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Parliamentary leaders return home after visiting US

A group of South Korean parliamentary leaders returned home Sunday after visiting the United States ahead of a second summit between the US and North Korea later this month. National Assembly Speake...

Feb 17, 2019
Politics
Seoul to propose fine dust reduction treaty to China, Japan

South Korea will push for the signing of a trilateral treaty with China and Japan to fight fine dust pollution in Northeast Asia during their environment ministers' meeting slated for November this y...

Feb 15, 2019
Politics
Moon urges stepped-up efforts to reform police, prosecution

President Moon Jae-in reiterated the need to reform powerful government agencies, such as the police and prosecution, Friday, insisting the move will not necessarily mean less power for the organizat...

Feb 15, 2019
Politics
LKP expels one member for making controversial remarks on Gwangju uprising

The main opposition Liberty Korea Party decided Thursday to kick out a party member for making controversial comments on a 1980 pro-democracy uprising. But the party deferred its decision on two oth...

Feb 14, 2019
Politics
[Newsmaker] Outraged Gwangju citizens take to National Assembly over opposition lawmakers’ Gwangju Uprising remarks

Outraged over inflammatory remarks by far-right politicians about the 1980 Gwangju Democratic Uprising, some 300 family members of those who died during the uprising and Gwangju citizens on Wednesday...

Feb 13, 2019
Politics
Liberty Korea Party seethes over Moon’s rejection of May 18 committee nominees

President Moon Jae-in’s decision to reject two nominees for a fact-finding commission to uncover the truth about the May 18 Democratization Movement of 1980 is fueling yet another clash with the main...

Feb 12, 2019
Politics
Ex-Seoul mayor to run in opposition party's leadership election after boycott row

Former Seoul Mayor Oh Se-hoon said Tuesday he will run in the main opposition Liberty Korea Party's leadership election late this month, abandoning his earlier pledge to boycott the event. Oh was am...

Feb 12, 2019
Politics
Ex-main opposition party leader Hong withdraws party leadership bid

Former main opposition Liberty Korea Party leader Hong Joon-pyo on Monday pulled out of the bid for the party’s leadership, in a surprise move less than two weeks after entering the race. “It is reg...

Feb 11, 2019
Politics
Ex-Supreme Court chief indicted in power abuse scandal

The prosecution indicted Yang Sung-tae, former Supreme Court chief justice, Monday on charges he abused his power to influence politically significant trials and disadvantage justices critical of him...

Feb 11, 2019
Politics
[Newsmaker] Pressure mounts for expulsion of Liberty Korea Party members over Gwangju uprising remarks

Political parties called for the expulsion of three lawmakers of the main opposition Liberty Korea Party on Monday over their remarks about the 1980 Gwangju Democratization Movement. The ruling Demo...

Feb 11, 2019
Politics
Opposition party mired in strife over leadership election schedule

The main opposition Liberty Korea Party is mired in internal strife, with most contenders for the party's leadership threatening to boycott an upcoming election in protest of the party's refusal to r...

Feb 11, 2019
Politics
Main opposition party to hold leadership election as scheduled

The main opposition Liberty Korea Party said Friday that it will hold its leadership election slated for late February as scheduled. At an emergency meeting with party members, the conservative par...

Feb 8, 2019
Politics
National Assembly speaker, five party reps head to US to reaffirm alliance

National Assembly Speaker Moon Hee-sang and representatives of five political parties will leave for a five-day trip to Washington on Sunday, with the aim of reaffirming the US-South Korea alliance a...

Feb 8, 2019
Politics
Ex-President Park’s confidant speaks out about main opposition party leader candidate Hwang

Lawyer Yoo Young-ha, a confidant of ousted former President Park Geun-hye, on Thursday conveyed Park’s disappointment at former Prime Minister Hwang Kyo-ahn’s bid for leadership of the main oppositio...

Feb 8, 2019
Politics
President promises more power to local governments in exchange for job creation

President Moon Jae-in reaffirmed his pledge to give more power, including additional money, to local governments Friday, urging the local governments to do more to create new jobs and boost the econo...

Feb 8, 2019
Politics

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