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Jun Ji-hye

Korea Times Finance Reporter

Jun Ji-hye, a reporter at the finance desk of The Korea Times, focuses primarily on economic policy and government agencies, mainly covering the Ministry of Finance and Economy, the Ministry of Budget and Planning, the National Tax Service and the Korea Customs Service. She previously covered financial authorities, including the Financial Services Commission and the Financial Supervisory Service, and earlier worked on the political, city and business desks, reporting on a wide range of issues.

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Internal discord deepens further in NPAD

The first- second-term lawmakers of the New Politics Alliance for Democracy (NPAD) discuss how to cope with the party’s current crisis at the National Assembly in Yeouido, Seoul, Monday. / YonhapInterim leader signals defectionBy Jun Ji-hyeDiscord is escalating within the ranks of the main opposition New Politics Alliance for Democracy (NPAD) amid speculation that its interim leader, Rep. Park Young-sun, is considering quitting the party.Park was quoted by NoCut News as saying that she is seriously thinking of stepping down from her post as chairwoman of the party’s emergency planning committee and as floor leader, and eventually leaving the party.“Everybody seems to want to kill me. There seems to be no more choice for me, but to quit the party,” she was quoted as saying, Monday. “I need about two days to think.”Since making her remarks, Park has been in seclusion, not answering phone calls from reporters or party members. Even a party meeting, which she planned to convene Monday morning, was canceled.Park’s remarks came a day after 15 lawma

Sep 15, 2014By Jun Ji-hye
South Korea

NPAD in chaos amid leadership vacuum

By Jun Ji-hyeRep. Moon Jae-inRep. Park Young-sunThe main opposition New Politics Alliance for Democracy (NPAD) is in chaos, with interim leader Rep. Park Young-sun driven into a corner.The leadership of Park, chairwoman of the largest opposition party’s emergency planning committee, was severely damaged following two failures to push through a special Sewol bill designed to establish a fact-finding committee to investigate April’s man-made ferry disaster.With former co-chairmen Reps. Ahn Cheol-soo and Kim Han-gil resigning early in August to take responsibility for the crushing defeat at the July 30 by-elections, the chairwoman was set to become de facto party leader until an NPAD national convention scheduled for early next year.In an effort to resolve the leadership crisis, Park, also a floor leader, planned to invite two outsiders to lead the emergency committee as co-chairmen while she remained floor leader.But this foundered on Friday amid opposition from senior party members, pushing Park into a corner.Reps. Moon Jae-in and Park Jie-won, along with other seniors, qu

Sep 14, 2014By Jun Ji-hye
NPAD in chaos amid leadership vacuum
South Korea

Opposition party invites outsider to lead committee

By Jun Ji-hyeRep. Park Young-sun, interim leader of the main opposition New Politics Alliance for Democracy (NPAD), indicated Thursday that she will step down from the post, following bungled efforts to agree on a special bill relating to investigating the Sewol ferry disaster.As chairwoman of the party’s emergency planning committee, she was set to lead the party until early next year when the NPAD is scheduled to hold a national convention at which a new leader is to be selected.However, she told her fellow lawmakers Thursday that she intends to recruit an outsider to lead the committee. “A figure from outside the party is necessary for the NPAD to contribute to the development of the nation’s democracy,” she was quoted as saying.Her comments were construed as an intention to step down from the chairwomanship, while maintaining her post as floor leader. A third-term lawmaker Sul Hoon supported this interpretation, saying, “It has been almost impossible for Park to hold two positions at the same time. Park should decide when and how to resolve this.&rdq

Sep 11, 2014By Jun Ji-hye
South Korea

'Pyeongtaek top candidate for THAAD deployment'

By Jun Ji-hyeThe United States is considering Pyeongtaek in Gyeonggi Province as the most feasible site to station missiles for its anti-missile defense shield in South Korea, according to a defense ministry official Friday.“If deployed, Pyeongtaek, which is scheduled to eventually become home to the American military’s Yongsan Garrison currently in central Seoul, and the 2nd U.S. Infantry Division (2ID) on the border, would be a top candidate as the region would be a hub of the U.S. Armed Forces,” said the official.He added that the U.S. needs to protect its troops and their families from continuous threats from North Korea.The move of most personnel from U.S. bases in and north of Seoul to Pyeongtaek, some 70 kilometers south of the capital, is slated for the end of 2016 in accordance with the Yongsan Relocation Plan (YRP) and the Land Partnership Plan (LPP), signed by the two allies in 2004.A vernacular daily newspaper Donga Ilbo also reported, quoting an unidentified source from the Pentagon, that Pyeongtaek will likely be the home for a Terminal High-Altitude A

Sep 5, 2014By Jun Ji-hye
South Korea

Jang selected to lead 1st Army

By Jun Ji-hyeLt. Gen. Jang Joon-gyuLt. Gen. Jang Joon-gyu has been selected as commander of the 1st Army, the Ministry of National Defense said Thursday.“He will be promoted to a four-star general at a Cabinet meeting on Sept. 11, and then officially appointed to the position,” said the ministry in a statement.The 57-year-old, who was a deputy commander of the 1st Army, is currently assuming the post of acting commander replacing former commander Shin Hyeon-don.Shin was discharged Tuesday for hosting a drinking party and inappropriate behavior for a general in June amid an order for heightened military readiness.“Jang is a qualified appointee as he possesses rich military professionalism and an ability to lead operations to enhance the nation’s national security posture to cope with threats from North Korea,” said the statement.“He also has a strong mind to reform the bad culture that has festered in some units,” it added.Follow Jun Ji-hye on Twitter @TheKopJihye

Sep 4, 2014By Jun Ji-hye
Jang selected to lead 1st Army
South Korea

US-ROK Army division to be launched

No changes will be made on USFK relocation planBy Jun Ji-hyeA joint ROK-U.S. army division will be launched next year, while the relocation of U.S. forces to Pyeongtaek will be implemented as scheduled.The 2nd U.S. Infantry Division will comprise the main component of the combined division that will be augmented by a regiment of ROK troops.Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Adm. Choi Yoon-hee and U.S. Forces Korea (USFK) Commander Gen. Curtis Scaparrotti has agreed to this force enhancement plan, according to the Ministry of National Defense in a statement, Thursday.“The operational parameters of the envisioned division will be drawn up during the first half of next year,” the statement said.The division will be commanded by a two-star U.S. general with a Korean brigadier general as deputy.In peacetime, the division will be run with a skeleton crew of 30 staff members from each country.It will be activated when a threat is detected, ministry officials said.Korean staff will work at the U.S. 2nd Division in Uijeongbu until it is transferred to Pyeongtaek, Gyeonggi Province, in

Sep 4, 2014By Jun Ji-hye
US-ROK Army division to be launched
South Korea

2 Special Forces soldiers die in training

By Jun Ji-hyeTwo Special Forces soldiers died while training on Tuesday, apparently from suffocation, the Army said Wednesday.The deaths occurred while the Armed Forces is currently under scrutiny for incidents involving hazing in the ranks.Army officials said that the two staff sergeants, aged 21 and 23, died about 10:40 p.m. at a camp of the Special Warfare Command in Jeungpyeong, North Chungcheong Province.Another solider collapsed but recovered.According to the officials, the three spent more than an hour on their knees with their hands tied behind their backs and hoods pulled over their faces. Five soldiers were in the group.“The three collapsed and were taken to a hospital, but the two died,” Army spokesman Choi Yong-han told reporters.“Doctors say suffocation appears to blame for the deaths, while an investigation is underway into the exact cause of their deaths and exactly what happened to them,” he added.It is not known what the conditions of the training area were, but there is speculation that it was an extreme challenge that normal people could not

Sep 3, 2014By Jun Ji-hye
South Korea

Motion to arrest lawmaker rejected

Rep. Song Kwang-ho, center, of the ruling Saenuri Party talks to lawmakers from the main opposition New Politics Alliance for Democracy ahead of a vote on whether to agree on issuance of an arrest warrant against him during the National Assembly plenary session in Seoul, Wednesday./ YonhapBy Jun Ji-hyeThe National Assembly on Wednesday voted down an arrest motion against Rep. Song Kwang-ho of the ruling Saenuri Party, who was accused of having accepted bribes from a local railway parts supplier.The governing party and the main opposition New Politics Alliance for Democracy (NPAD) conducted a full-member vote at a plenary session in which 223 of 300 lawmakers participated. Among them, only 73 lawmakers voted for the motion, while 118 voted against it.Rep. Song is alleged to have received bribes worth 55 million won ($54,000) from a rail track component manufacturer in return for business favors.“I did not expect the motion to be rejected,” Song said after the vote. “I’m thankful that a considerable number of my fellow lawmakers voted against it.&rdquo

Sep 3, 2014By Jun Ji-hye
Motion to arrest lawmaker rejected
South Korea

1st Army commander removed for hosting drinking party

By Jun Ji-hyeGen. Shin Hyeon-donThe Ministry of National Defense has discharged Gen. Shin Hyeon-don, commander of the First ROK Army, for hosting a drinking party in June in violation of an order to heighten readiness.“Shin submitted an application for a discharge, and the government accepted it,” said the ministry in a press release Tuesday.Shin had been the subject of an internal investigation centering on accusations that he drank alcohol heavily on June 19, after delivering a lecture on national security at the high school he had graduated from.     The investigation concluded that Shin’s conduct was inappropriate for a general.“His visit to the high school was also regarded as unbecoming his position as commander because the military was directed to heighten its level of readiness during that month,” said an official from the ministry.The order was issued because President Park Geun-hye visited three Central Asian countries in June.“After drinking with his high school friends, Shin was seen in public in the bathroom of a hi

Sep 2, 2014By Jun Ji-hye
1st Army commander removed for hosting drinking party
South Korea

Four soldiers indicted on murder charges in Yoon case

By Jun Ji-hye Army prosecutors will file murder charges against four soldiers who allegedly beat a private first-class to death in April.“The prosecutor’s office of the Third ROK Army has decided to pursue murder as the primary charge in connection with the offense, and manslaughter as the secondary charge,” an official said Tuesday.This means military prosecutors are pushing for murder convictions as a first choice, but if they do not succeed, manslaughter convictions will still be possible.  The military prosecution had charged the soldiers with manslaughter in May, saying the four had not intended to kill the victim, identified only by his surname Yoon.The prosecutor’s office reconsidered its approach, saying the men beat Yoon even though they were aware of his frail health.“The defendants majored in medically related subjects in university before being enlisted, meaning they have much more detailed medical knowledge than normal people,” a prosecutor said.Among the six men accused of being involved in Yoon’s death, two serge

Sep 2, 2014By Jun Ji-hye
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