SEOUL, Jun. 15 (Korea Bizwire) – In a nationwide survey asking South Koreans to name the former president and business leader they most admire, Roh Moo-hyun and Hyundai’s founder Chung Ju-yung topped the respective lists, highlighting their enduring legacies. The poll by Gallup Korea, conducted between March 22 and April 5 with 1,777 respondents aged 13 [...]
SEOUL/GIMHAE, May 23 (Korea Bizwire) — Wearing yellow visors, a color that symbolizes former President Roh Moo-hyun, thousands of mourners gathered in his rural hometown Thursday to commemorate the 10th year since his death. A stream of mourners from all across the country visited Bongha Village in Gimhae, some 450 kilometers southeast of Seoul, from [...]
SEOUL, Apr. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea provided the largest amount of cash and products to North Korea between 2003 and 2008 under the liberal administration of late President Roh Moo-hyun, Seoul’s unification ministry said Thursday. The government and civic groups offered a combined US$4.36 billion to North Korea under the Roh administration, followed [...]
SEOUL, June 12 (Korea Bizwire) – A law professor at Hongik University in Seoul caused a stir by including texts ridiculing former Presidents Kim Dae-jung and Roh Moo-hyun on his final exam. According to the university’s student council, the professor surnamed Ryu included the English texts mocking the former presidents on the test for his American Contact Law [...]
“Kim Jong-un, the Chairman of North Korea’s National Defense Commission, appears to have a complex due to his young age as the leader of North Korea. His father Kim Jong-il began ruling North Korea in his early 30s, while Kim began at the age of 29. He is young for a leader, and appears ill [...]
SEOUL, April 3 (Korea Bizwire) — Three South Korean state-run energy companies have suffered billions of dollars in losses from overseas resources development projects since 2003, the state audit agency said Friday. The outcome by the Board of Audit and Inspection of Korea (BAI) comes as prosecutors are probing several local firms for alleged embezzlement [...]