SEOUL, Nov. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — “Looking at the recent corrupt hiring practices revealed at certain public institutions, the extent makes one wonder whether corruption has become the norm rather than the exception.” Speaking on October 23 at a meeting with his senior presidential secretaries, Moon excoriated the existence of corrupt hiring practices, setting the [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — President Moon Jae-in suggested Friday that South Korea could go ahead with humanitarian aid to North Korea in a thinly veiled rejection of a call for caution by Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. Abe asked Moon to consider the timing of the proposed aid during their phone conversation, but [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean President Moon Jae In is set to hold talks with his Russian counterpart and Germany chancellor later Monday in telephone conversations widely expected to focus on ways to rein in North Korea’s evolving nuclear and missile provocations, the presidential office Cheong Wa Dae said. Moon will first [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 31 (Korea Bizwire) – President Moon Jae-in suffered a slight drop in his approval rating this week, a poll showed Thursday, amid a growing demand to withdraw his nomination for the new venture minister believed to hold what many believe is a distorted view on history. In a survey conducted on 1,521 voters throughout [...]
WASHINGTON, June 30 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korean President Moon Jae-in and U.S. President Donald Trump were set to hold bilateral talks Friday over a wide range of issues that will likely include ways to strengthen the countries’ alliance and their joints efforts to rid North Korea of nuclear weapons. The first bilateral summit between [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 29 (Korea Bizwire) – The Korean government has announced that 200 billion won will be invested in space exploration over the next three years. For the first time in Korean history, plans to explore the moon will be established. Through the project, a shuttle that will orbit the moon and a satellite that [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 30 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea’s science ministry said Wednesday it plans to launch a lunar exploration project next year, eventually seeking to send a landing vessel by 2020. Under the first stage of the project that will run from 2016 to 2018, the Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning will allocate [...]