SEOUL, August 1 (Korea Bizwire) — The parliamentary judiciary committee on Friday approved a set of contentious bills vetoed by former President Yoon Suk Yeol, including legislation aimed at reducing the government’s clout over public broadcasters and strengthening labor protections. During the committee’s plenary session, the ruling Democratic Party (DP) lawmakers also unilaterally passed a [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — The National Assembly was set to vote Thursday on two separate motions seeking the arrest of opposition leader Lee Jae-myung and the dismissal of Prime Minister Han Duck-soo. The motions will be put to an anonymous vote during a plenary session in the afternoon. The motion requesting parliamentary consent [...]
SEOUL, May 25 (Korea Bizwire) — The National Assembly on Thursday passed a special bill aimed at assisting victims of a series of home rental scams, including offering them interest-free and low-interest loans. The revision was approved in a 243-5 vote with 24 abstentions, as rival parties agreed to provide support measures for the victims [...]
SEOUL, April 28 (Korea Bizwire) — The opposition-controlled National Assembly on Thursday passed a nursing act aimed at defining the roles and responsibilities of nurses in a clearer manner amid fierce opposition from the ruling party and doctors. The bill was approved in a plenary session with 179 votes in favor and two abstentions out [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 28 (Korea Bizwire) – The National Assembly has approved a law revision that would step up the punishment for perpetrators of fatal child abuse in the wake of a series of recent deaths of abused children. The bill to revise the act on child abuse crimes passed a plenary National Assembly session Friday. [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — The National Assembly on Friday passed a landmark bill that would increase punishment of business owners and CEOs in the event of on-duty deaths or other serious workplace disasters. The bill, simply known as the severe disaster law, was approved in a 164-44 vote with 58 abstaining during a [...]
SEOUL, May 31 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s National Assembly has begun its four-year term with the highest number of female lawmakers, including the country’s first-ever female vice speaker of the unicameral legislature. Among the 300 representatives, who started their four-year term Saturday, 57 members, or 19 percent, are women, marking the largest number in [...]
SEOUL, May 21 (Korea Bizwire) — Online platforms will be legally required to remove digital content involving sexual crimes from their services while the door will be opened for freer competition in the digital signature front under new bills passed by the National Assembly. The National Assembly’s full floor meeting approved a total of 133 [...]
SEOUL, April 20 (Korea Bizwire) — The National Assembly reached an internal decision Monday to allow the guide dog of a newly elected lawmaker with a visual disability to enter the main chamber, parliamentary officials said. Kim Ye-ji of the minor opposition Future Korea Party won a proportional representation seat in last week’s parliamentary elections. [...]
SEOUL, April 18 (Korea Bizwire) — As a new proportional representation system, introduced for Wednesday’s parliamentary elections, failed to fulfill its purpose, newly-elected lawmakers are now expected to address the problem during their four-year term that begins in early June. The mixed-member proportional representation system was introduced under an electoral reform bill that passed the [...]