Articles by Jo He-rim
Jo He-rim
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Moon’s approval rating tops 80% for 1st week in office
More than 80 percent of South Koreans approved of the job President Moon Jae-in is doing, a local poll revealed Monday. The Realmeter survey, conducted from May 15-19, put Moon’s presidential approval rating at 81.6 percent. Some 10.1 percent of respondents disapproved, while 8.3 percent were unsure. It was the first survey on public support for the new leader, who was elected May 9 with 41.4 percent of votes and was sworn in the following day.President Moon Jae-in (Yonhap)Former President Park
Politics May 22, 2017
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Moon names liberal lawmakers as special envoy to Ecuador
President Moon Jae-in has named two ruling party lawmakers as his special envoys to Ecuador to attend the inauguration ceremony of President Lenin Moreno, Cheong Wa Dae said Monday.The envoys, Rep. Park Young-sun and Rep. Jo Seoung-lae of the ruling Democratic Party, were set to take off Monday and are scheduled to return Friday.Rep. Park Young-sun of South Korea's ruling Democratic Party. The four-term lawmaker was named the head of South Korea's delegation to the inauguration ceremony of Ecuad
Politics May 22, 2017
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Moon reaffirms intention for constitutional revision
President Moon Jae-in on Friday vowed to complete the revision of the Constitution by June 2018, at a meeting with floor leaders of the country’s five political parties. The meeting, a two-hour long luncheon at Cheong Wa Dae, was Moon’s first with the parties leaders since he took office 10 days ago.At the meeting, the president and the leaders of the five parties discussed a range of issues including revising the Constitution and improving communications among the parties, Cheong Wa Dae spokesm
Politics May 19, 2017
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Moon vows to uphold spirit of Gwangju uprising
GWANGJU -- Over the past years, the May 18 National Cemetery in this staunchly liberal city in the southwest has been the subject of implied neglect by national leaders, with a sense of dissatisfaction roaming in the annual commemoration of the pro-democracy uprising in 1980. It couldn’t have been more different this year. Liberal President Moon Jae-in, taking office after two conservative presidents, turned the otherwise dull, perfunctory event into an emotional revisit of the nation’s turbulen
Politics May 18, 2017
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[팟캐스트](196) 문재인 트럼프 정상회담, 서울로 7017
(Yonhap)진행자: 조혜림, Paul Kerry1. 문재인, 트럼프 6월 정상회담 합의 문재인 대통령과 도널드 트럼프 미국 대통령이 오는 6월 말에 워싱턴 DC에서 정상회담을 하기로 합의했다. 16일에는 방한한 매슈 포틴저 백악관 안전보장회의 아시아담당 선임보좌관과 정의용 청와대 외교안보태스크포스 단장과 만나서 북핵 폐기방안에 대해 논의했다.아이튠즈(아이폰): https://itunes.apple.com/kr/podcast/koliaheleoldeu-paskaeseuteu/id686406253?mt=2 팟빵 (안드로이드): http://www.podbbang.com/ch/6638Moon, Trump to hold first summit in June[1] President Moon Jae-in and his US counterpart Donald Trump are expected to hold their first summit next month in Washington, a
Podcast May 17, 2017
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Parties elect floor leaders, to meet Moon soon
As part of postelection shake-ups, the ruling Democratic Party of Korea elected a third-term reformist to be its floor leader Tuesday, while the opposition centrist People’s Party welcomed a new chief of its own. Rep. Woo Won-shik beat out Rep. Hong Young-pyo to take the leadership position in a vote by the party’s lawmakers. In his pledge before voting began, he said he would “put forth everything for the success of President Moon Jae-in and the new liberal administration.”“The key to success l
Politics May 16, 2017
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‘No data handed over from Park administration’
Former President Park Geun-hye administration only handed over a 10-page report of their past work to the new government, the ruling Democratic Party of Korea said Monday. “Usually, former governments pass over basic data to aid smooth operation of the next administration, but Park’s government delivered practically nothing to us,” the party’s spokesperson Rep. Oh Young-hun said in a briefing.He criticized the former administration for racking up a national debt of 682 trillion won ($607 billion
Politics May 15, 2017
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PM confirmation hearing on May 24-25
Fresh off a presidential election defeat, South Korea’s opposition parties are scrambling to reorganize their grounds, while keeping a close watch on the newly-minted Moon Jae-in administration. The four parties on Monday agreed with the new ruling Democratic Party of Korea to hold two-day parliamentary confirmation hearings on Moon’s Prime Minster-nominee Lee Nak-yon next week, vowing a thorough scrutiny of Lee’s credentials as the nation’s No. 2.Prime Minster-nominee Lee Nak-yon (Yonhap)Ahn Ch
Politics May 15, 2017
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Moon wants to be first ‘Gwanghwamun President’
President Moon Jae-in wants to be the nation’s first “Gwanghwamun president.” Moving the presidential office from inside Cheong Wa Dae, the mountainside presidential palace where all his predecessors resided and worked, has been his key campaign pledge. And the new president confirmed the plan once again in his inauguration speech Wednesday. “I will become a president who can wipe away the tears of the people. I will get rid of the authoritarian culture of (past) presidents and will open a new e
Politics May 12, 2017
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Presidential candidate Hong departs for US after bitter loss
Conservative presidential candidate Hong Joon-pyo of the Liberty Korea Party left for the United States with his wife on Friday, days after ceding to the liberal contender in Tuesday’s presidential election.“I will not be staying there long. I will come back once I have sorted out my thoughts,” the former South Gyeongsang Province governor said in a press conference before taking off at Incheon Airport.Hong expressed his firm resolve to rally conservatives again and stop the “pro-North left” fro
Politics May 12, 2017
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Conservatives look for ray of hope after bitter loss
As a liberal administration returns with Moon Jae-in’s sweeping victory in the presidential election Tuesday, the conservative bloc now faces challenges in navigating the next five years.Despite the conservatives’ defeat, their future may not be so bleak. Hong Joon-pyo of the conservative Liberty Korea Party came in second with 24 percent of votes while Yoo Seong-min of the splinter Bareun Party was fourth with 6.8 percent. Moon clinched victory with 41.1 percent of the 32 million votes.Hong Joo
Politics May 10, 2017
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Moon Jae-in starts new day as president
President Moon Jae-in kicked off his first day in office by exchanging greeting with citizens and paying respects at the Seoul National Cemetery on Wednesday morning.As he left his house at 9:20 a.m., he was greeted by his neighbors in Hongeun-dong in Seoul‘s Seodaemun-gu.(Yonhap)He then went to the Seoul National Cemetery to pay respects, as is customary, as his first official schedule of the day. The new leader is to meet the Speaker of the parliament at the National Assembly and visit headqua
Politics May 10, 2017
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[Election 2017] Art of voting proof shots: ‘I voted!’
One scene that stands out in this year’s presidential election is a wealth of “proof shots” going viral on the internet and social media. As polling stations opened at 6 a.m. Tuesday, citizens were seen taking selfies and proof shots in front of polling stations. While these photos emit a similar vibe with mundane poses and a shot of the election ink smudged on a hand, some took the photos a step further.Voters upload photos on Instagram to show they have cast their ballots.(Photos from Instagra
Politics May 9, 2017
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[Election 2017] Favorite Moon Jae-in casts his vote
Moon Jae-in of the liberal Democratic Party of Korea cast his vote with his wife, Kim Jung-sook, in Hongeun Middle School in Seodaemun-gu, Seoul, early Tuesday. Wearing a blue suit with a white shirt, Moon arrived at the school gate at 8:35 a.m. The venue was already crowded with citizens and reporters, trying to catch a glimpse of the presidential front-runner. “Only voting can change the reality,” he said after he came out from the polling station building. “Please bring together the strength
Politics May 9, 2017
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Woman arrested with knife at Hong campaign stop
A woman with a knife was arrested at an outdoor electioneering event for conservative presidential candidate Hong Joon-pyo on Monday.The woman appeared at the campaign stop in front of a shopping mall in Daegu with what appeared to be a fruit knife wrapped in white paper. She was immediately stopped by surrounding Hong supporters and was soon arrested. (Screen captured from Youtube)She reportedly said after being caught, “I have worked for two hours and came here to talk about my unfair situati
Politics May 8, 2017
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