The Korea Herald

Blind lawmaker-elect's dog may be allowed in Assembly

Apr 20, 2020

The National Assembly reached an internal decision Monday to allow the guide dog of a newly elected lawmaker with a visual disability to enter the main chamber, parliamentary officials said. Kim Ye-...
Mobile ID cards to debut in public sector this year

Apr 20, 2020

Mobile identification cards will gradually replace the existing plastic cards in South Korea's public sector beginning this year, the government said Monday. The mobile ID card system will be first ...
Main opposition in disarray after election defeat

Apr 19, 2020

The main opposition United Future Party on Sunday struggled to form a new leadership to navigate its way out of its worst election debacle, suffered in last week’s parliamentary polls. The conservat...
S. Korea seeks UNESCO listing of April 19 pro-democracy movement

Apr 19, 2020

President Moon Jae-in declared a bid Sunday for the inscription of documentary heritage related to South Korea's historic pro-democracy movement in 1960 on UNESCO's global Memory of the World Registe...
Moon, Trump agree to cooperate on coronavirus response, related N. Korea aid

Apr 19, 2020

WASHINGTON/SEOUL -- South Korean President Moon Jae-in and US President Donald Trump agreed Saturday to continue cooperation in response to the coronavirus and reaffirmed a push for humanitarian assi...
Petition pokes fun at Gangnam voters after election of North Korean defector

Apr 18, 2020

Tens of thousands of South Koreans have signed a petition calling for the mandatory construction of residential flats for North Korean defectors in the ritzy district of Gangnam, southern Seoul, foll...
New parliament faces pressure to revise defective election law

Apr 18, 2020

As a new proportional representation system, introduced for Wednesday's parliamentary elections, failed to fulfill its purpose, newly-elected lawmakers are now expected to address the problem during ...
[News Analysis] Minor parties lose foothold in parliament

Apr 16, 2020

In Wednesday’s parliamentary election to select 300 lawmakers, a revised electoral system was applied for the first time to open the doors wider for minor parties. But it only caused the opposite eff...
Former opposition chief Na loses to political novice

Apr 16, 2020

Political heavyweight Na Kyung-won of the main opposition party faced a crushing blow in Seoul’s Dongjak district against former judge Lee Su-jin of the ruling party, according to election results Th...
Ruling bloc gains unprecedented control

Apr 16, 2020

Main opposition party faces existential crisis after election rout
South Korea’s virus response rooted in lessons from Sewol tragedy: Moon

Apr 16, 2020

Commemorating the sixth anniversary of the Sewol ferry tragedy that claimed 304 lives, President Moon Jae-in on Thursday said the lessons learned from the 2014 sinking are embedded in his government’...
Moon’s former spokesperson defeats ex-Seoul Mayor

Apr 16, 2020

In one of the most heated elections for the National Assembly, former presidential spokesperson Go Min-jung of the ruling party clinched victory in Seoul’s Gwangjin B precinct over an opposition heav...
With victory under his belt, Hong vows to rebuild conservatives

Apr 16, 2020

Hong Joon-pyo, a prominent conservative politician who ran in the election as an independent and won, said Thursday that he would rebuild the political right, which is reeling from a crushing defeat ...
Joo Ho-young beats icon of anti-regionalism in Daegu

Apr 16, 2020

Rep. Joo Ho-young of the United Future Party won his fifth term by a huge margin against four-term lawmaker and potential presidential hopeful Rep. Kim Boo-kyum of the Democratic Party in the Suseong...
Justice Party leader narrowly retains her seat

Apr 16, 2020

Justice Party leader Sim Sang-jung narrowly won her fourth term as a lawmaker in a cutthroat three-way race against first-time parliamentary candidates of the two largest parties. Sim won 39.3 perce...