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Moon visits former first lady's home soon after foreign trip

President Moon Jae-in met with the bereaved family of Lee Hee-ho, a former first lady, immediately after returning from a weeklong trip to Northern Europe on Sunday. Moon and first lady Kim Jung-soo...

Jun 16, 2019
Politics
No deal reached, parliamentary standoff to continue

A parliamentary impasse appears set to continue, as rival political parties on Sunday failed to narrow differences on holding a parliamentary hearing on the country’s economic situation. In addition...

Jun 16, 2019
Politics
ILO conventions are universal rights: ILO Director

Lee Sang-heon, the director of the International Labor Organization’s employment policy department, on Friday stressed that core ILO conventions are minimal universal rights of laborers and took a ne...

Jun 14, 2019
Politics
[Eye plus] Cry for democracy still rings out in torture rooms

Right next to the railroad of Namyeong Station in Seoul stands a tall, dark gray building with peculiar-looking windows -- so narrow only a single beam of light passes through. While one would never...

Jun 14, 2019
Politics
Liberty Korea Party pins parliamentary standstill on presidential office

Pressure mounts for main opposition to open extraordinary session

Jun 13, 2019
Politics
[Newsmaker] Opposition lawmaker loses Nat'l Assembly seat as top court confirms bribery conviction

A lawmaker of the main opposition Liberty Korea Party lost his National Assembly seat Thursday after the Supreme Court upheld his bribery conviction. Rep. Yi Wan-young of the LKP was sentenced to an...

Jun 13, 2019
Politics
[News Focus] Will Democratic Party defend its 82 seats in capital area?

SEJONG -- The general election for the 21st National Assembly is coming up in about 300 days, and it will be a crucial moment when ordinary people get their chance to assess the Moon Jae-in administr...

Jun 13, 2019
Politics
[Newsmaker] Christian group chief under fire over attack on President Moon

Jeon Gwang-hoon, a pastor and the chief of the Christian Council of Korea, on Wednesday faced public backlash and opposition from Christian groups for frivolous claims concerning President Moon Jae-i...

Jun 12, 2019
Politics
[News Focus] Ruling party, main opposition race to lure young voters

With less than a year left until the general election slated for April next year, South Korea’s two largest political parties have their sights set on voters in their 20s and 30s. Young liberal and ...

Jun 11, 2019
Politics
[Newsmaker] Lee Hee-ho, women’s rights pioneer, partner in inter-Korean reconciliation efforts

Lee Hee-ho was most often in the spotlight as late President Kim Dae-jung’s wife in the later parts of her life, but Lee was a champion of women’s rights whose beliefs and actions have left a lasting...

Jun 11, 2019
Politics
Ex-first lady Lee remembered as political buttress for husband, pioneer for women's rights

The late former first lady Lee Hee-ho was a lifelong political companion of her late husband Kim Dae-jung, the architect of the "sunshine policy" of engaging North Korea, and a pioneer for women's ri...

Jun 11, 2019
Politics
Lee Hee-ho, widow of ex-President Kim Dae-jung, dies at 97

Lee, former women's rights activist, shared history-making moments with Kim during the turbulent period of modern Korean politics

Jun 11, 2019
Politics
Moon expects dialogue with N. Korea to resume soon

HELSINKI -- South Korean President Moon Jae-in struck an upbeat note Monday on efforts to restart talks with North Korea, stressing that dialogue momentum stays alive. Speaking after a summit here w...

Jun 10, 2019
Politics
Government, ruling party urge main opposition to discuss supplementary budget

The presidential office and the ruling party on Monday urged the main opposition to resume parliamentary proceedings, saying that the supplementary budget needs to be implemented by July at the lates...

Jun 10, 2019
Politics
Ruling party, gov't urge swift normalization of parliament for extra budget bill

Ruling party, government and presidential officials called for the swift normalization of the National Assembly on Monday, stressing that a bill mandating extra fiscal spending should be passed no la...

Jun 10, 2019
Politics

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