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Ruling party adopts report on unification minister nominee

Jul 24, 2020

The ruling Democratic Party on Friday adopted the confirmed hearing report on Rep. Lee In-young, the unification minister nominee. The report was adopted by the parliamentary Foreign Affairs and Uni...
Controversy brewing over ruling party's renewal of capital relocation plan

Jul 24, 2020

The ruling Democratic Party (DP) has been stepping up efforts to renew a more than decade-old plan to relocate South Korea's administrative capital to Sejong, south of Seoul, in the face of strong pr...
Moon replaces five secretaries; ex-vice defense minister installed in NSC

Jul 24, 2020

President Moon Jae-in appointed Suh Choo-suk, former vice defense minister, as the No. 2 official at Cheong Wa Dae's national security office Friday in a reshuffle of his secretaries. Suh replaces K...
Cheong Wa Dae issues message of comfort for late mayor's alleged sexual abuse victim

Jul 23, 2020

The office of President Moon Jae-in broke its silence Thursday about the politically sensitive issue related to the allegations that late Seoul Mayor Park Won-soon sexually harassed a former secretar...
S. Korea reviews G7 summit issue in NSC meeting, Cheong Wa Dae says

Jul 23, 2020

South Korea's top security officials on Thursday discussed the issue of a G7 summit that the United States is expected to host later this year, Cheong Wa Dae said. During the weekly standing committ...
Unification minister nominee pledges to put Seoul in lead on NK issues

Jul 23, 2020

Nominee says US-NK relations likely to remain rocky for near future
Gyeonggi gov. rises as contender for ruling party presidential candidacy

Jul 22, 2020

Gyeonggi Province Gov. Lee Jae-myung is rapidly rising as a potential presidential contender for the ruling Democratic Party of Korea, buoyed by his actions in the COVID-19 pandemic and the recent Su...
Aug. 17 designated as temporary holiday, creating one-off long weekend

Jul 21, 2020

Aug. 17 has been designated as a temporary holiday, creating a one-off long weekend from Aug. 15 through Aug. 17, the government said Tuesday. The Cabinet approved the holiday plan in light of Liber...
Ruling party rekindles administrative capital drive

Jul 21, 2020

The ruling Democratic Party of Korea is reengaging the drive to establish an administrative capital, as it seeks a breakthrough in real estate issues. The issue, which was put to rest in 2004, was r...
Ruling party’s by-elections dilemma: Seoul and Busan ‘too big to let go’

Jul 21, 2020

The two vacant mayoral seats left behind by disgraced heavyweights from the ruling Democratic Party of Korea have put the party in a bind. To field candidates for the posts in Seoul and Busan in by-...
S. Korea designates Aug. 17 as temporary holiday for virus-weary people

Jul 21, 2020

The South Korean government on Tuesday designated Aug. 17 as a temporary national holiday, allowing workers in the nation to have three consecutive days off during the summer season that's feared to ...
Ruling party floor leader proposes relocation of Cheong Wa Dae to Sejong

Jul 20, 2020

Ruling Democratic Party of Korea Floor Leader Kim Tae-nyeon on Monday proposed relocating the National Assembly and the presidential office, Cheong Wa Dae, from Seoul to the administrative city of Se...
Moon backs preserving 'greenbelt' development restriction zone, govt. says

Jul 20, 2020

President Moon Jae-in has decided to preserve the "greenbelt" development restriction zones around Seoul, dismissing a call for using parts of the areas as land for the construction of housing, the p...
Govt. to expand employment insurance to all workers by 2025: minister

Jul 20, 2020

South Korea plans to put all working citizens under employment insurance coverage by 2025 as part of its ambitious policy project aimed at overcoming the new coronavirus pandemic, the labor minister ...
PM Chung calls for 'caution' in mulling opening greenbelt zones

Jul 19, 2020

Prime Minister Chung Sye-kyun called Sunday for "caution" in considering lifting greenbelt zones in the Seoul metropolitan area to address the country's housing supply shortage, warning they can't be...