SEOUL, Jan. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — The issue of gender has resurfaced to heat up the presidential race in South Korea after the main opposition candidate called for the abolishment of the country’s ministry in charge of women’s affairs in an apparent attempt to woo male voters in their 20s. Yoon Suk-yeol of the People [...]
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, May 4 (Korea Bizwire) – Hundreds of thousands of South Koreans cast their ballots Thursday in advance voting for the presidential election set to be held next week, the election watchdog said. Over 1 million voters have voted as of 10:30 a.m., according to the National Election Commission (NEC), with many more expected to [...]
SEOUL, Apr. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — Sexual minorities’ human rights are attracting voter attention as presidential candidates differ over the highly polarizing issue with a front-runner seen striving to steer clear of it. The issue was brought to the fore at a televised debate on Tuesday where Moon Jae-in of the liberal Democratic Party said [...]
CHUNGJU, Apr. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — A local firm said Wednesday it will again pay cash to its employees and their families who vote in the May 9 presidential election, as part of efforts to boost the voter turnout. Bosung Power Technology Co., based in Chungju, 147 kilometers southeast of Seoul, said it will give [...]
SEOUL, April 25 (Korea Bizwire) – With only two weeks left until South Korea votes for its next president, the election posters that began popping up on local streets on April 20 are under attack. The vandalism mostly takes place due to a general lack of knowledge among the public regarding the unlawfulness of such [...]
SEOUL, Apr. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — Overseas voters will cast their ballots for the May 9 presidential election this week, the national election watchdog said Monday. Voting will begin in Auckland, New Zealand on Tuesday and run through Sunday at 204 polling stations in 116 countries, the National Election Commission said. It will be the [...]
SEOUL, Apr. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — Presidential front-runner Moon Jae-in on Wednesday raised more than 30 billion won in campaign funding within only an hour, his party said. Moon’s liberal Democratic Party opened the online fundraiser at 9 a.m. and closed it an hour later after thousands signed up to donate, apparently far more than [...]
SEOUL, April 17 (Korea Bizwire) – Moon Jae-in – the presidential candidate for the Democratic Party of Korea and the current front-runner, tailed closely by Ahn Cheol-soo (People’s Party) – introduced five key commitments to South Korea’s animal companions as part of his platform if elected as the next president. According to a press release [...]
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 [...]