SEOUL, Oct. 25 (Korea Bizwire) – President Park Geun-hye on Tuesday apologized to the nation over a leak of dozens of presidential speeches to an acqaintance who has been at the center of an escalating corruption scandal that has roiled politics over the past month. “Regardless of the reasons involved, I am sorry that (the [...]
SEOUL, July 7 (Korea Bizwire) – Bad news for Hillary. You’re welcome, Donald. A recent big data analysis of public opinion in the United States revealed that Donald Trump has a ‘sizeable likelihood’ of winning the 2016 presidential election. The study was conducted by a research team from Sejong University, led by business administration professor [...]
SEOUL, June 13 (Korea Bizwire) – U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon remained ahead of other potential presidential hopefuls from the opposition parties, data showed Monday, underscoring his presence as an odds-on contender in next year’s presidential race. According to the survey conducted by local pollster Realmeter, Ban held an approval rating of 25 percent, up 0.9 [...]
SEOUL, May 17 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea should relentlessly seek a “path of innovation” rather than resting on its past laurels, President Park Geun-hye said Tuesday, underscoring that innovation is at the core of the country’s survival strategy amid a global economic slowdown. During a forum in Seoul, Park highlighted that South Korea has [...]
SEOUL, May 6 (Korea Bizwire) – President Park Geun-hye’s job approval rating moved up on the back of public support for her historic visit to Iran, a poll showed Thursday. The poll released by local pollster Realmeter showed 35.6 percent approval of the job Park is doing, up 4.6 percentage points from a week earlier. [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 19 (Korea Bizwire) – Taiwan’s President-elect Tsai Ing-wen voiced optimism Tuesday about future relations with South Korea, saying the two sides now have one more thing in common: first-ever female leaders. It’s historically meaningful that both countries, which already share democratic values and development experiences, have embraced female presidents, she said. Tsai, an [...]