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[Newsmaker] Minister under fire as opposition chokes on NK’s naengmyeon remark

Taking issue with inaction against a remark by a high-ranking North Korea military negotiator, the main opposition Liberty Korea Party submitted a proposal for the dismissal of Unification Minister C...

Oct 31, 2018
Politics
Moon to call for parliamentary support for expansionary budget

President Moon Jae-in plans to use his budget speech this week to call for parliamentary cooperation in passing an expansionary government budget for next year designed to help tide South Korea over ...

Oct 31, 2018
Politics
Mayors, governors urge parliamentary ratification of inter-Korean summit deal

Local administration chiefs affiliated with the ruling Democratic Party urged parliament Wednesday to approve a ratification motion for the April inter-Korean summit agreement, pending for nearly two...

Oct 31, 2018
Politics
Moon to kick off series of regional trips to boost local economies

President Moon Jae-in will kick off a series of regional visits across the country with a trip to the southwestern city of Gunsan on Tuesday as part of efforts to help boost regional economies, his s...

Oct 30, 2018
Politics
Ruling party chief calls for more steps to ease stock market instability

The ruling party chief on Tuesday called on the government to take pre-emptive actions to ease escalating jitters in the local stock market. South Korea's financial watchdog on Monday unveiled a pla...

Oct 30, 2018
Politics
Proposed special tribunal on judiciary power abuse stokes legal controversy

Lawmakers’ push to launch a special tribunal on the judiciary power abuse scandal involving a former top court chief is stoking controversy among legal experts over fairness and judicial independence...

Oct 29, 2018
Politics
Korea's parliament wraps up annual audit of govt. agencies

The National Assembly wrapped up its 20-day annual audit of government agencies Monday dominated by disputes over North Korea, corruption scandals and President Moon Jae-in's income-driven growth pol...

Oct 29, 2018
Politics
Moon to deliver budget speech later this week

President Moon Jae-in will deliver a budget speech at the National Assembly later this week, officials said Monday. Moon is expected to use the address set for Thursday to urge the National Assembly...

Oct 29, 2018
Politics
Main opposition slams ruling party's attempt to create special court on judicial scandal

The main opposition Liberty Korea Party on Friday stepped up its attack on the ruling party's bid to establish a special panel of judges to try a judicial power abuse scandal. Four parties, includin...

Oct 26, 2018
Politics
4 parties push for special court to deal with judicial scandal

Four parties, including the ruling Democratic Party, agreed Thursday to push for the establishment of a special court to try a judicial power abuse case involving the Supreme Court and its former chi...

Oct 25, 2018
Politics
Opposition lawmakers demand environment minister nominee withdraw

Parliamentary environment committee members of the main opposition Liberty Korea Party refused Wednesday to adopt a confirmation hearing report for Environment Minister nominee Cho Myung-rae, saying ...

Oct 24, 2018
Politics
Opinion-rigging blogger’s group aimed to take over conglomerate to implement economic democracy theory: investigators

A power blogger, who is standing trial on opinion-rigging charges, and his economic organization aimed to “promote economic democracy by taking over a conglomerate and creating a social community fro...

Oct 23, 2018
Politics
President Moon appoints 3 new Constitutional Court justices

President Moon Jae-in on Tuesday appointed three new justices of the Constitutional Court, ending what he earlier called an unprecedented vacuum created by the parliament's failure to endorse their a...

Oct 23, 2018
Politics
Cabinet approves inter-Korean summit deal before Moon ratifies it

The Cabinet on Tuesday approved a wide-ranging peace agreement reached with North Korea at last month's third summit between President Moon Jae-in and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un in a procedural ...

Oct 23, 2018
Politics
Opposition parties demand parliamentary probe into Seoul Metro hiring scandal

Opposition parties on Monday submitted a proposal to launch a joint parliamentary probe into Seoul Metro and other public agencies’ alleged illicit hiring practices that involve giving jobs to the re...

Oct 22, 2018
Politics

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