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Gyeonggi Gov. emerges as top presidential hopeful, as ruling party suffers backlashAug 14, 2020Gyeonggi Province Gov. Lee Jae-myung is leading in a popularity poll for the next presidency, a survey showed Friday. In a Gallup survey of 1,001 adults in South Korea conducted from Tuesday to Thur... -
Moon names Cheong Wa Dae secretary as vice foreign ministerAug 14, 2020President Moon Jae-in tapped Choi Jong-kun, a key Cheong Wa Dae aide, as new vice foreign minister Friday, according to Moon's office. Choi has served as secretary for peace planning at Cheong Wa Da... -
Gyeonggi governor emerges as front-runner in poll of presidential hopefulsAug 14, 2020Gyeonggi Province Gov. Lee Jae-myung has surpassed Democratic Party Rep. Lee Nak-yon for the first time in a popularity poll of South Korea's prospective presidential candidates, pollster Gallup Kore... -
Ruling party’s ratings lag behind opposition for the first time in nearly 3 yearsAug 13, 2020The ruling Democratic Party’s support rating has fallen behind that of the conservative opposition United Future Party for the first time in nearly three years, a survey showed Thursday. In the surv... -
Moon replaces two more senior aidesAug 12, 2020President Moon Jae-in on Wednesday named new senior secretaries for public relations, and social policy, continuing the reshuffle that began last month. For the post of social policy senior secretar... -
Moon replaces three senior aides, withholds decision on chief of staffAug 10, 2020President Moon Jae-in on Monday named three new senior secretaries, three days after six of his top aides including his chief of staff offered their resignations. The three posts replaced are that f... -
Moon says govt. to mull agency to oversee housing market in response to soaring home pricesAug 10, 2020President Moon Jae-in said Monday that the government will consider setting up a separate supervisory body, if needed, to make sure that existing policy steps to curb home price hikes work properly. ... -
Senior presidential aides offer to resign, but draw ridicule and attacks from oppositionAug 9, 2020Recent offers to resign by top presidential aides have presented another major hurdle for the Moon Jae-in administration, resulting in ridicule from the public and harsher attacks from the opposition... -
Moon's chief of staff, five senior aides offer to resignAug 7, 2020President Moon Jae-in's Chief of Staff Noh Young-min and all five senior secretaries of his team offered to resign on Friday, taking responsibility for recent management of administration, the presid... -
President Moon express regret over NK not informing Seoul of dam dischargeAug 6, 2020President Moon Jae-in expressed regret over North Korea not giving Seoul advance notice of the discharging of water from its dam just north of the inter-Korean border, sources said Thursday. The chi... -
S. Korea mulls support for Lebanon through local peacekeepingAug 6, 2020Cheong Wa Dae, the presidential office, said Thursday that the National Security Council (NSC) discussed ways to help Lebanon recover from a deadly explosion earlier this week, including provision of... -
New real estate laws face opposition from lessorsAug 6, 2020New legislation levying steep taxes on owners of multiple homes and protecting the rights of tenants faces strong resistance from landlords and civic groups, despite the government’s commitment to st... -
Moon expresses condolences over deadly Beirut explosionAug 5, 2020President Moon Jae-in sent a message of condolence to his Lebanese counterpart, Michel Aoun, Wednesday over a deadly explosion in Beirut that killed more than 100 people and injured 4,000 others. Th... -
Real estate tax hikes pass through parliamentAug 4, 2020The National Assembly on Tuesday approved a package of real estate-related bills that would introduce the heftiest-ever levy on homeowners, despite resistance from opposition lawmakers. A total of 1... -
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[News Focus] Sejong an alternative to overcrowded, overly expensive Seoul?Aug 3, 2020Ruling party revives a 16-year-old capital relocation plan amid growing public outcry over Seoul home prices
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