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14 Korean lawmakers to visit China next week

A group of 14 South Korean lawmakers will visit China next week for discussions on the Korean Peninsula situation and ways to fight the region's fine dust pollution, officials said Wednesday. The Ko...

Aug 21, 2019
Politics
Justice minister nominee in trouble in face of snowballing scandals

Justice Minister nominee Cho Kuk faces snowballing corruption and fraud allegations involving his family, with political parties bickering over whether he is qualified to lead the law ministry. A se...

Aug 21, 2019
Politics
[News Focus] Moon to pass halfway point with challenges at home and abroad

SEJONG -- President Moon Jae-in will pass the halfway point in November, finishing the first 30 months of his 60-month term. The Moon administration launched in May 2017, several months after a poli...

Aug 20, 2019
Politics
[Newsmaker] Corruption allegations have Cho Kuk in a corner

Justice Minister nominee Cho Kuk is in a corner over mounting corruption allegations involving his family ahead of his confirmation hearing, which hasn’t even been scheduled yet. The main opposition...

Aug 20, 2019
Politics
[Newsmaker] Liberty Korea Party confirms nationwide rally despite criticism

Liberty Korea Party Chairman Hwang Kyo-ahn on Monday reaffirmed his plans to “stand against the left-leaning tyranny” of the Moon Jae-min government by staging a nationwide rally this weekend, widely...

Aug 19, 2019
Politics
Liberty Korea Party to stage anti-govt. rally

The main opposition Liberty Korea Party (LKP) will stage an anti-government rally in Seoul this week in what would be the first such move outside the parliament in three months, its officials said Su...

Aug 18, 2019
Politics
S. Korea commemorates 10th year of ex-President Kim Dae-jung's death

South Korea on Sunday commemorated the death of former liberal President Kim Dae-jung 10 years ago, as the nation remembers his dedication to democracy and efforts to improve ties with North Korea an...

Aug 18, 2019
Politics
Korea to commemorate 10th year of ex-president Kim Dae-jung's death

An official ceremony to commemorate the death of former President Kim Dae-jung 10 years ago will be held in Seoul on Sunday, organizers said. The Kim Dae Jung Peace Center said on Friday about 2,000...

Aug 16, 2019
Politics
Justice minister nominee’s 2017 investment agreement sparks new questions

Justice Minister nominee Cho Kuk, ex-senior presidential secretary on civil affairs, faced new controversy on Friday over a 2017 investment agreement signed by his family that exceeds their total wea...

Aug 16, 2019
Politics
[Newsmaker] Controversy brews over Cho Kuk’s ties to socialist group

Cho Kuk, former senior presidential secretary for civil affairs, sought to fend off criticism over his involvement in the South Korean Socialist Workers’ Alliance in 1991, saying it had been a way to...

Aug 15, 2019
Politics
Moon urges Japan to choose ‘path of dialogue and cooperation’

President Moon Jae-in said Thursday that Seoul will cooperate with Tokyo if it retracts its recent trade restrictions, stressing the importance of international cooperation and free trade. “Within t...

Aug 15, 2019
Politics
[Anniversary Special] Historian calls for recognition of progress in Korea-Japan relations

The long-brewing dispute between Seoul and Tokyo over history has come to a head, spilling over into the economic realm, with Japan restricting the exports of key materials for manufacturing chips an...

Aug 14, 2019
Politics
Moon names new vice finance minister, deputy chief of spy agency

President Moon Jae-in appointed a new vice finance minister and a deputy head of the state intelligence agency Wednesday as part of his work to install fresh faces into key posts in his third year in...

Aug 14, 2019
Politics
[News Focus] Moon weighed down by economy, North Korea

Slowing growth, worsening employment figures cast doubt on Moon’s economic policies

Aug 13, 2019
Politics
[News Focus] Showdown for 21st Assembly to start on threshold of fall

SEJONG -- South Korea’s political parties will de facto enter campaign mode after the Chuseok holiday in the second week of September. The general election for the 21st National Assembly is coming u...

Aug 12, 2019
Politics

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