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 [...]
SEOUL, June 3 (Korea Bizwire) — The United States returned parcels of its military’s Yongsan Garrison in central Seoul to South Korea, officials said Friday, allowing Seoul to speed up its plan to build a public park near the presidential office. The return of 51,000 square meters of land inside the garrison included its southern [...]
SEOUL, June 2 (Korea Bizwire) — The land ministry said Thursday it plans to temporarily open to the public part of the site for an envisioned national park near the presidential office in central Seoul starting next week. Part of the site in Yongsan — once used as a garrison for the U.S. Forces Korea [...]
SEOUL, May 30 (Korea Bizwire) — The ongoing police ban on assemblies and demonstrations within a 100-meter radius of the presidential office in Yongsan, central Seoul, will be maintained until the court makes its final judgment on the matter, the city’s police chief said Monday. Kim Chang-yong, commissioner-general of the Korean National Police Agency, told [...]
SEOUL, May 29 (Korea Bizwire) — First lady Kim Keon-hee dropped by the office of President Yoon Suk-yeol on two consecutive days last week, photos from her fan club showed Sunday. Kim first visited the office on Friday after she and Yoon cast their ballots in early voting for the local elections. She came back [...]
SEOUL, May 20 (Korea Bizwire) — The land ministry on Friday announced its decision to postpone the plan to temporarily open to the public part of the site for an envisioned national park near the presidential office in central Seoul, citing a lack of preparations. On Thursday, the ministry said it will open part of [...]
SEOUL, May 19 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea said Thursday it will temporarily open to the public part of the site for an envisioned national park near the presidential office in central Seoul. The U.S. military is in the process of returning the site in the Yongsan Garrison in Seoul to the South Korean government [...]