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Moon rams through Constitutional Court picks

Main opposition Liberty Korea Party to stage massive rally on Saturday

Apr 19, 2019
Politics
S. Korean president arrives in Uzbekistan

TASHKENT, Uzbekistan -- South Korean President Moon Jae-in arrived in the capital of Uzbekistan on Thursday for a four-day state visit that will include a summit with his Uzbek counterpart, Shavkat M...

Apr 18, 2019
Politics
Opposition Liberty Korea Party backs Park Geun-hye’s request for release from jail

Former President Park Geun-hye, imprisoned since March 2017 for corruption and abuse of power, has asked for a temporary suspension of the execution of her penalty, citing health reasons. Park’s law...

Apr 18, 2019
Politics
Chinese government rejects meeting with Korean lawmakers to address fine dust issue

The National Assembly’s Environment and Labor Committee’s proposed visit to China to address the issue of fine dust has fallen through due to the Chinese government’s refusal, the committee said Wedn...

Apr 17, 2019
Politics
S. Korea issues travel ban for Myanmar-Bangladesh border

South Korea's foreign ministry said Tuesday that it has decided to issue its highest-level travel restriction to ban travel by its citizens in the northern part of Myanmar's Rakhine state that border...

Apr 16, 2019
Politics
Moon heads to Turkmenistan for start of 3-nation tour

President Moon Jae-in embarked on a trip Tuesday to make state visits to three Central Asian nations, including Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan. The eight-day trip will also take him to Kazakhstan, acco...

Apr 16, 2019
Politics
Stricter standards to be applied for multicultural family support measures

The Justice Ministry on Sunday outlined plans to draft a policy on support programs for multicultural families by the end of this year, in response to growing complaints of reverse discrimination. D...

Apr 14, 2019
Politics
Assembly session held hostage over Constitutional Court nomination

Liberty Korea Party to file for charges against Constitutional Court nominee

Apr 14, 2019
Politics
Parties give mixed responses to Moon-Trump summit outcome

Rival political parties gave mixed assessments of the latest summit between South Korea and the United States Friday, with the ruling Democratic Party hailing the meeting for reaffirming the strong a...

Apr 12, 2019
Politics
[Newsmaker] [News focus] Constitutional Court justice candidate faces conflict of interest allegation over stock ownership

Constitutional Court Justice nominee Lee Mi-sun was in the hot seat Thursday over stocks worth around 3.5 billion won ($3 million) she and her husband hold, igniting allegations of a possible conflic...

Apr 11, 2019
Politics
Moon arrives in US to meet Trump on stalled NK dialogue

South Korean President Moon Jae-in arrived in the United States on Wednesday for talks with US President Donald Trump that will focus on ways to bring North Korea back to the dialogue table. Moon's ...

Apr 11, 2019
Politics
Speaker proposes referendum on constitutional revision in 2020

National Assembly Speaker Moon Hee-sang on Wednesday proposed putting a motion for constitutional revision to a referendum in tandem with general elections slated for April 2020. Moon suggested the ...

Apr 10, 2019
Politics
Moon says equal opportunities for all people will complete founding of nation

President Moon Jae-in on Tuesday called for stepped-up efforts to ensure equal opportunities for all people, asserting the building of the nation that began 100 years ago will be completed when all p...

Apr 9, 2019
Politics
[News Focus] Parties wage familiar war over appointments

An extraordinary session of the National Assembly began Monday, but the latest feud between the two main rival parties appears likely to bog down the business of the legislature. On Monday, Presiden...

Apr 8, 2019
Politics
Moon approves nomination of unification, SME ministers

President Moon Jae-in approved Monday the appointment of two new ministers, respectively in charge of unification matters and small and medium-sized enterprises, in a decision that split the politica...

Apr 8, 2019
Politics

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