SEOUL, July 7 (Korea Bizwire) — Prime Minister Kim Min-seok was inaugurated Monday at a ceremony in the central administrative city of Sejong, where he plans to remain the rest of the week to focus on regional development issues. Kim’s inauguration took place four days after the National Assembly confirmed his nomination in a vote [...]
SEOUL, March 24 (Korea Bizwire) — The Constitutional Court dismissed the impeachment of Prime Minister Han Duck-soo on Monday, reinstating him as acting president in the ongoing turmoil over suspended President Yoon Suk Yeol’s brief imposition of martial law. Han’s impeachment was dismissed in a 5-1 vote by the court’s eight justices. Two justices voted [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 6 (Korea Bizwire) – The Constitutional Court plans to hold its first pretrial hearing on the impeachment trial of Prime Minister Han Duck-soo on Jan. 13, judicial officials said Monday. The court has informed the legal representatives of the National Assembly and the prime minister that it would hold the first preparatory hearing [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — Prime Minister Han Duck-soo made a plea to political leaders and civil society to make efforts to stabilize state affairs and unite the nation to address political turmoil triggered by President Yoon Suk Yeol’s botched martial law declaration. Han made the remark during the first Cabinet meeting held after [...]
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 [...]