SEOUL, March 7 (Korea Bizwire) — President Yoon Suk Yeol said Tuesday that South Korea will provide over US$10 million to help Turkey build shelters for survivors of last month’s devastating earthquake. Yoon unveiled the plan during a luncheon with members of the Korea Disaster Relief Team who were sent to Turkey shortly after the [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — President Yoon Suk Yeol said Wednesday the government plans to freeze railroad, postal and other public utility fees in the first half of the year to help ease people’s economic burdens. Yoon announced the plan during an emergency economic and public livelihood meeting held amid a public outcry over [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — The South Korean foreign ministry on Tuesday said President Yoon Suk Yeol’s recent remark about Iran during his visit to the United Arab Emirates was “irrelevant” to Seoul’s relations with Tehran, in an apparent effort to prevent it from spilling into a diplomatic controversy. While speaking to South Korean [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — President Yoon Suk Yeol brought his newly adopted labrador retriever to work on Monday, his office said. The retired service dog, named Saeromi, was adopted by Yoon and first lady Kim Keon Hee on Christmas Eve, becoming the couple’s 11th pet. Yoon slept with Saeromi on both Saturday and [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — President Yoon Suk-yeol is wrapping up his first year in office marked by record-low approval ratings blamable in part on unpopular policy and personnel decisions and a series of gaffes at home and abroad, though the numbers have recently shown signs of picking up. Yoon’s approval rating plunged from [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — President Yoon Suk-yeol asked Tesla CEO Elon Musk to build an electric vehicle plant in South Korea during a virtual meeting with the billionaire entrepreneur on Wednesday, his office said. Yoon made the request after Musk explained Tesla’s plans to build a gigafactory in Asia to produce finished EVs, [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — President Yoon Suk-yeol will stop holding routine Q&As with the press starting Monday, his office said, after a reporter got into a shouting match with one of his aides during a session last week. The quarrel happened after Yoon said it was “unavoidable” that his office barred local broadcaster [...]
BALI, Indonesia, Nov. 15 (Korea Bizwire) – President Yoon Suk-yeol used his first trip to Southeast Asia as president to send a strong message that South Korea intends to build a “free, peaceful and prosperous” Indo-Pacific region, but not to the exclusion of China. In Phnom Penh, the first leg of his two-nation trip to [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — President Yoon Suk-yeol and first lady Kim Keon-hee have moved into the new presidential residence in Hannam-dong, Seoul, officials said Tuesday, following months of renovation and other preparation. Yoon left for work from the new residence Tuesday morning and went straight to an undisclosed location for a private event, [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — A satirical cartoon about President Yoon Suk-yeol has sparked a debate about freedom of expression after the culture ministry expressed regret and issued a warning to the organizer of a cartoon festival that awarded a prize to it. Drawn by a high school student, the cartoon, titled “Yoon Suk-yeol [...]