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Kim Chong-in agrees to head main opposition party despite resistance

Apr 25, 2020

Kim Chong-in, a veteran politician who joined the party to lead its election campaign, was made interim leader of the main opposition United Future Party during a party meeting Friday. The developme...
Govt. to allow citizens to buy three masks each week, send 1m masks to foreign war veterans

Apr 24, 2020

The government said Friday it will allow people in South Korea to buy three discounted face masks per week under a public distribution system and also announced a plan to supply Korean War veterans a...
S. Korea. US hold combined air exercises in apparent warning to N. Korea

Apr 24, 2020

South Korea and the United States have been holding combined air exercises this week, military officials here said Thursday. According to the officials, the air forces of South Korea and the US Forc...
[News Focus] Flat virus curve lifts Moon’s popularity

Apr 23, 2020

COVID-19 response highlights Moon’s leadership, pushes ratings to 18-month high
[Newsmaker] Busan mayor resigns over sexual harassment allegations

Apr 23, 2020

Busan Mayor Oh Keo-don stepped down from his post Thursday, admitting to “unnecessary physical contact” with a female subordinate. “I realized the contact that occured during a short meeting that...
Ruling party, govt. reach compromise on blanket coronavirus relief payouts

Apr 22, 2020

The ruling party and government reached a compromise Wednesday to offer blanket payouts to all citizens in a proposed coronavirus relief package that includes a plan to encourage high-income earners ...
Seoul to inject additional W85tr into COVID-19 economic response

Apr 22, 2020

Moon calls for ‘Korean New Deal’ to prepare for the future
Panel accuses former president's aides of obstructing Sewol probe

Apr 22, 2020

A state truth commission on Wednesday accused senior members of the Park Geun-hye administration of obstructing a fact-finding team on the 2014 deadly ferry sinking. The Special Investigation Commis...
Ruling, opposition parties fail to narrow gap over virus relief funds

Apr 22, 2020

The ruling Democratic Party (DP) on Wednesday continued to press the main opposition party over its changed stance on doling out funds to minimize the economic fallout from the coronavirus pandemic, ...
Moon unveils W40t relief package for key industries, job retention

Apr 22, 2020

President Moon Jae-in on Wednesday announced a massive relief package, worth 40 trillion won ($32 billion), for South Korea's key industries disrupted by the coronavirus pandemic. The funds are mean...
Moon, Jokowi hold phone conversation on election, coronavirus

Apr 21, 2020

Indonesian President Joko Widodo on Tuesday congratulated South Korean President Moon Jae-in on his ruling party's parliamentary election victory last week, speaking on the phone, according to Cheong...
Moon meets ruling party leaders after election win

Apr 21, 2020

President Moon Jae-in invited ruling Democratic Party (DP) leaders to Cheong Wa Dae last week to express appreciation for their role in securing a landslide win in the latest parliamentary elections,...
Moon says general election outcome reflects voters' hope for overcoming COVID-19 crisis

Apr 20, 2020

President Moon Jae-in on Monday described the results of last week's parliamentary elections as showing South Korean people's intent on uniting power to ride out the coronavirus crisis. Speaking at ...
S. Korea to apply for UNESCO listing of democratization records as early as 2021

Apr 20, 2020

South Korea will officially apply for the UNESCO listing of historic records documenting the country's symbolic public democratization movement in 1960 as early as the first half of 2021, according t...
Moon vows to work for equal rights for the disabled

Apr 20, 2020

President Moon Jae-in said Monday that the coronavirus outbreak has led South Korea to think more about ways to promote the equal rights of those with disabilities. The virus crisis has served as a ...