WASHINGTON, Sept. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean President Moon Jae-in thanked and praised South Korean superband BTS for using their powerful influence in encouraging people to act on various global issues such as climate change and COVID-19. “Since BTS represents the younger generation and many young people relate to them, I believe they can [...]
HONOLULU, Sept. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean President Moon Jae-in focused on two matters on what may be his final visit to the United States while in office: drumming up global support for Seoul’s diplomatic initiatives and expanding the COVID-19 vaccine partnership between the allies. In the first official activity of his five-day trip to [...]
NEW YORK, Sept. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean President Moon Jae-in used his last U.N. General Assembly speech this week for a bid to revive hopes of a declaration to formally end the Korean War. In an unusual move, he publicly mentioned the names of signatories to the envisioned declaration, as he addressed the [...]
NEW YORK, Sept. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean President Moon Jae-in arrived in New York on Sunday to attend an annual session of the United Nations General Assembly. He plans to deliver a keynote speech on Korean peace and Seoul’s role in resolving global challenges, including the COVID-19 pandemic and climate crisis, according to [...]
SEOUL, July 21 (Korea Bizwire) — The majority of South Koreans support President Moon Jae-in’s decision not to visit Japan for the opening of the Tokyo Olympics and summit talks, a poll showed Tuesday. In the R&Search survey of 1,095 people aged 18 and older, 65.5 percent of the respondents were in favor of Moon’s [...]
SEOUL, June 29 (Korea Bizwire) — President Moon Jae-in and former Prosecutor General Yoon Seok-youl, who officially declared his bid to compete in next year’s presidential race on Tuesday, apparently have one personal trait in common: they are both owners of pet dogs that share the name Tori. Yoon, who officially makes clear his criticism [...]
SEOUL, June 28 (Korea Bizwire) — Over 60 percent of South Koreans are opposed to President Moon Jae-in’s possible visit to Japan during the upcoming Tokyo Olympics, a poll showed Monday. In a survey of 500 people aged 18 and older conducted by Realmeter on Friday, 60.2 percent of respondents said they object to Moon’s [...]
SEOUL, May 26 (Korea Bizwire) — Over half of South Koreans positively evaluated last week’s summit meetings between President Moon Jae-in and U.S. President Joe Biden, a poll showed Wednesday. In the Realmeter poll of 2,004 adults conducted nationwide Monday and Tuesday, 56.3 percent said the Moon-Biden summit meetings went “well.” Of the positive reviews, [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — President Moon Jae-in said Friday his government won’t spare support for a project to create the world’s biggest offshore wind power generation complex in southwestern South Korea, declaring a vision for turning the nation into one of the top five powerhouses in the field. He was attending the signing [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — President Moon Jae-in said Monday that the government will provide all South Korean people with free-of-charge COVID-19 vaccines in phases starting next month. “(The government) will make sure that all of the people will be inoculated free of charge in accordance with priorities,” he said in his New Year’s [...]