SEOUL, Jan. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — President Moon Jae-in said Monday that South Korea aims to become a railway infrastructure powerhouse, as he took a trial ride on the nation’s landmark bullet train, designed to cut carbon emissions, in his first on-site activity of 2021. He traveled between two local cities — Wonju in Gangwon [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — President Moon Jae-in on Saturday paid tribute to fallen national heroes at a state cemetery in Seoul and pledged to chart a path to normalcy for pandemic-weary citizens. Moon visited Seoul National Cemetery, flanked by his top aides, such as Prime Minister Chung Sye-kyun and his new chief of [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — President Moon Jae-in dismissed criticism Monday that his government has fumbled its COVID-19 vaccine procurement policy, saying inoculation is expected to start as planned in February next year. He cited concerns that South Korea might have not secured enough vaccines yet or that its people would take shots too [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — President Moon Jae-in pledged a strong push for carbon neutrality “in all areas of industry, the economy, and society,” as he declared the 2050 vision in a statement broadcast live Thursday. “Carbon neutrality is a difficult but unavoidable task,” he said during the evening event, titled “Republic of Korea’s [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — Seoul’s apartment prices surged 58 percent during the presidency of Moon Jae-in, which is 4.5 times the increase rate of the combined period of the preceding Lee Myung-bak and Park Geun-hye governments, a civic group said Wednesday. The Citizens’ Coalition for Economic Justice (CCEJ), a leading progressive civic group, [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 31 (Korea Bizwire) — President Moon Jae-in on Saturday went trekking on a trail course and unlocked the gate to the route, 52 years after it was declared off-limits for security reasons. The hike came two days after Cheong Wa Dae announced plans to open the northern side of an ancient fortress wall [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — With the relation between South Korea and Japan assessed as having nose-dived to the lowest point since diplomatic ties were formed in 1965, a recent survey showed that the citizens of both countries have low levels of trust in each other’s leader. According to a survey conducted by the [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — President Moon Jae-in attended a rare ceremony outside Cheong Wa Dae to appoint Jeong Eun-kyeong, South Korea’s disease control czar, as head of a new agency to operate autonomously with more authority and workforce. Jeong, director of the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (KCDC), has been tapped [...]
SEOUL, July 10 (Korea Bizwire) — President Moon Jae-in recalled his longtime personal relationship with late Seoul Mayor Park Won-soon in response to Park’s death, a top Cheong Wa Dae official said Friday on a visit to the funeral home in Seoul. Moon was quoted by Noh Young-min, presidential chief of staff, as saying that [...]
SEOUL, May 11 (Korea Bizwire) — President Moon Jae-in officially announced that the government will push for universal employment insurance. In a special address delivered Sunday to mark the third anniversary of his inauguration, Moon said the government will “establish the cornerstone for an era of universal employment insurance.” “We will work to quickly bring [...]