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Tensions heighten ahead of first president-opposition chief meeting
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Opposition lawmaker visits N. Korea
A South Korean lawmaker visited North Korea on Tuesday to deliver a wreath of flowers commemorating the third anniversary of the death of the communist country's late leader Kim Jong-il, the father of current leader Kim Jong-un. Rep. Park Jie-won of the main opposition New Politics Alliance for Democracy plans to deliver the wreath on behalf of Lee Hee-ho, the widow of the late South Korean President Kim Dae-jung, in North Korea's border city of Kaesong. The city is home to a big inter-Korean
Dec. 16, 2014
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Gov't to refer ex-Korean Air executive to prosecution
South Korea's transportation ministry said Tuesday it will file a formal complaint with the prosecution against a former vice president of Korean Air and take disciplinary measures against the carrier for forcing a flight crew member off the plane over nut-serving etiquette. "Based on what it has learned so far from its own investigation, the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport has decided to file a complaint against Cho Hyun-ah, former vice president of Korean Air, over the incide
Dec. 16, 2014
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Park opposes IOC’s call to share Olympics
South Korean President Park Geun-hye on Monday expressed her opposition to a plan pushed by the International Olympic Committee to share the 2018 PyeongChang Winter Olympics with other countries.“(South Korea) got to host the Games with difficulty on our third bid and the construction of each stadium is already in progress. It is meaningless to discuss plans for splitting the Games with (other countries),” said Park during a meeting with senior secretaries at Cheong Wa Dae. The president also ur
Dec. 15, 2014
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President’s rating hits all-time low
President Park Geun-hye’s approval rating skidded to the lowest level since she took office, a poll showed Monday, amid snowballing allegations of political meddling by her aides and their power struggle with her brother.According to the survey of 2,500 adults nationwide by pollster Realmeter, 39.7 percent of the respondents approved Park’s job performance. It marked a 6.6 percentage point fall from the previous week’s result.The latest figure is the lowest ever for Park’s weekly approval rating
Dec. 15, 2014
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NPAD lawmaker’s trip to N.K. allowed
The South Korean government on Monday approved an opposition lawmaker’s plan to visit North Korea this week intended to deliver a wreath commemorating the communist neighbor’s late leader.Rep. Park Jie-won of the main opposition New Politics Alliance for Democracy plans to make a one-day trip to the Kaesong Industrial Complex on Tuesday, leading a seven-member delegation from the Kim Dae Jung Peace Center in Seoul, according to the unification ministry.Park, who was a close aide to the late Pres
Dec. 15, 2014
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Scandal sparks angry Assembly exchange
Allegations that the president’s top aides had illicitly interfered in state affairs triggered a political spat Monday, as lawmakers traded accusations.Main opposition New Politics Alliance for Democracy lawmakers charged that prosecutors probing the allegations had gone too far, after a suspect linked to the case committed suicide last week. He left a note suggesting the presidential office had pressured him to falsely admit his guilt.President Park Geun-hye’s governing Saenuri Party in turn sa
Dec. 15, 2014
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Extra parliamentary session kicks off amid political row
An extraordinary session of the National Assembly kicked off Monday with rival political parties locked in a bitter dispute over allegations that a group of key aides to President Park Geun-hye meddled in state affairs behind the scenes. The extra session, which is to run through Jan. 14, 2015, was convened by the rival parties with the aim of handling various bills that failed to pass through the regular parliamentary session that ended last Tuesday. Lawmakers from both sides, however, clash
Dec. 15, 2014
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Park's approval rating hits all-time low: poll
President Park Geun-hye's approval rating skidded to the lowest level since she took office, a poll showed Monday, amid snowballing allegations of political meddling by her aides and their power struggle with her brother. According to the survey of 2,500 adults nationwide by pollster Realmeter, 39.7 percent of the respondents approved Park's job performance. It marked a 6.6 percentage point fall from the previous week's result. The latest figure is the lowest ever for Park's weekly approval
Dec. 15, 2014
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Park expresses concern over alleged N.K. sympathizers
South Korean President Park Geun-hye expressed concern Monday over remarks sympathetic to the communist regime in North Korea, saying such views are "greatly biased and distorted." Park made the remarks during a weekly meeting with her senior secretaries, citing the comments of a Korean-American woman during a series of on-stage talks. Shin Eun-mi, who has published a book detailing her trip to North Korea, has been accused of making pro-North Korean remarks in violation of South Korea's Nati
Dec. 15, 2014
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Gov't OKs opposition lawmaker's trip to N. Korea for wreath
The South Korean government on Monday approved an opposition lawmaker's plan to visit North Korea this week intended to deliver a wreath commemorating the communist neighbor's late leader. Rep. Park Jie-won of the main opposition New Politics Alliance for Democracy plans to make a one-day trip to the Kaesong Industrial Complex on Tuesday, leading a seven-member delegation from the Kim Dae Jung Peace Center in Seoul, according to the unification ministry. Park, who was a close aide to the lat
Dec. 15, 2014
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Presidential official quizzed over document leak
A senior presidential official returned home Sunday after being quizzed over his alleged role in the widening scandal involving a leaked presidential document. The Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office called in Lee Jae-man, presidential secretary for general affairs, for questioning. He became the second active presidential secretary to be summoned by prosecutors in the political scandal that has rocked the nation. Investigators are trying to determine how often Lee came in contact with
Dec. 15, 2014
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Chung scandal threatens to overshadow key bills
The extraordinary session of the National Assembly is to get off to a rocky start, with the scandal surrounding Chung Yoon-hoi threatening to overshadow pending issues. Chung is a former aide of President Park Geun-hye who is alleged to have meddled in state affairs. Related news reports have prompted an investigation by the prosecution, and a police inspector surnamed Choi suspected of leaking Cheong Wa Dae documents on Chung to the media killed himself Saturday, protesting his innocence. The m
Dec. 14, 2014
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Dead police officer's note hints at Cheong Wa Dae's pressure over document leak
A police officer who committed suicide after having been suspected of leaking a sensitive presidential document hinted the presidential office had pressured his colleague to provide false testimony, according to a suicide note released Sunday. The police officer, identified only by his surname Choi, was found dead Saturday after apparently inhaling carbon monoxide gas from burning briquettes in his car. His death was a new twist in the prosecution's investigation into the document, which was
Dec. 14, 2014
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Presidential official summoned for questioning over document leak
Prosecutors summoned a senior presidential official Sunday over his alleged role in the widening scandal involving a leaked presidential document. The Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office called in Lee Jae-man, presidential secretary for general affairs, for questioning. He became the second active presidential secretary to be summoned by prosecutors in the political scandal that has rocked the nation. Investigators are trying to determine how often Lee came in contact with Jeong Yun-h
Dec. 14, 2014
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Parliament set to kick off special session
The National Assembly is scheduled to start a monthlong extraordinary session this week to handle bills related to the public's lives amid expectations of intense bipartisan wrangling over key issues.The special session will start on Monday with an emergency two-day interpellation on state affairs, during which the ruling Saenuri Party and the main opposition New Politics Alliance for Democracy (NPAD) are likely to clash over a snowballing scandal surrounding a former aide to President Park Geun
Dec. 14, 2014
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S. Korea's Assembly Speaker to visit China next week
BEIJING (Yonhap) -- The speaker of South Korea's National Assembly, Chung Eui-hwa, will make a five-day visit to China next week at the invitation of China's No. 3 leader, Zhang Dejiang, according to a South Korean diplomat on Saturday. Chung is scheduled to arrive in Beijing on Wednesday and meet with Zhang, chairman of China's National People's Congress, and other Chinese leaders, the diplomat in Beijing said. In Seoul on Friday, Chung told the Chinese ambassador to South Korea, Qiu Guohong, t
Dec. 13, 2014
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S. Korea's first batch of Ebola team leaves Seoul
South Korea's first batch of 10 medical personnel left for Britain on Saturday as part of a mission to help Ebola-hit Sierra Leone cope with the highly contagious disease, the foreign ministry said.The team of four doctors and six nurses left for Worcester, north of London, where they will receive safety education from Dec. 15-20.They will then leave for Sierra Leone a day later and begin full-fledged work on Dec. 29 for four weeks at an Ebola clinic being built by Britain in Goderich, near the
Dec. 13, 2014
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Korea, ASEAN leaders agree to broaden partnership
BUSAN ― The leaders of South Korea and 10 Southeast Asian countries agreed Friday to maximize the use of their free trade agreement to achieve the 2020 target of $200 billion in two-way trade volume and continue to strengthen their multi-faceted strategic partnership.In a joint statement announced at the close of the summit between South Korea and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, the leaders also agreed to bolster cooperation in development, security and other areas, and reaffirmed th
Dec. 12, 2014
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Schedule spat threatens Assembly deal
South Korea’s main political parties on Friday struggled to finalize a previous deal on setting up three parliamentary panels, suggesting further wrangling in the coming parliamentary session later this month.The governing Saenuri Party and the main opposition New Politics Alliance for Democracy agreed Wednesday to create three panels. One will probe the Lee Myung-bak administration’s investments in energy projects abroad and two will continue talks on reforms to civil servants’ pensions.But par
Dec. 12, 2014
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Full text of joint communique of the ASEAN-ROK Commemorative Summit
The following is the full text of a joint statement issued by South Korean President Park Geun-hye and leaders of the 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations(ASEAN) at the end of their two-day summit in South Korea's port city of Busan on Friday.We, the Heads of States/Government of Member States of the Association of Southeast Asian Nation (ASEAN) and the Republic of Korea, gathered on 12 December 2014 in Busan, ROK, to commemorate the 25th Anniversary of ASEAN-ROK Dialogue Relations,
Dec. 12, 2014