SEOUL, May 15 (Korea Bizwire) – Three in 4 adult South Korean citizens gave a positive outlook on President Moon Jae-in’s handling of state affairs, a survey showed Monday, reflecting high public support for the newly minted liberal leader. In the survey conducted from Wednesday through Saturday by local pollster Realmeter, 74.8 percent of the [...]
SEOUL, May 12 (Korea Bizwire) — Exuding confidence, motherly warmth and down-to-earthness, new first lady Kim Jung-sook has garnered as much public attention as her husband Moon Jae-in who scored a resounding victory in Tuesday’s presidential election. Waving and giving a thumbs up to Moon’s well-wishers and other citizens, a beaming Kim has been alongside [...]
SEOUL, May 11 (Korea Bizwire) – President Moon Jae-in on Wednesday promised to begin what he calls a “Gwanghwamun Presidency.” Gwanghwamun Square in central Seoul was the main stage for the candlelight protests demanding President’s Park Geun-hye’s resignation (or impeachment), gathering millions of Koreans from across the country. But even before the mass rallies, the area [...]
SEOUL, May 10 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korean minors who have yet to reach the legal voting age also chose Moon Jae-in as the new president in a mock election arranged by YMCA Korea. Of a total of 51,715 votes, President Moon received 39.14 percent of all ballots at 20,245, officials said Wednesday. Unlike the [...]
SEOUL, May 10 (Korea Bizwire) – Moon Jae-in’s term as South Korea’s new head of state was officially launched early Wednesday, only one day after the nation held a rare presidential by-election. Moon’s presidency began even before an inauguration ceremony as his election was a result of the rare by-election that sought to fill the [...]
SEOUL, May 8 (Korea Bizwire) – With South Korea’s presidential election just one day away, North Korea on Monday called for an end to the history of inter-Korean confrontation. “The tragic North-South Korea relations today have been wrought by the conservative groups which, having been in power for the past 10 years, revived the foregone [...]
SEOUL, April 17 (Korea Bizwire) – The official electioneering period for the country’s upcoming presidential election began Monday with 15 hopefuls vying for the top elected office. The 22-day campaign period will end one day before the May 9 election, according to the National Election Commission. A total of 15 candidates registered to run for [...]
ATLANTA, Apr. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — Crawford & Company®, the world’s largest publicly listed independent provider of claims management solutions to insurance companies and self‐insured entities, today announced the appointment of Kieran Rigby as president of international, encompassing the United Kingdom, Europe, Asia-Pacific and Latin America regions. Rigby was previously CEO of GAB Robins UK [...]
SEOUL, March 27 (Korea Bizwire) – The newfound political awareness of South Koreans, after a months-long scandal that ended with the impeachment of President Park Geun-hye, has given rise to mobile games that let players be the kingmaker, running a virtual presidential election, or be the president themselves. Developed by Goormsoft Corp., Raising President (title [...]
SEOUL, March 17 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea’s three major parties excluding the biggest Democratic Party are seeking to revise the Constitution to adopt a four-year, two-term presidency while shortening the next president’s tenure to three years. The Korean president currently serves a single, five-year term. Earlier this week, the Liberty Korea Party, the People’s [...]