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 [...]
SEOUL, March 14 (Korea Bizwire) – U.S. President Donald Trump was the most popular leader of South Korea’s other neighboring heads of state, including Russia, China, Japan, and North Korea, although more than half of the respondents said they had no leader they were particularly keen on. According to public opinion research firm Realmeter, 56.2 [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 1 (Korea Bizwire) – Former U.N. chief Ban Ki-moon on Wednesday renounced his presidential ambitions in a surprise decision likely to strengthen the frontrunner position of the current opposition presidential hopeful and frustrate those yearning for change in feud-laden politics. “I will give up my pure aspiration to achieve a change in politics [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 30 (Korea Bizwire) – On Friday, the 8th United Nations Secretary-General, Ban Ki-moon, made a final commute to his office at the UN headquarters in New York, and will soon be passing the baton to his successor António Guterres. Although he has yet to say the words out loud, the departing Secretary-General made [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 28 (Korea Bizwire) – President Park Geun-hye’s on Monday refused prosecutors’ request for face-to-face questioning on her role in an influence-peddling scandal that has rocked her presidency. Her attorney Yoo Yeong-ha said the president “will not be able to cooperate” with the direct inquiry, citing her busy schedule. “The president has a difficult [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 10 (Korea Bizwire) – The exhausting, polarizing race for the White House has finally ended, and to the world’s surprise, Donald Trump will become the 45th President of the United States. The result was a heavy blow to a majority of Koreans, the country’s financial market, and political circles, as the now president-elect [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 2 (Korea Bizwire) – Seoul Mayor Park Won-soon, a potential contender for the liberal bloc in next year’s presidential race, on Wednesday officially urged President Park Geun-hye to resign, marking a rare political remark from the head of the capital city with some 10 million citizens. “Park should immediately step down. The president [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 1 (Korea Bizwire) – Prosecutors on Monday placed Choi Soon-sil, a confidante of President Park Geun-hye, under emergency detention after grilling her for hours on allegations of interfering in state affairs and peddling influence. Seoul Central District Prosecutors’ Office has 48 hours in which to decide whether it will seek a warrant to [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 27 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea’s top prosecutor’s office said Thursday a special task force will look into the scandal over a controversial figure with close ties to President Park Geun-hye. Kim Soo-nam, the country’s top prosecutor, ordered Lee Young-ryeol, the chief of the Seoul Central District Prosecutors’ Office, to head the team [...]