SEOUL, April 11 (Korea Bizwire) — President Moon Jae-in said Monday that he expects to communicate with people on his post-presidential life via Twitter, as the number of followers of his account surpassed 2 million. “After retirement, I look forward to having a conversation about new life out of politics (via Twitter),” Moon said in [...]
SEOUL, March 25 (Korea Bizwire) — Fifty-five percent of South Koreans expect President-elect Yoon Suk-yeol will do a good job after taking office, a survey showed Friday, though his predecessors had approval ratings of about 80 percent around the same time after the election. The Gallup Korea survey of 1,000 adults conducted between Tuesday and [...]
SEOUL, March 24 (Korea Bizwire) — President Moon Jae-in will ride an electric vehicle (EV) after he leaves office. According to the Ministry of the Interior and Safety’s tender notice for the purchase (lease) of a vehicle for the use of the soon-to-be former president that was posted on the Public Procurement Service’s Government e-Procurement [...]
SEOUL, March 10 (Korea Bizwire) — President-elect Yoon Suk-yeol has undergone a dramatic transformation from a prosecutor general serving outgoing President Moon Jae-in to Moon’s successor on the opposition ticket after championing a fairer society built on common sense and the rule of law. Yoon, 61, rose to prominence as a prosecutor investigating high-profile cases [...]
SEOUL, March 10 (Korea Bizwire) — Opposition candidate Yoon Suk-yeol was elected South Korea’s next president Thursday after an unbelievably close race that underlined deep divisions along regional, generational and gender lines, and hands him a daunting task to narrow those chasms. With all the votes counted, Yoon of the conservative People Power Party (PPP) [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — About 42 percent of South Koreans think that President Moon Jae-in did a good job in handling state affairs over the past five years, an approval rating slighly higher than the vote he received in the 2017 presidential election, a poll showed Wednesday. Moon, who was elected president with [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — President Moon Jae-in has pointed out the need for South Korea to have defense capabilities not only to deter North Korean threats but also to cope with its geopolitical position “stuck between great powers,” his aide said Sunday. Moon made the remarks during a meeting with his secretaries last [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — President Moon Jae-in, clad in traditional Korean attire hanbok, presided over a Cabinet meeting on Tuesday, in a move to raise awareness among the public over the traditional outfit. The move came as the culture ministry designated Oct. 11-17 as the “Week of Autumn Hanbok Culture” to promote 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 [...]
DURHAM, N.C., June 24 (Korea Bizwire) — Advanced visualization and AI leader TeraRecon, a SymphonyAI company, today announced the appointment of Dan McSweeney as president. He will be responsible for continuing and expanding TeraRecon’s leadership in healthcare advanced visualization and enterprise AI. “TeraRecon is known for its strong reputation as the leader in advanced visualization [...]