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Court to rule on arrest warrant for KCTU officials

The Seoul Southern District Court is expected to decide Thursday whether to arrest senior officials of the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions for allegedly damaging police pedestrian barriers and u...

May 29, 2019
Politics
[Newsmaker] Controversy brews over meeting of NIS chief, Moon's confidant

A dinner meeting between National Intelligence Service Director Suh Hoon and Yang Jung-chul, the head of a think tank run by the ruling Democratic Party of Korea, has stirred up controversy over the ...

May 28, 2019
Politics
Liberty Korea Party to launch 2020 Economic Transformation Committee

Party Chairman Hwang Kyo-ahn requests one-on-one meeting with President Moon Jae-in

May 27, 2019
Politics
[Newsmaker] Ministry to hold disciplinary committee on diplomat accused of leaking Moon-Trump talks

The foreign ministry will convene a disciplinary panel later this week to decide on the penalty for a diplomat accused of leaking the contents of a phone conversation between President Moon Jae-in an...

May 27, 2019
Politics
Main opposition party ends protest against govt.

Liberty Korea Party Chairman Hwang Kyo-ahn returned to the National Assembly over the weekend after holding an 18 day-long rally nationwide in protest against the liberal government for fast-tracking...

May 26, 2019
Politics
Leak of Moon’s phone chat with Trump stokes controversy

Controversy is growing after the government revealed that a diplomat had leaked to an opposition lawmaker details of the May 7 telephone conversation between President Moon Jae-in and US President Do...

May 24, 2019
Politics
Govt. is making military brain-dead: main opposition leader

The chief of the main opposition Liberty Korea Party, Hwang Kyo-ahn criticized the liberal government’s conciliatory policy toward North Korea on Thursday, claiming it making the military “brain-dead...

May 24, 2019
Politics
S. Korea holds memorial service for ex-President Roh

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. First Lady K...

May 23, 2019
Politics
[Newsmaker] Moon replaces vice foreign, unification, defense ministers

President Moon Jae-in replaced vice ministers of diplomatic, defense and inter-Korean affairs simultaneously on Thursday amid a stalemate in the peace-building process and efforts to resolve a histor...

May 23, 2019
Politics
Moon lauds Bush’s visit as strong Korea-US alliance

South Korean President Moon Jae-in on Thursday said former US President George W. Bush’s attendance at a memorial service to commemorate the late South Korean President Roh Moo-hyun reflects strong a...

May 23, 2019
Politics
Six former aides to Park Geun-hye may face indictment for political intervention

Six former presidential secretaries to President Park Geun-hye were found to have illegally intervened in local elections and politics during the previous administration, police said Thursday. A spe...

May 23, 2019
Politics
Officials to introduce police reform measures aimed at preventing power abuse

Officials of South Korea’s legislative and executive branches as well as Cheong Wa Dae on Monday agreed on the need to prevent abuse of power by police, who will be given greater authority under a po...

May 20, 2019
Politics
Moon to meet former US President Bush this week

South Korean President Moon Jae-in will greet former US President George W. Bush at Cheong Wa Dae later this week, Moon's office announced Sunday. Moon is scheduled to meet Bush on Thursday morning,...

May 19, 2019
Politics
Ruling, opposition parties to discuss normalizing parliament over beer

Floor leaders of the ruling Democratic Party of Korea, the main opposition Liberty Korea Party and the minor opposition Bareunmirae Party are expected to convene Monday over beer to discuss ways to r...

May 19, 2019
Politics
Parties pay tribute to victims of crackdown on 1980 pro-democracy uprising

The ruling and opposition parties paid tribute on Saturday to the victims of a bloody crackdown on a pro-democracy uprising in the southwestern city of Gwangju in 1980 in a rare show of bipartisanshi...

May 18, 2019
Politics

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