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Fri, June 5, 2020 | 06:06

Main opposition party may seek Assembly inquiry into 'misuse' of comfort women funds

Main opposition party may seek Assembly inquiry into 'misuse' of comfort women funds

The main opposition United Future Party (UFP) said it could seek a National Assembly inquiry into the mounting scandals surrounding the alleged misuse of funds by a civic group that was supposed to advocate for former sex slaves. UFP leaders said Tuesday, that they plan to talk with the ruling Democratic Party of Korea (DPK) when the 21st National Assembly is inaugurated May ...

Jung Da-min | 2020-05-19 17:11

Korea files protest at Japan over repeated Dokdo claims in annual diplomatic book

Korea files protest at Japan over repeated Dokdo claims in annual diplomatic book

The foreign ministry called in a senior Japanese diplomat on Tuesday to lodge a protest after Tokyo's latest annual diplomatic book repeated territorial claims to South Korea's easternmost islets of Dokdo. Kim Jung-han, director general for Asia and Pacific affairs at Seoul's foreign ministry called in Hirohisa Soma, a senior official from the Japanese Embassy in Seoul, to ex...

2020-05-19 14:38

Moon pledges support for fact-finding activities on May 18 movement

Moon pledges support for fact-finding activities on May 18 movement

President Moon Jae-in has pledged full government support to uncover the final truth about the bloody crackdown on a pro-democracy movement in Gwangju, adding this will make distortions and disparagements against the uprising disappear. Moon attended a ceremony in the southwestern city, Monday, to mark the 40th anniversary of the May 18 pro-democracy movement against the mili...

Do Je-hae | 2020-05-18 17:59

Main opposition party seeks reconciliation with Gwangju

Main opposition party seeks reconciliation with Gwangju

The main opposition United Future Party (UFP) is seeking “reconciliation” with the people of Gwangju, trying to make up for the distorted and disparaging remarks made by some of its far-right members about the history of the city where hundreds of citizens were killed by Korean military forces.

Jung Da-min | 2020-05-18 17:07

Moon pledges support for fact-finding activities on May 18 movement

'Comfort women' activist refuses to resign over donation scandal

'Comfort women' activist refuses to resign over donation scandal

Yoon Mee-hyang, a lawmaker-elect and former head of a civic group for “comfort women,” refused to abandon her parliamentary seat, Monday, despite mounting controversy surrounding the group, including the alleged misuse of citizens' donations.

Jun Ji-hye | 2020-05-18 16:42

'Yoon uses comfort women for own interest'

Moon calls for truth finding of massacre during Gwangju movement

Moon calls for truth finding of massacre during Gwangju movement

President Moon Jae-in has called for a fact-finding investigation into the use of military force against residents of Gwangju during the city's pro-democracy movement in 1980. “It has yet to be revealed who ordered the shooting and who is liable for it,” Moon said during an interview with local broadcaster MBC aired Sunday, a day before the 40th anniversary of the Gwangju May...

Jung Da-min | 2020-05-17 17:29

Marking 1980 pro-democracy uprising

Marking 1980 pro-democracy uprising

Residents march in front of the Asia Culture Center in Gwangju, Saturday, carrying large-sized puppets made in commemoration of the victims of the 1980 Gwangju pro-democracy movement. On the ground are pictures satirizing conservative politicians, scholars and activists who have defamed the movement as well as former President Chun Doo-hwan who led the military junta that cra...

Kang Seung-woo | 2020-05-17 16:43

Civic group apologizes for misuse of 'comfort women' shelter

Civic group apologizes for misuse of 'comfort women' shelter

A civic group advocating for Korean victims of Japan's wartime sex slavery has acknowledged that its use of a “healing center” went against the original purpose of providing a shelter for the surviving victims.

Jun Ji-hye | 2020-05-17 16:42

Trauma endures of Gwangju Uprising

Trauma endures of Gwangju Uprising

It is 40 years since Choi Jung-ja saw her husband, who has been missing since South Korea's military dictatorship killed hundreds of people when they crushed the pro-democracy Gwangju Uprising, a scar that burns in the country's political psyche to this day. On May 18, 1980 demonstrators protesting against dictator Chun Doo-hwan's declaration of martial law confronted his tro...

2020-05-17 15:15

Moon urges full fact-finding on those responsible for 1980 Gwangju massacre

Moon urges full fact-finding on those responsible for 1980 Gwangju massacre

President Moon Jae-in stressed the need to find the truth about who ordered the use of military force against civilian pro-democracy protesters in Gwangju in 1980. The key issue remains unresolved four decades after the May 18 Democratization Movement amid continued attempts to conceal and distort facts, he said in a special interview aired on Sunday, the eve of the anniversa...

2020-05-17 09:31

Trauma endures of Gwangju Uprising

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