SEOUL, April 17 (Korea Bizwire) — The park in front of the presidential office in Yongsan will be named the “Yongsan Children’s Garden” to highlight its purpose for children and families, an official said Monday. The land adjacent to the presidential office building is being transformed into a large park after U.S. Forces Korea returned [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — A new coffee shop with a view of President Yoon Suk Yeol’s office has been set up in a park near the presidential office building, officials said Thursday. The cafe is located on the grounds of Yongsan Park, which is being built on land previously used as a U.S. [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — President Yoon Suk Yeol has picked Lee Do-woon, a veteran journalist, as his new spokesperson, filling the post that had been vacant for five months, according to Yoon’s office Sunday. Lee served as an editorial writer for the evening newspaper Munhwa Ilbo until recently, having worked as reporter at [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — The front lawn of the presidential office is expected to open to the public as early as April after the required budget passed through parliament last week, officials said Monday. The land surrounding the presidential office was previously used as a U.S. military base and is currently in the [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — The National Assembly’s interior committee on Thursday approved a revision bill aimed at prohibiting rallies held within a 100-meter radius of the presidential office, and the residences of current and former presidents. The bill was tabled following complaints over noise and inconvenience due to persistent protests around the presidential [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s presidential office made public its new emblem Sunday, more than five months after Yoon Suk-yeol began his term at the Yongsan office in central Seoul. He moved the country’s presidential office to the Yongsan compound from Cheong Wa Dae in a northern part of the capital. The [...]
SEOUL, July 14 (Korea Bizwire) — A group of elementary school parents near the presidential office has filed a petition asking police to take steps to safeguard their children from noise and other hazards from constant rallies around the top office. A series of rallies have been held near the new presidential office in Yongsan, [...]
SEOUL, June 23 (Korea Bizwire) — The presidential office launched a new website Thursday to facilitate better communication with the public. The site, “People’s Suggestions,” will replace the “People’s Petitions” page used by the previous presidential office of Moon Jae-in. “It is a communication channel reflecting President Yoon Suk-yeol’s commitment to becoming a president who [...]
SEOUL, June 19 (Korea Bizwire) — President Yoon Suk-yeol hosted a “housewarming” event in the front yard of the presidential office in central Seoul on Sunday, inviting some 400 neighbors and others to celebrate the relocation of the office. Living up to his campaign pledge, Yoon has moved the presidential office to the former defense [...]
SEOUL, June 14 (Korea Bizwire) — The presidential office will be called the “Yongsan Presidential Office” for now after all five candidate names were deemed unfit, the presidential spokesperson said Tuesday. The decision was made during a meeting of a naming committee, according to the spokesperson, Kang In-sun. “After holding a final meeting and debating [...]