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In first year, Moon brings meaningful but limited changes to national politics

In his first year in office, President Moon Jae-in sought to spur meaningful changes in a wide range of areas, including the way a president interacts with the people, but his efforts to create chang...

May 9, 2018
Politics
Party floor leaders to continue talks on normalizing parliament

The floor leaders of the four political parties failed to narrow their differences over pending contentious issues Tuesday morning but will continue their discussions in efforts to normalize the Nati...

May 8, 2018
Politics
Moon calls on parliament to pass supplementary budget bill

President Moon Jae-in urged the National Assembly on Tuesday to quickly review the government bill on a supplementary budget to improve people's livelihoods. "It has been over a month since the gove...

May 8, 2018
Politics
[Newsmaker] Following the inter-Korean summit, South Korea’s main opposition party is in crisis

Senior legislator bolts from Liberty Korea Party in protest against leader Hong Joon-pyo

May 7, 2018
Politics
Political standoff continues to paralyze National Assembly in May

Rival parties continued a standoff Monday, failing to normalize the National Assembly that has been paralyzed since April. Lawmakers have been clashing over several agenda items, including a recent o...

May 7, 2018
Politics
[Photo News] Children's Day

IT'S YOUR BIG DAY -- President Moon Jae-in on Saturday celebrates Children's Day at Cheong Wa Dae with children invited from isolated regions. (Yonhap)

May 5, 2018
Politics
LKP floor leader assaulted by man over parliamentary standoff

Rep. Kim Sung-tae, the floor leader of the main opposition Liberty Korea Party, was assaulted on Saturday by a man who called for the parliament to play a role in the inter-Korean peace mood, officia...

May 5, 2018
Politics
Ruling party lawmaker withdraws resignation offered over sexual harassment allegations

A ruling party lawmaker on Friday withdrew his resignation offered in connection with sexual harassment allegations two months ago, saying the party and voters in his electorate want him to stay. Re...

May 4, 2018
Politics
Minor party slams two major parties over partisan standoff

The minor opposition Party for Democracy and Peace on Friday lashed out at two major parties stuck in an escalating partisan standoff that has paralyzed parliament over the past month. Cho Bae-sook,...

May 4, 2018
Politics
Congratulatory messages from political leaders and policymakers

President Moon Jae-in I offer my heartfelt congratulations to The Korea Herald on its 20,000th issue. Founded on Liberation Day in 1953, The Korea Herald, as a leading English newspaper in Korea, h...

May 3, 2018
Politics
[Newsmaker] Ex-President Chun faces another trial over Gwangju uprising after 23 years

GWANGJU -- Former President Chun Doo-hwan will stand another trial over a brutal crackdown on the 1980 pro-democracy uprising in the southern city of Gwangju, more than two decades after he was charg...

May 3, 2018
Politics
Moon meets top leaders over outcome of historic inter-Korean summit

President Moon Jae-in sought to further rally the support of his people on Thursday over the outcome of his recent summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, holding a rare meeting with state leade...

May 3, 2018
Politics
Moon's approval rating jumps to 11-month high on historic summit

President Moon Jae-in's approval rating has shot up to an 11-month high this week, a poll showed Thursday, following his historic summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un that raised hopes for den...

May 3, 2018
Politics
Military's ‘glass ceiling’ eliminated in South Korea

Debates on ‘gender-neutral’ fitness tests ensue

May 2, 2018
Politics
[Newsmaker] Moon Chung-in’s ‘personal views’ once again lands him in hot water

Moon Chung-in, a special national security and foreign affairs adviser to President Moon Jae-in, is once again making headlines. And again for all the wrong reasons. The latest controversy began wit...

May 2, 2018
Politics

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