SEOUL, Sept. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — The National Assembly was set to vote Thursday on two separate motions seeking the arrest of opposition leader Lee Jae-myung and the dismissal of Prime Minister Han Duck-soo. The motions will be put to an anonymous vote during a plenary session in the afternoon. The motion requesting parliamentary consent [...]
SEOUL, April 28 (Korea Bizwire) — Prime Minister Han Duck-soo on Friday volunteered as a one-day English teacher at an elementary school inside a U.S. Forces Korea (USFK) base. He joined a group of family members of USFK personnel to participate in an English play class for Korean students at Humphreys West Elementary School in [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — Prime Minister Han Duck-soo issued an apology Wednesday for making a quip at a media briefing with foreign journalists with regard to the Halloween crowd crush in Itaewon. “Regardless of the circumstances, I apologize for making people feel uncomfortable,” Han said in a statement. During the media briefing Tuesday, [...]
SEOUL, April 3 (Korea Bizwire) — President-elect Yoon Suk-yeol on Sunday nominated former Prime Minister Han Duck-soo as the first prime minister of his incoming government. Han is the first person to be named to the Cabinet of the Yoon administration, which will launch on May 10. Yoon said in explaining his choice that the [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — Prime Minister Lee Nak-yeon took a look around the U.S. army base in Yongsan, Seoul yesterday before hopping on a motor vehicle to participate in a bus tour of the base. The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport in association with the city government of Seoul started offering bus [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — Prime Minister Lee Nak-yon suggested Wednesday that police buses parked near the U.S. Embassy in central Seoul be replaced with hydrogen-powered buses as part of efforts to promote the use of the emission-free vehicles. A few police buses are parked next to the U.S. Embassy around the clock to [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — Prime Minister Lee Nak-yon ordered government officials Tuesday to sternly tackle the spread of fake news that he said is disturbing democracy in the name of free speech. At a Cabinet meeting, Lee raised the need to hold accountable those who produce fake news and spread it intentionally. “(Fake [...]
SEOUL, Apr. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — Prime Minister Lee Nak-yeon invited a number of tour guides to his office on Thursday and discussed a number of issues facing historic sites in Seoul. During the meeting with the guides from the main palaces and Jongmyo Shrine, Lee personally thanked them for their work and said guides play [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean Prime Minister Lee Nak-yon stressed trust building and grassroots exchange in his meeting with his Vietnamese counterpart on Tuesday as the two discussed ways to boost bilateral cooperation. Lee met with Vietnam’s Permanent Deputy Prime Minister Truong Hoa Binh in Seoul. Lee said he is satisfied with [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 9 (Korea Bizwire) – Prime Minister Hwang Kyo-ahn is set to become the acting president of South Korea, after parliament passed the impeachment motion against President Park Geun-hye on Friday. The motion passed with the approval of 234 lawmakers from the 300-seat National Assembly, meeting the minimum requirement of 200. Hwang is set [...]