SEOUL, April 28 (Korea Bizwire) – U.S. President Donald Trump said he wants South Korea to pay for the US$1 billion deployment of the U.S. Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) battery, a missile defense system the allies are currently fielding here, he said in an interview with Reuters reported on Friday. Trump also said [...]
SEOUL, Apr. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — Sexual minorities’ human rights are attracting voter attention as presidential candidates differ over the highly polarizing issue with a front-runner seen striving to steer clear of it. The issue was brought to the fore at a televised debate on Tuesday where Moon Jae-in of the liberal Democratic Party said [...]
SEOUL, Apr. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — A group of 13 South Korean gay rights activists were detained on Wednesday after staging a surprise protest at the National Assembly against presidential front-runner Moon Jae-in over his latest remarks against homosexuality. The activists, both men and women, are accused of approaching Moon during a meeting with supporters [...]
SEOUL, Apr. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s leading presidential candidate Moon Jae-in on Saturday unveiled a set of energy policy pledges that include reducing coal-fired power plants and nuclear reactors in the country, while expanding renewable energies. Moon’s camp said there will be no more construction of nuclear reactors and coal-fired power plants. The [...]
SEOUL, Apr. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — Presidential front-runner Moon Jae-in on Wednesday raised more than 30 billion won in campaign funding within only an hour, his party said. Moon’s liberal Democratic Party opened the online fundraiser at 9 a.m. and closed it an hour later after thousands signed up to donate, apparently far more than [...]
SEOUL, April 17 (Korea Bizwire) – Moon Jae-in – the presidential candidate for the Democratic Party of Korea and the current front-runner, tailed closely by Ahn Cheol-soo (People’s Party) – introduced five key commitments to South Korea’s animal companions as part of his platform if elected as the next president. According to a press release [...]
SEOUL, April 12 (Korea Bizwire) – The former leader of the opposition Democratic Party, Moon Jae-in, has announced a series of plans to reshape South Korea’s mobile industry that will see widely criticized basic charges imposed by major telecommunications companies scrapped, a move that could widen his lead over rival candidate Ahn Cheol-soo from the People’s [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 5 (Korea Bizwire) – Moon Jae-in, a potential presidential contender from the opposition bloc, said Thursday that he will shut down the domestic-affairs divisions of the country’s spy agency, vowing to make the body focus only on international issues. Moon said he will restructure the National Intelligence Agency (NIS), and make it South [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 6 (Korea Bizwire) – The New Politics Alliance for Democracy (NPAD) officially launched its ‘Budget Market of the People’ (http://npadmarket.kr), which is an online platform that buys ideas and suggestions about policy and budgets from the people to reflect them in parliamentary politics, on October 5. On this day, a demonstration of the platform [...]
“As (U.S. Forces Korea) contribute to maintaining peace between the two Koreas and maintaining a balance and peace in the entire Northeast Asian region, we need them. The role of U.S. Forces Korea must be maintained even after reunification. U.S. Forces Korea are needed until a Northeast Asian security regime is formed.” “President Park Geun-hye [...]