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Moon's approval rating dips to new low

President Moon Jae-in's approval rating continued to drop last week amid worsening economic conditions, a poll showed Monday. Moon's approval rating came to 55.2 percent in a survey conducted by Rea...

Sept 3, 2018
Politics
Parties at loggerheads over key bills, budget as regular session opens

The National Assembly opened its regular session Monday with rival parties clashing over the government's proposal for a record budget for 2019 and key bills on the economy and business deregulation....

Sept 3, 2018
Politics
Gov't, ruling party stick to 'income-driven' growth policy

The South Korean government and the nation's ruling party agreed Saturday to maintain the policy of boosting economic growth with a focus on expanding the income of ordinary people. The decision was...

Sept 1, 2018
Politics
Prosecution requests 4 years prison for ex-president’s chief of staff

The prosecution on Friday requested four years in prison for Kim Ki-choon, ex-President Park Geun-hye’s chief of staff, on charges of abuse of power and perjury in relation to his involvement in the ...

Aug 31, 2018
Politics
Speaker seeks parliamentary ratification of April summit deal next month

South Korea's parliamentary speaker on Friday raised the need to ratify the April inter-Korean summit agreement in September prior to President Moon Jae-in's visit to Pyongyang for his third inter-Ko...

Aug 31, 2018
Politics
Opposition lawmaker gets suspended sentence for violating political fund, election laws

CHUNCHEON -- A regional court on Friday meted out a suspended prison term for a three-term opposition lawmaker for misusing funds and making donations over the legal limit. The Chuncheon District Co...

Aug 31, 2018
Politics
Moon calls for progressive interpretation of Constitution

President Moon Jae-in on Friday urged the Constitutional Court to interpret the Constitution in a way to reflect changes in what people want. "The Constitution is neither flawless nor eternal," the ...

Aug 31, 2018
Politics
Profiles of minister nominees

Defense chief nominee seen as joint ops expert, fit for defense reform Defense Minister nominee Jeong Kyeong-doo, the current chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, is seen as an expert in joint mil...

Aug 30, 2018
Politics
Moon replaces five ministers in first reshuffle

President Moon Jae-in on Thursday nominated five new ministers, including ministers of defense and education, and four vice minister-level officials, carrying out his first Cabinet reshuffle since ta...

Aug 30, 2018
Politics
Parliament set to hold plenary session over key bills

The National Assembly is set to hold its plenary session Thursday amid attention over whether bills on easing Internet-only banks' ownership restriction and other business deregulation will be passed...

Aug 30, 2018
Politics
Agriculture minister vows to stabilize food prices ahead of Chuseok

South Korea's agriculture minister said Wednesday that the government will increase supplies of key fruits and vegetables from its storage to stabilize market prices ahead of the Chuseok holiday. Le...

Aug 29, 2018
Politics
Cabinet OKs budget bill with largest on-year rise since 2009

The government on Tuesday approved next year’s budget bill, which would see the biggest year-on-year increase in a decade. The bill, approved by the Cabinet on Tuesday, calls for a budget of 470.5 t...

Aug 28, 2018
Politics
New ruling party chief to hold first meeting with presidential office, govt. this week

The new chief of the ruling Democratic Party will hold a meeting with senior officials from the presidential office and the government this week, mainly to discuss the economy, party officials said T...

Aug 28, 2018
Politics
Rival parties' floor leaders meet over key bills

The floor leaders of rival parties held a closed-door meeting Tuesday to discuss how to handle key bills on bank deregulation and the economy at the ongoing extraordinary parliamentary session. The ...

Aug 28, 2018
Politics
Assembly panel fails to agree on Internet bank deregulation bill

A parliamentary subcommittee once again failed to reach an agreement on allowing nonfinancial firms to take bigger stakes in Internet-only banks Monday, hampering the government’s bid to promote inno...

Aug 27, 2018
Politics

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