA officer in charge of human rights protection, said at a [...]
SEOUL, May 26 (Korea Bizwire) — President Moon Jae-in on Thursday directed his secretariat to slash funds for special presidential activities to support job creation and marginalized citizens, his office said. Lee Joung-do, Moon’s secretary for general affairs, said that the president would also use his own money for family meals, commodities and private events, [...]
SEOUL, May 25 (Korea Bizwire) – The presidential office Cheong Wa Dae installed a new electric bulletin board Wednesday, offering a quick summary of current conditions in the country’s employment market, while also highlighting the emphasis the new president and his government place on creating jobs. The new bulletin board was placed at one of [...]
SEOUL, May 23 (Korea Bizwire) – Industry experts say Microsoft’s much-maligned ActiveX software may be scrapped and replaced with advanced technology such as biometric recognition under the newly elected Moon administration, after being slammed over its security vulnerabilities and widely viewed as plaguing the South Korean web with exhausting and complex online identification processes for [...]