SEOUL, May 17 (Korea Bizwire) — A Cheong Wa Dae petition calling on authorities to rescue retired detection dogs being used for experiments at the Seoul National University (SNU) has collected more than 200,000 signatures, reaching the minimum requirement to receive an official response from the presidential office. More than 212,000 people had signed the [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — Nearly 340,000 people have signed a petition opposing the Moon Jae-in government’s nuclear phase-out policy and demanding the resumption of construction of the Shin Hanul 3 and 4 nuclear plants, its organizers said Monday. The organizers, led by the main opposition Liberty Korea Party (LKP) and civic groups, said [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — With a middle school student from Iran on the verge of being deported from South Korea after his application for official refugee status was rejected, friends and classmates have come together to voice their opinions. Sixty people associated with a middle school in Songpa-gu including students, teachers and parents [...]
SEOUL, May 15 (Korea Bizwire) – Petitions to the Blue House have been serving as an active communication channel between the public and the highest corridors of power since President Moon Jae-in took office last year. On May 14, the Blue House and National Information Society Agency (NIA) disclosed the big data analysis result of over 160,000 [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — One would think that the looming possibility of a double digit prison sentence would have the plaintiff arguing for one’s innocence. Instead, in what may well be the darkest hour of his life, Lee Jae Yong is pouring his heart out trying to convince people that he’s not a bad [...]