SEOUL, July 12 (Korea Bizwire) — President Yoon Suk-yeol said Tuesday his focus is on protecting people’s livelihoods from the economic crisis as he took questions from reporters a day after daily Q&A sessions were suspended due to a COVID-19 outbreak among the press corps. Yoon greeted reporters as he arrived for work by saying [...]
SEOUL, July 11 (Korea Bizwire) — President Yoon Suk-yeol suspended his daily morning Q&A sessions with reporters Monday due to a COVID-19 outbreak in the press room, officials said. Doorstepping as Yoon arrives for work has become a daily routine, except on days when the president travels outside of the capital, allowing reporters to ask [...]
SEOUL, July 2 (Korea Bizwire) — President Yoon Suk-yeol’s visit to Spain put his administration’s priorities on full display as he called for international cooperation for North Korea’s denuclearization, exchanged friendly greetings with Japan’s prime minister, and promoted the excellence of South Korea’s nuclear energy and defense industries. Yoon arrived in Madrid on Monday on [...]
SEOUL, May 29 (Korea Bizwire) — First lady Kim Keon-hee dropped by the office of President Yoon Suk-yeol on two consecutive days last week, photos from her fan club showed Sunday. Kim first visited the office on Friday after she and Yoon cast their ballots in early voting for the local elections. She came back [...]
SEOUL, May 24 (Korea Bizwire) — President Yoon Suk-yeol has ranked among U.S. magazine Time’s 100 most influential people of 2022, its website showed Tuesday. Yoon, who was inaugurated two weeks ago, was chosen in the category of leaders. He was introduced as a “a former prosecutor with little foreign policy experience” who is “determined [...]
SEOUL, May 20 (Korea Bizwire) — President Yoon Suk-yeol and U.S. President Joe Biden toured a Samsung Electronics chip plant together on Friday, demonstrating their commitment to expanding the alliance between the two countries beyond the security sphere to global supply chains and other key areas. The two met at the facility in Pyeongtaek, 70 [...]
SEOUL, May 10 (Korea Bizwire) — Residents in the neighborhood around the new presidential office showed mixed reactions on the first day of the relocation Tuesday, with some, especially shop owners, expressing hope it would lead to increased sales and others voicing concern about traffic congestion and noise from rallies. President Yoon Suk-yeol began work [...]
SEOUL, May 8 (Korea Bizwire) — Incoming President Yoon Suk-yeol will shake hands and take selfies with people at the National Assembly plaza before walking up to the stage to take his oath of office, the chief of the inauguration committee said Sunday. Yoon will step out of his car as soon as he enters [...]
SEOUL, May 7 (Korea Bizwire) — The transition team of President-elect Yoon Suk-yeol held a disbandment ceremony Friday, ending a 50-day run marked by power struggles with the outgoing administration over everything from relocation of the presidential office to prosecution reforms. The committee was launched nine days after Yoon won the March 9 presidential election. [...]
SEOUL, April 26 (Korea Bizwire) — President-elect Yoon Suk-yeol’s new presidential office to be housed in the defense ministry compound in central Seoul will be open for public viewing in accordance with his preference for communication and openness, transition team officials said Tuesday. According to an artist’s rendering released by a task force from the [...]