Korea Times Politics & City Reporter
Anna Jiwon Park has been covering the politics at The Korea Times since the summer of 2024, when she joined the press pool for the Office of the President in Korea. Prior to that, she spent about five years reporting extensively on financial markets, regulatory authorities and the financial industry. She joined The Korea Times in 2019 after spending eight years as a broadcast journalist at Arirang TV, Korea’s leading global broadcaster, covering politics, defense and culture.
The Democratic Party of Korea (DPK) has decided to actively respond to the prosecution's ongoing bribery investigation involving former President Moon Jae-in, condemning it as a "petty act of political retaliation," party members said Monday.
This year's Global Korea Foum (GKF), an annual international conference hosted by the Ministry of Unification, has added more female panelists after being criticized for its lack of diversity.
President Yoon Suk Yeol expressed his strong commitment to reforming the national pension system to ensure the fund's sustainability, so citizens can receive their pensions without concerns about depletion.
British Ambassador to the Republic of Korea Colin Crooks has decided not to participate in next week's Global Korea Forum, citing concerns over the lack of gender diversity among the invited speakers, all of whom were men, the embassy said Wednesday.
The personnel expenses executed last year by the Korean presidential office and the Presidential Security Service exceeded 100 billion won ($75 million), reaching the highest level in 10 years.
First lady Kim Keon Hee’s acceptance of a Dior handbag from a Korean American pastor is likely to remain a contentious issue for the Yoon Suk Yeol government throughout the president’s term in office, as the prosecution’s decision to acquit her of violating anti-graft laws has failed to convince both the public and the opposition.
A seasoned military expert has published a book that examines the medieval origins of military professionalism and also explores the historical development of civil-military relations from the standpoint of military history.
National Assembly Speaker Woo Won-shik urged rival parties, Wednesday, to reach a consensus on the contentious issue of whether to conduct a special investigation into the death of a fallen Marine. He recommended adopting the approach suggested by Han Dong-hoon, leader of the ruling People Power Party (PPP).
The U.S. State Department has approved the sale of 36 AH-64E Apache Helicopters as well as related logistics and program support to Korea at an estimated cost of $3.5 billion, the U.S.-headquartered Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) said.