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'Even pregnant teachers made me feel HORNY:' Cheong Wa Dae official's book stirs controversy

Cheong Wa Dae official Tak Hyun-min, who got into hot water last month over sexist remarks, is under more fire after another book he co-wrote featured similar sentiments.

Politics | 2017-06-22 17:03

People's Party may go easy on Moon

The second-largest opposition People’s Party is apparently showing a conciliatory gesture toward the ruling camp apparently due to negative public sentiment in its strongholds because of its attacks on President Moon Jae-in. The People’s Party interim leader Park Joo-sun dismissed the possibility of forming a united front against the government with other opposition parties. “The ruling party can’t do anything alone with only 120 parliamentary seats. If the opposition parties do not help, the operation of the National Assembly will end up fruitless and lethargic,” he said during a radio inte...

Politics | 2017-06-22 17:03

Moon vows 'blind screening' for public job applicants

President Moon Jae-in pledged Thursday to introduce a “blind screening” system for all job applicants in the public sector to prevent any discrimination in hiring. Under the system, applicants will not have to give information on the names of schools they attended, their academic degrees, birthplace, height and weight as well as other possible elements of discrimination. Moon instructed the government to adopt the new recruitment system in the second half of the year, saying he hopes private firms will also introduce similar measures.

Politics | 2017-06-22 16:48

Curfew on road to Cheong Wa Dae to be removed

The road in front of Cheong Wa Dae will be open to the public 24 hours a day beginning June 26, the presidential office said Thursday. Cars and pedestrians will be allowed to use the road, which runs between Cheong Wa Dae and the back of Gyeongbok Palace. It stretches between the presidential press center of Chunchugwan near Samcheong-dong and the plaza with a fountain in Seo...

Politics | 2017-06-22 16:04

President holds 1st job committee meeting

President Moon Jae-in presided over the first official meeting of a newly-created presidential committee on job creation, Wednesday. The committee was set up on Moon’s instruction on his inaugural day, May 10. The committee will follow up on Moon’s campaign pledge to create up to 810,000 new jobs, mostly in the public sector.

Politics | 2017-06-21 16:45

Warmbier's death sheds light on N. Korea brutality

With little clue of exactly what happened in the current case of Otto Warmbier, his death is shedding light on the brutality of North Korea’s penal system. Warmbier was sentenced to 15 years of hard labor for trying to steal a political poster and only set free after his health seriously deteriorated. His parents blamed “torturous mistreatment” by the North Korea for their son falling into a coma. U.S. citizens who have been kept in custody in North Korea have testified their experience was extremely painful with hard labor and stress from isolation.

Politics | 2017-06-21 16:26

N. Korea taekwondo team to visit this month

The unification ministry said Monday that it approved a request from North Korea’s taekwondo demonstration team to visit the country later this month. The North’s team will participate in the world taekwondo championship to be held in Muju, North Jeolla Province, from June 24 to 30. The visit marks the first inter-Korean sports exchange of the liberal Moon Jae-in government. Also, it is the first time in 10 years for the North’s taekwondo demonstration team to visit South Korea.

Politics | 2017-06-20 17:04

Opinions mixed over foreign policy adviser to Moon Jae-in

Moon Chung-in, a foreign policy adviser to President Moon Jae-in, became an instant target of criticism after expressing controversial opinions on the Seoul-Washington alliance at a seminar in Washington D.C. last week. While he is generally being described as a “party pooper” by conservative politicians and the media ahead of the crucial summit between Moon and U.S. President Donald Trump, some came to his defense, claiming he said all the right things.

Politics | 2017-06-20 16:52

23 lawmakers to propose bill to confiscate Choi Soon-sil's wealth

A group of 23 lawmakers from the ruling and opposition parties agreed Tuesday to propose a special bill aimed at confiscating the hidden wealth of Choi Soon-sil, the jailed confidant of disgraced former President Park Geun-hye. Rep. An Min-suk of the ruling Democratic Party of Korea has drawn up the draft bill and 22 other lawmakers signed it. The bill calls for the creation ...

Politics | 2017-06-20 16:13

Ex-media mogul refuses to work for Moon

JoongAng Media Network’s former chairman Hong Seok-hyun has refused to work as a special adviser to President Moon Jae-in, according to Cheong Wa Dae, Monday. “We are taking the relevant steps to withdraw the appointment,” a Cheong Wa Dae official told reporters, asking not to be named. President Moon named Hong to be one of the special presidential advisers for unification, ...

Politics | 2017-06-19 16:38

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