SEOUL, Feb. 18 (Korea Bizwire) – The Constitutional Court is set to hold the ninth hearing of President Yoon Suk Yeol’s impeachment trial Tuesday as deliberations have entered their final phase. During the hearing at 2 p.m., the legal representatives of Yoon and the National Assembly are each set to present a summary of their [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — President Yoon Suk Yeol said Wednesday that first lady Kim Keon Hee failed to “cold-heartedly reject” a visitor armed with a hidden camera, speaking for the first time on allegations she accepted a luxury handbag from the man in 2022. Yoon said in an interview with KBS TV that [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — President Yoon Suk Yeol pledged on Thursday to implement various policy support measures aimed at assisting small business owners and vulnerable groups struggling with loan repayments due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. Yoon made the remarks during a government-public debate, the 10th in a series of sessions [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — President Yoon Suk Yeol vowed Tuesday to improve services in the digital government, online gaming and telemedicine sectors, saying digital technologies should be a tool to promote people’s freedom and welfare. Yoon made the remark during a government-public debate on people’s livelihood issues, the seventh in a series, which [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — President Yoon Suk Yeol said Monday that a semiconductor industry cluster being built outside Seoul is expected to create at least 3 million jobs over the next 20 years. Yoon made the remark during a policy debate held at Sungkyunkwan University’s Natural Sciences Campus in Suwon, 30 kilometers south [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — President Yoon Suk Yeol called Tuesday for prioritizing the improvement of people’s livelihoods in the new year, listing increased support for vulnerable groups and new transportation systems as some of the government’s latest projects. Yoon issued the call during a Cabinet meeting at the presidential office as he noted [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — President Yoon Suk Yeol embarked on a five-day visit to New York on Monday to attend the U.N. General Assembly and meet with world leaders amid signs of growing military cooperation between North Korea and Russia. During the annual U.N. gathering, Yoon is also set to hold a flurry [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — President Yoon Seok-yeol and first lady Kim Keon-hee on Saturday adopted one more guide dog that recently retired from the Samsung Guide Dog School in Yongin, south of Seoul. The retired guide dog, named Saeromi, is a female labrador retriever born in Dec. 2013. She served as a guide [...]