SEOUL, March 6 (Korea Bizwire) – Former President Lee Myung-bak has been asked to appear for questioning next week over a string of suspicions of bribery and other irregularities, officials said Tuesday. The Seoul Central District Prosecutors’ Office subpoenaed Lee to come to the office for questioning as a suspect at 9:30 a.m. on March 14, officials said. “It is essential to investigate Lee in order to uncover [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 11 (Korea Bizwire) – Before an assembly of 250 domestic and foreign media personnel, President Moon Jae-in expounded upon his vision for South Korea’s 2018 on January 10. Moon’s New Year’s address was both populist and pacifist; the president emphasized improving the quality of life for the average citizen and reaffirmed his dedication [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 15 (Korea Bizwire) – Prosecutors said Wednesday that former President Park Geun-hye is suspected of privately using illicit funds which the National Intelligence Service (NIS) regularly provided to the presidential office during her term. An official from the Seoul Central District Prosecutors’ Office made the remarks while defending against the accusations that their [...]
SEOUL, July 6 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korean President Moon Jae-in arrived in Hamburg, Germany on Thursday for the Group of 20 summit where he is expected to rally international support for ending North Korea’s nuclear and missile programs. The summit slated for Friday and Saturday comes amid heightened tensions after the communist North test [...]
WASHINGTON, June 30 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korean President Moon Jae-in and U.S. President Donald Trump were set to hold bilateral talks Friday over a wide range of issues that will likely include ways to strengthen the countries’ alliance and their joints efforts to rid North Korea of nuclear weapons. The first bilateral summit between [...]
WASHINGTON, June 29 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korean President Moon Jae-in and his U.S. counterpart Donald Trump were set to meet for the first time during a dinner hosted on Thursday, one day before they sit for official talks. The South Korean president arrived here Wednesday on a four-day visit. Moon was set to begin [...]
SEOUL, May 12 (Korea Bizwire) – As Moon Jae-in was sworn into office as the 19th president of South Korea earlier this week, a pledge made during his campaign to scrap what is widely known as minimum phone bill charges has come back into the spotlight, a policy many voters viewed favorably amid a record high [...]
SEOUL, May 11 (Korea Bizwire) – Now that South Korea’s newly elected president Moon Jae-in has been sworn into office, public attention is turning to whether his pets – rescued dog Maru and cat Jjingjjingi – will accompany him to the Blue House as the very first First Dog from a shelter and First Cat in [...]
SEOUL, May 11 (Korea Bizwire) – Books about the newly elected president of South Korea are selling like hotcakes, with sales of some books up fourfold as public interest in Moon Jae-in is peaking after he was sworn into office yesterday. Among the books, Mon’s autobiography “The Fate of Moon Jae-in” is proving particularly popular, [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 10 (Korea Bizwire) – Civic activists said Tuesday they have filed a complaint with the prosecution against former South Korean President Lee Myung-bak over his memoir. The activists took the legal action on Monday, accusing Lee of violating the law on the management of presidential records and leaking secrets through the recent publication [...]