SEOUL, March 24 (Korea Bizwire) — President Moon Jae-in will ride an electric vehicle (EV) after he leaves office. According to the Ministry of the Interior and Safety’s tender notice for the purchase (lease) of a vehicle for the use of the soon-to-be former president that was posted on the Public Procurement Service’s Government e-Procurement [...]
SEOUL, March 23 (Korea Bizwire) — The fate of two dogs given to President Moon Jae-in by North Korean leader Kim Jong-un as a gift in 2018 has drawn public interest, as they are barred by law from staying with Moon after his retirement slated for May 9. The North’s leader sent the pair of [...]
CAIRO, Jan. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean President Moon Jae-in used the just-ended, three-nation swing through the Middle East to forge deeper cooperation with the region in the fields of clean energy and defense. In every stop of the eight-day trip to the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Saudi Arabia and Egypt, Moon pitched for [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — About 42 percent of South Koreans think that President Moon Jae-in did a good job in handling state affairs over the past five years, an approval rating slighly higher than the vote he received in the 2017 presidential election, a poll showed Wednesday. Moon, who was elected president with [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — President Moon Jae-in has pointed out the need for South Korea to have defense capabilities not only to deter North Korean threats but also to cope with its geopolitical position “stuck between great powers,” his aide said Sunday. Moon made the remarks during a meeting with his secretaries last [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — The average price of Seoul apartments has soared more than twofold in about five years under the current Moon Jae-in administration, according to a civic group analysis Wednesday. According to the analysis by the Citizens’ Coalition for Economic Justice (CCEJ), an apartment in Seoul fetched 43.09 million won (US$36,590) [...]
ROME, Oct. 31 (Korea Bizwire) — President Moon Jae-in on Sunday pledged that South Korea will compete the phaseout of coal-fired power generation by 2050 and contribute to achieving carbon neutrality on a global level. Moon made the remarks as the leaders of the Group of 20 countries gathered for the second day of the Rome [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s cumulative solar power capacity has more than quadrupled since President Moon Jae-in took office in 2017, a lawmaker said Wednesday. According to the data that Rep. Lee Joo-hwan of the main opposition People Power Party received from the National Assembly Budget Office and the Ministry of Trade, [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — President Moon Jae-in, clad in traditional Korean attire hanbok, presided over a Cabinet meeting on Tuesday, in a move to raise awareness among the public over the traditional outfit. The move came as the culture ministry designated Oct. 11-17 as the “Week of Autumn Hanbok Culture” to promote the [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — President Moon Jae-in raised the need Monday for the government to consider imposing a formal ban on dog meat consumption in South Korea. “Hasn’t the time come to prudently consider prohibiting dog meat consumption?” Moon told Prime Minister Kim Boo-kyum during their weekly policy consultation session, according to Cheong [...]