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 [...]
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 [...]
BRIDGEWATER, N.J., Sept. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — Synchronoss Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: SNCR), a global leader and innovator of cloud, messaging, digital and IoT products, today announced that its Board of Directors has appointed Jeff Miller as interim President and Chief Executive Officer, effective immediately, in addition to his role as Chief Commercial Officer. He succeeds Glenn Lurie who has resigned as the Company’s President and Chief [...]
ABIDJAN, Côte d’Ivoire, Aug. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — Dr. Akinwumi A. Adesina has been re-elected to serve a second five- year term as President of the African Development Bank Group on Thursday, August 27, 2020 by the Board of Governors of the Bank. A globally renowned development economist and a World Food Prize Laureate and [...]