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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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Rep. Moon allowed to rejoin Saenuri

By Jun Ji-hyeRep. Moon Dae-sungThe ruling Saenuri Party on Thursday decided to allow Rep. Moon Dae-sung, who quit the party over allegations that he plagiarized his doctoral thesis, to rejoin it despite opposition from within and outside of the party.Rep. Hong Moon-jong, secretary general of the ruling party, presented a scheme for Moon’s reinstatement at the Supreme Council meeting, and the six-member meeting reached a consensus.“The council members stated that the reason for its decision that as Moon is a member of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), he is expected to play a huge role in the sports sector,” said a party official.  Soon after he was elected in April 2012 to represent Busan’s Saha-A district, Moon resigned from the ruling party amid controversy that he allegedly plagiarized his doctorial dissertation at Kookmin University. At the time, he also gave up a professorship at Dong-A University.The first-term lawmaker was also the subject of an internal investigation by the IOC of which he is an athlete member until 2016. He won a gold me

Feb 20, 2014By Jun Ji-hye
Rep. Moon allowed to rejoin Saenuri
South Korea

Rep. Kim criticized for remarks on China

By Jun Ji-hyeRep. Kim Jin-taeRep. Kim Jin-tae was embroiled in controversy over his remarks that could be construed as degrading China while referring to the alleged fabrication of Chinese government documents by the prosecution and spy agency.Kim of the ruling Saenuri Party said, “There have been cases that some undeveloped countries tried to back out, when problems arose as to the documents their governments issued.”He added, “I am not pointing at China in particular though.”He made the remarks during a radio interview about the recent response from the Chinese Embassy to Seoul that travel records for Yoo Woo-sung, which have the seals of the government of Helong, a city in northeastern China, were not genuine.The prosecution, after obtaining the records from the National Intelligence Service (NIS), submitted the records to a Seoul appellate court to prove that Yoo, a North Korean defector employed by the Seoul Metropolitan Government, worked as spy in Seoul.Opposition lawmakers and critics said Kim’s remarks could be read as him belittling Beijing.The

Feb 19, 2014By Jun Ji-hye
Rep. Kim criticized for remarks on China
South Korea

Democratic Party protests against 'spy scandal'

By Jun Ji-hyeThe leading opposition Democratic Party (DP) took to the streets Wednesday to stage a rally against allegations that the prosecution and the spy agency fabricated Chinese government travel documents to create evidence against a North Korean defector currently standing trial on charges of espionage.“The forging of foreign documents can never happen in a ‘normal country.’ Conducting a parliamentary investigation and appointing a special prosecution will be the only solution to clarify the suspicions,” said Rep. Kim Han-gil, DP chairman.Speaking in Gwanghwamun Square, Kim claimed that the investigators and the National Intelligence Service (NIS) fabricated evidence to punish an innocent person by the National Security Law.Prosecutors and the NIS are suspected of forging travel records for Yoo Woo-sung, after the Chinese Embassy to Korea said last week that Chinese governments documents the prosecution submitted to a Seoul appellate court were fabricated.Yoo, who defected from the North in 2004 and was subsequently employed by the Seoul Metropolitan G

Feb 19, 2014By Jun Ji-hye
Democratic Party protests against 'spy scandal'
South Korea

'Spy scandal' turns into truth game

By Jun Ji-hyeA dispute over whether Chinese travel documents for a North Korean defector were forged or properly obtained by government agencies here, is fast becoming a game of truth or dare between state entities in Seoul and the Chinese embassy in the capital.The prosecution and the National Intelligence Service (NIS) claim they followed all legal procedures to obtain travel records for Yoo Woo-sung, a North Korean defector employed by the Seoul Metropolitan Government, who is currently on trial on charges of espionage.However, they have yet to prove that the documents are authentic because the Chinese Embassy maintains that it never issued the documents.The Ministry of Foreign Affairs is also implicated in the dispute because, in principle, it is in overall charge of the Korean consulate in Shenyang, located in China's Liaoning Province, which first secured the records before handing over them to investigators.  The main opposition Democratic Party (DP) said the alleged document forgery was an attempt by government entities to create a “fake spy,” while the rulin

Feb 18, 2014By Jun Ji-hye
'Spy scandal' turns into truth game
South Korea

Ahn Cheol-soo assumes co-chairmanship of new party

By Jun Ji-hyeRep. Ahn Cheol-soo, left, co-chairman of the central steering committee to launch a new political party, raises his hands with other co-chairmen at a ceremony at the Kim Koo Museum and Library, Seoul, Monday. The lawmaker said he will officially launch the New Political Vision Party in March. / YonhapRep. Ahn Cheol-soo was named Monday as chairman of a policy setting central steering committee for his “New Political Vision Party.”The decision was made at a ceremony at the Kim Koo Museum and Library, at which 374 supporters of Ahn’s party gathered ahead of its official launch in March.Along with Ahn, six other political figures ― including former Environment Minister Yoon Yeo-joon, who has co-chaired an early form of the preparatory committee ― were named co-chairmen of the steering committee.Ahn’s aides also registered the new party with the National Election Commission, designating him as the legal representative.“The public’s desire for alternatives to the old politics is firing up,” said the party in a statement. &ld

Feb 17, 2014By Jun Ji-hye
Ahn Cheol-soo assumes co-chairmanship of new party
South Korea

Row over 'spy scandal' deepens

By Jun Ji-hyeOpposition parties on Monday called for the appointment of a special prosecutor to look into allegations that the prosecution submitted fabricated Chinese government documents to a Seoul appellate court in an espionage case involving a civil servant.The National Intelligence Service (NIS) and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs have also been implicated in the alleged forgery of documents to prove allegations of espionage against Yoo Woo-sung, a North Korean defector working for the Seoul Metropolitan Government.The documents, which have the seals of the government of Helong, a city in northeastern China, contained Yoo’s travel records between China and North Korea.Yoo is accused of having handed over the personal information of some 200 North Korean defectors to the Stalinist state after his defection to Seoul in 2004. A lower court cleared him of these charges.The Chinese Embassy to Korea last Thursday disputed the authenticity of the records, saying that the Chinese authorities will launch an investigation into the alleged forged documents.Rep. Kim Han-gil, chairman

Feb 17, 2014By Jun Ji-hye
Row over 'spy scandal' deepens
South Korea

With name, Ahn's party shaping up

By Jun Ji-hyeRep. Ahn Cheol-sooRep. Ahn Cheol-soo is putting the final touches on its preparations for the June 4 local elections with the former software billionaire naming his new political party the “New Political Vision Party,” Sunday.Ahn and 320 supporters are expected to approve the name at a ceremony at the Kim Koo Museum and Library, today. The official party launch is scheduled for March.The museum is named after a leading independence fighter against Japan’s colonial occupation.“We chose the name as it clearly contains the meaning of new politics, which will embrace rational conservatives and reflective progressives,” said a preparatory committee in a statement.The English translation of the party’s name would be “New Party Coalition” because, according to some political analysts, Ahn wants to garner support from a broader basis.As part of an effort to draw public interest, the preparatory committee invited suggestions from the public and received more than 5,000 from Feb. 7 to 14.At the meeting today, Ahn’s supporters p

Feb 16, 2014By Jun Ji-hye
With name, Ahn's party shaping up
South Korea

Will NK be different this time?

By Jun Ji-hye Inter-Korean relations are apparently showing signs of detente following an agreement at high-level talks to hold reunions of war-separated families from Feb. 20 to 25 as planned.However, the most serious question is: Will North Korea be any different this time?Pyongyang promised not to link the reunion to the joint South Korea-U.S. military exercises, which will kick off on Feb. 24. In return, Seoul agreed ― as did the North ― to the cessation of all forms of slander and insults.The North earlier demanded the postponement of the drills, putting a blight on the hopes of the families separated during the Korean War.  The two sides agreeing to hold additional high-level talks in the future, at each other’s convenience, offer cautious optimism about an improvement in inter-Korean relations.Experts, however, say how long the North will maintain such a cooperative attitude remains to be seen as it would be hard for the regime to give up its nuclear card.Park Young-ho, an analyst at the Korea Institute for National Unification, said the North is expe

Feb 16, 2014By Jun Ji-hye
Will NK be different this time?
South Korea

Korea-Japan lawmakers' football friendly unlikely

By Jun Ji-hyeA football match between lawmakers from Korea and Japan, scheduled for March, is expected to be dropped due to Seoul’s growing resentment about Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s recent words and actions that deny the past misdeeds of his country.“Members of the lawmakers’ football association told each other that it will be difficult to hold the match as planned due to the strained relations between the two countries,” said an aide to Rep. Choung Byoung-gug of the ruling Saenuri Party, Thursday.During his visit to the neighboring country in December, Rep. Choung, president of the association, met his Japanese counterpart Seishiro Eto and agreed to resume the friendly, which has been suspended since 2007.They were supposed to hold the match around March 29.“At the time, they hoped that the event would be an opportunity to thaw the icy relations between the two sides,” said the aide.However, the chances got slimmer after Abe of the Liberal Democratic Party that same month visited the Yasukuni Shrine where war criminals are enshr

Feb 13, 2014By Jun Ji-hye
Korea-Japan lawmakers' football friendly unlikely
South Korea

Conscientious Murayama

By Jun Ji-hyeFormer Japanese Prime Minister Tomiichi Murayama professed a sense of shame Wednesday over remarks made by some of his compatriots denying his country’s historical misdeeds.“They are very shameful,” the 90-year-old former leader of Japan’s Social Democratic Party said in a speech at the National Assembly.“But I want to stress, most Japanese are well aware of what we did,” said the elder statesman who, as premier, apologized in 1995 to the victims of Japanese atrocities during World War II. That year marked the 50th anniversary of the surrender of imperial Japan to the Allied forces.Current Prime Minister Shinzo Abe of the Liberal Democratic Party is stirring up nationalistic sentiment, trying to gloss over Japan’s dark chapter in history and avoiding the responsibility that comes with it.In one of a series of provocative acts, Abe recently visited the Yasukuni Shrine where 14 Class-A war criminals are enshrined.  His “friends” have also denied the atrocities Japan committed.NHK President Katsuto Momii recently sa

Feb 12, 2014By Jun Ji-hye
Conscientious Murayama
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