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Ador CEO denies allegations, accuses Hybe of mistreating NewJeans
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Medical reform committee kicks off despite boycott from doctors
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10-man S. Korea lose to Indonesia to miss out on Paris Olympic football qualification
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Hybe-Ador feud should have limited effect on Hybe's overall performance: analysts
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DP leader says he will meet Yoon without conditions
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Over 9,000 hotline calls made by stalking victims in 2023
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Second Gimpo civil servant found dead, after apologizing for not finishing work
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[Hello India] Hyundai Motor vows to boost 'clean mobility' in India
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Monthly users on local streaming platforms outpace Netflix, Disney+
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US will take steps for three-way engagement on nuclear deterrence with S. Korea, Japan: Campbell
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S. Korea, U.S., China seek 'various options' to resume
South Korea, the United States and China have been seeking for "various options" to resume long-stalled nuclear talks with North Korea, Seoul's chief nuclear envoy said Tuesday, but he declined to comment on prospects for a resumption of talks with the North. Hwang Joon-kook, South Korea's chief envoy for the six-nation talks, also said the three nations would not ease pressure on North Korea until it shows a "practical progress" in taking denuclearization steps before any resumption of nuclear
June 10, 2014
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Intelligence chief nominee, one of key mentors of President Park
Intelligence agency chief nominee Lee Byung-kee is a member of President Park Geun-hye's senior mentors' circle, with vast experience in politics and security affairs.Lee, currently South Korea's ambassador to Japan, has frequently been cited as one of the core senior mentors to Park since her first presidential bid in 2007. The 67-year-old nominee started his professional career as a diplomat after passing the state exam for diplomats in 1974. He soon moved to politics to serve as a chief proto
June 10, 2014
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New PM nominee hard-hitting conservative journalist
Moon Chang-keuk, President Park Geun-hye's new pick for prime minister, is a former journalist known for his hard-hitting political commentaries that lean conservative.The 65-year-old joined the JoongAng Ilbo, one of South Korea's major newspapers, in 1975 and spent most of his career writing for the political desk before retiring last year. He has since worked as a chair professor at Seoul's Korea University and a visiting professor at Seoul National University in media studies.Moon's political
June 10, 2014
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Park designates ex-journalist as P.M., envoy to Japan as spy agency chief
President Park Geun-hye on Tuesday nominated a former journalist with no political background as the new prime minister, a surprising choice that underscores her oft-criticized secretive appointment style and heralds a rough road ahead in the parliamentary approval procedure. Moon Chang-keuk, 66, is the first journalist to be tapped for prime minister in the country’s modern history. The president also appointed Lee Byung-kee, ambassador to Japan, as the new head of the National Intelligence Ser
June 10, 2014
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Saenuri leadership contest threatens to reopen factions
Factionalism within the ruling Saenuri Party is showing signs of returning in the run up to the party’s chairmanship election, despite talk of innovation and change. On Sunday, six-term lawmaker Rep. Kim Moo-sung announced his bid for the party chairmanship by promising change. The six-term lawmaker also declared “war on the past,” saying that he will take the party into the future. Kim, who headed President Park Geun-hye’s election campaign in 2012, however, is emphasizing his ties to the pro-P
June 9, 2014
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President to visit three Central Asian nations
President Park Geun-hye will leave for a six-day trip to Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan next week to enhance relations with the Central Asian nations, which are expected to play a crucial role in realizing her vision of a united Eurasia, Cheong Wa Dae said on Monday.Park proposed her “Eurasia Initiative” in October, urging Eurasian nations to join forces to build energy and logistics infrastructure across the continent. The initiative calls for linking roads and railways across the cont
June 9, 2014
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Floor leaders launch weekly meeting
Floor leaders from the ruling and opposition parties on Monday agreed to hold weekly meetings to discuss an array of outstanding government reform plans that the rival parties are expected to clash over at parliament’s extraordinary session this month. The meetings are an attempt to minimize partisan battles in the National Assembly, with hopes that legislators will pass proposed anticorruption bills, conduct the Sewol investigations and finalize government restructure plans before parliament’s
June 9, 2014
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Park likely to name P.M. early this week
President Park Geun-hye is likely to nominate a new prime minister early this week to push ahead with her reform drive on fresh momentum following the local elections last week.The president’s surprising appointment of a new press secretary on Sunday also raised views that a reshuffle of presidential aides is impending. Park on Sunday morning named Yoon Doo-hyun, president of YTN Plus, a subsidiary of cable news network YTN, as the new presidential senior press secretary.Yoon, a former journalis
June 8, 2014
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By-elections to sway Sewol probe
With at least 12 parliamentary seats on the line, the July by-elections are expected to influence parliament’s Sewol investigation committee, despite promises by ruling and opposition lawmakers to avoid party politics during the panel’s probe into the maritime disaster. “Both the ruling and opposition parties have agreed to avoid political bickering with regards to parliament’s Sewol investigations,” Rep. Cho Won-jin of the ruling Saenuri Party said at a press briefing on Sunday, as opposition l
June 8, 2014
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YTN unit head named senior press secretary
Yoon Doo-hyunPresident Park Geun-hye on Sunday named Yoon Doo-hyun, president of YTN Plus, a subsidiary of cable news network YTN, as the new presidential senior press secretary.Yoon, a former journalist and managing editor of the YTN newsroom, replaces Lee Jung-hyun, who offered to step down on Saturday.“President Park Geun-hye has named Yoon Doo-hyun, president of YTN Plus, as successor to senior secretary Lee Jung-hyun,” said presidential spokesman Min Kyung-wook.“Yoon has demonstrated his ba
June 8, 2014
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Park set to tap prime minister candidate
President Park Geun-hye is expected to name a new prime minister candidate as early as next week, sources said Saturday, as she moves to rev up her reform drive following the local elections.The nomination, which is due as early as June 8, comes after the president voiced strong will to push forward with her reform agenda in a Memorial Day speech earlier this week.The high-profile seat has been vacant since then Prime Minister Chung Hong-won offered to quit last month to take responsibility for
June 7, 2014
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Senior press secretary offers to resign
South Korea's senior presidentialpress secretary Lee Jung-hyun has offered to step down, sources at the presidential office said Saturday.Lee expressed his wish to resign following the June 4 local elections to President Park Geun-hye, according to the sources. The senior press secretary, a close aide to President Park, is forecast to join the Cabinet as the minister of culture, sports and tourism in an upcoming reshuffling.Officials are in the process of tapping Lee's successor among a pool of
June 7, 2014
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[Graphic News] Winners of mayoral and gubernatorial elections
June 5, 2014
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Voters send warnings to both parties in wake of Sewol
Voters sent both warnings and encouragement to the ruling and main opposition parties through Wednesday’s local elections, calling for bipartisan efforts following the April 16 ferry disaster and a focus on enhancing people’s lives, analysts said Thursday.Although the opposition New Politics Alliance for Democracy bagged nine gubernatorial seats, one more than those clinched by the Saenuri Party, there was no clear winner in the elections, which put both parties in a soul-searching mode, they sa
June 5, 2014
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Elections set new political balance
The ruling Saenuri Party and the main opposition New Politics Alliance for Democracy will confront a slew of challenges ahead with neither side gaining a clear advantage in Wednesday’s local elections. The NPAD took nine of the 17 metropolitan mayoral and gubernatorial races including Seoul, which went to Park Won-soon, who will soon begin his second term, while the ruling party took eight.In races for lower-level administrative posts and seats in metropolitan, provincial and lower-level assembl
June 5, 2014
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Ruling party’s Suh wins cliffhanger election in Busan
Busan Mayor-elect Suh Byung-soo kept the ruling party’s hold on Busan in a tight race against independent Oh Keo-don for the traditionally conservative region. Suh, a former lawmaker with four terms under his belt, narrowly defeated the former Maritime Affairs Minister Oh with 50.7 percent to 49.3 percent. There was a difference of just about 20,000 votes. Suh Byung-sooOh had posed a significant challenge throughout the campaign period after he and the main opposition party New Politics Alliance
June 5, 2014
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Yoon’s triumph in Gwangju boosts opposition leaders
Yoon Jang-hyunDoctor-turned-civic activist Yoon Jang-hyun struggled with low ratings due to a dispute over his nomination with the main opposition New Politics Alliance for Democracy. But he came from behind to win the Gwangju gubernatorial election Wednesday.Yoon benefited from the strong support of the party leadership, notably cochairman Rep. Ahn Cheol-soo, garnering 57.9 percent of the votes while independent candidate Kang Woon-tae ended with a disappointing 31.8 percent. The results came a
June 5, 2014
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[Newsmaker] Nam brings biggest win to Saenuri
Nam Kyung-pilNam Kyung-pil, the Gyeonggi governor-elect, is a seasoned politician and former journalist who was educated at Yale in the U.S. and Yonsei University in Seoul.The five-time lawmaker of the ruling party won one of the toughest races on Wednesday, beating his rival and NPAD candidate Kim Jin-pyo by a margin of less than 1 percent. The former deputy floor leader has been considered one of the few innovative members of the Saenuri Party, along with Won Hee-ryong, the newly elected gover
June 5, 2014
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Former safety minister Yoo survives Sewol debacle
Yoo Jeong-bok, the newly elected mayor of Incheon, is considered one of the closest aides to President Park Geun-hye, having served as the Security Minister under her leadership.The former minister and veteran bureaucrat defeated NPAD’s incumbent mayor Song Young-gil by 1.8 percent on Wednesday. It was another of the toughest races of the elections. Yoo Jeong-bokBorn in 1957 in Incheon, Yoo was educated at Yonsei University, majoring in political science and international relations. In 1979, at
June 5, 2014
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Reelected Mayor Park vows to make Seoul safer
Seoul Mayor Park Won-soon pays tribute at the National Cemetery in Seoul on Thursday. (Lee Gil-dong/The Korea Herald)The mayor of Seoul vowed Thursday to make the capital of South Korea safer and more secure after winning a landslide victory in local elections.Seoul Mayor Park Won-soon was re-elected Wednesday for his second term as the top governor of the capital city, home to nearly one-fifth of South Korea’s population of 49 million. He beat seven-term lawmaker Chung Mong-joon of the ruling S
June 5, 2014