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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 under siege over missing minutes

By Jun Ji-hye Rep. Moon Jae-inThe ruling Saenuri Party Thursday began pursuing sweeping legal action over the disappearance of the minutes of the 2007 inter-Korean summit.Saenuri Party spokesman Hong Ji-man told reporters, “All who contributed to the disappearance of the minutes are included,” explaining why the complaint failed to specify those accused.This means that Rep. Moon Jae-in, former chief of staff for the late ex-President Roh Moo-hyun, and Kim Man-bok, chief of the National Intelligence Service (NIS), will be investigated.Moon is now leader of a faction that upholds Roh’s political legacy. He lost to President Park Geun-hye in last year’s election. On Wednesday he called for an end to the partisan dispute over the missing minutes but took flak from his own party, the main opposition Democratic Party (DP).Kim served under Roh during the second South-North summit.The ruling party has alleged that the Roh government destroyed the summit records after the National Assembly officially confirmed earlier this week that the original minutes and tape r

Jul 25, 2013By Jun Ji-hye
Rep. Moon under siege over missing minutes
South Korea

Police head denies allegations over NIS

By Jun Ji-hyeNational Police Agency Chief Lee Sung-han Thursday denied allegations that the police attempted to downsize its initial investigation into meddling by the spy agency in last year’s Dec. 19 presidential election.Police are accused by opposition parties of having sided with the spy agency by announcing, just several days before the election, that no agent posted any comments that could exert influence on the election.During his appearance at the National Assembly for questioning, Lee said, “As far as I know, at a time when the police announced its investigation results, there was no evidence that an agent of the National Intelligence Service (NIS) posted online comments criticizing opposition candidate Moon Jae-in and supporting President Park Geun-hye.”Lee’s comments were an answer to Rep. Lee Sang-kyu of the Unified Progressive Party’s question over whether the police’s announcement was genuine.Former NIS head Won Sei-hoon and former Seoul police chief Kim Yong-pan were indicted without detention by the prosecution in June for violatin

Jul 25, 2013By Jun Ji-hye
South Korea

Roh aides silence fuels summit mystery

Rep. Hwang Jin-ha, center, of the ruling Saenuri Party, speaks to reporters at the National Assembly, Wednesday, calling for the prosecution’s investigation into the missing minutes of the 2007 South-North summit. The ruling party raised allegations that late President Roh Moo-hyun government disposed of the summit records. / YonhapBy Jun Ji-hyeFormer key aides of late President Roh Moo-hyun are maintaining silence regarding the missing transcript from the 2007 inter-Korean summit, triggering speculation that is further aggravating conflict and tension surrounding the issue.Following official confirmation by the National Assembly Monday that the National Archives of Korea do not hold the minutes of dialogue between Roh and late Northern leader Kim Jong-il, the ruling Saenuri Party has raised objections that the Roh administration disposed of the presidential material.However, Roh’s former aides who were involved in the summit and managed the minutes have not commented on the missing data.Moon Jae-in, a former presidential candidate of the main opposition Democratic Party

Jul 24, 2013By Jun Ji-hye
South Korea

Pro-Roh faction put on defensive

Rep. Woo Yoon-keun, third from right, of the main opposition Democratic Party (DP), together with other DP members, speaks to reporters in the chairman’s office of the National Assembly Steering Committee while waiting for the chairman, Saenuri Party Floor Leader Choi Kyung-hwan, Tuesday. They asked Choi to allow them to unilaterally scrutinize the pre- and post-summit arrangements for the 2007 inter-Korean summit that the National Archives of Korea last week submitted. Choi, however, did not grant them permission. / YonhapBy Jun Ji-hyeLate President Roh Moo-hyun followers including former presidential candidate Moon Jae-in are on the defensive after it was established on Monday that the original minutes of the 2007 South-North summit are missing.The National Assembly officially confirmed that the National Archives of Korea does not hold the transcript. Moon served as chief of staff under the Roh administration.The circumstances turned even more unfavorable for Moon and other former Roh supporters after a local daily Tuesday, The Donga-ilbo, reported testimony given by a civil

Jul 23, 2013By Jun Ji-hye
Pro-Roh faction put on defensive
South Korea

'No 2007 summit records found'

By Jun Ji-hye Parties officially confirmed Monday that the National Archives of Korea (NAK) does not hold the original minutes and tape recordings of the 2007 South-North summit.Lawmakers reported this at the National Assembly Steering Committee.However, rival parties showed differences regarding who has to be blamed for the disappearance.“We did everything to find out, but could not find the records. Lawmakers of both parties made conclusion that the NAK does not have the records,” said Rep. Hwang Jin-ha of the ruling Saenuri Party.Rep. Woo Yoon-keun of the main opposition Democratic Party (DP) said, however, “We found severe problems in the archives center’s way of managing important records. So we cannot surely say the late Roh Moo-hyun government did not transfer the records to the center.”The confirmation of disappearance came hours after a team of four lawmakers, two each from the ruling party and the DP, visited the archives center in Seongnam for a final search, but failed to find the records.They are Reps. Hwang Jin-ha, Cho Myung-chul of th

Jul 22, 2013By Jun Ji-hye
South Korea

National Archives of Korea draws fire

By Jun Ji-hyeThe two main political parties are accusing each other of being responsible for the missing original records of the 2007 inter-Korean summit.The ruling Saenuri Party claims that the Roh Moo-hyun government did not transfer the records to the National Archives of Korea (NAK) following his resignation, while the main opposition Democratic Party (DP) are pointing fingers at the former President Lee Myung-bak administration.Which side is telling the truth remains to be seen, but experts say that the NAK-affiliated Presidential Archives is suspected of having been politically exploited and needs to secure neutrality in order to become a credible institution.“The problem arose because the archives center is not an independent institution so it is affected by sitting administrations,” said Bae Jong-chan, a director of Research & Research.The archives center is supervised by the Ministry of Security and Public Administration.Aides of sitting presidents have so far tended to become heads of the NAK-affiliated Presidential Archives. The term of office is five years

Jul 22, 2013By Jun Ji-hye
South Korea

Final search for summit minutes due today

Lawmakers and private experts sit in the National Archives of Korea in Seongnam, Gyeonggi Province, Sunday, searching for the original minutes and tape recordings of the 2007 inter-Korean summit. Lawmakers will carry out a final search today to reach a conclusion on whether the records exist. / YonhapBy Jun Ji-hyeA team of ten lawmakers, five each from the ruling Saenuri Party and the main opposition Democratic Party, will today conduct a final search for the original minutes of the 2007 inter-Korean summit at the National Archives of Korea in Seongnam.On basis of their search, they are scheduled to clarify at the National Assembly meeting whether the records in question are in the archives or not.Parties did not stop a task to search out the records even during the weekend. Four lawmakers visited the archives center Sunday for this job. They are Reps. Hwang Jin-ha, Cho Myung-chul of the ruling party, and Reps. Park Nam-choon and Jeon Hae-cheol of the DP.The ongoing search is aimed at verifying whether the late President Roh Moo-hyun nullified the Northern Limit Line (NLL) during a m

Jul 21, 2013By Jun Ji-hye
Final search for summit minutes due today
South Korea

Ex-NIS chief to be quizzed in Assembly investigation

By Jun Ji-hyeThe National Assembly Special Committee agreed to question the former head of the National Intelligence Service (NIS) and the former chief of Seoul police chief as part of its investigation into an illegal intervention by the NIS in the 2012 presidential election, according to local reports Sunday.Rep. Kweon Seong-dong of the ruling Saenuri Party and Rep. Jung Cheong-rae of the main opposition Democratic Party (DP), both vice chairmen of the committee, made the decision because former NIS chief Won Sei-hoon and former Seoul police chief Kim Yong-pan are already included within the scope of the investigation that the two parties previously agreed to.Won and Kim were both indicted for violating the Election Law in June. According to the prosecution, Won ordered his agents to conduct an undercover cyber campaign to discredit opposition candidates during the presidential election, and Kim ordered polices to downscale the investigation.The committee also agreed to question Justice Minister Hwang Kyo-ahn, the present NIS head Nam Jae-joon and the National Police Agency head Le

Jul 21, 2013By Jun Ji-hye
South Korea

Empty vault!

No summit minutes found in National Archive; mystery sets off new round of partisan bickeringBy Jun Ji-hye Officials of the National Archives of Korea take an elevator in the National Assembly Thursday to carry boxes containing presidential records of the 2007 inter-Korean summit to the Assembly Steering Committee’s meeting room where 10 selected lawmakers will scrutinize the material. / YonhapThe whereabouts of the original minutes and tape recordings of the 2007 inter-Korean summit are shrouded in mystery.A bipartisan group of lawmakers were caught by surprise when they failed to find the records of conversations between late President Roh Moo-hyun and late North Korean leader Kim Jong-il at the National Archives of Korea on Monday and Wednesday.Their job was to examine the records to find out whether Roh had indeed conceded the Northern Limit Line (NLL) during the summit, a point of major political contention. The NLL is a de facto sea border in the West Sea.For now, it is uncertain whether a technical glitch or a complicated security system was responsible. The possibi

Jul 18, 2013By Jun Ji-hye
Empty vault!
South Korea

Assembly sets NIS probe schedules

By Jun Ji-hyeThe National Assembly Special Committee decided Thursday when to receive reports from related institutes about allegations that the National Intelligence Service (NIS) had intervened in the Dec. 19 presidential elections.Following an agreement between the ruling Saenuri Party and the main opposition Democratic Party (DP), the committee will listen to reports from the Ministry of Justice on July 24, the National Police Agency on July 25 and the NIS on July 26.Some DP members complained about the briefing order of the institutions, saying putting the justice ministry first is a Saenuri tactic to prevent the NIS from being intensively scrutinized.“Although the core issue of the investigation is NIS’s election meddling, it will give a report of situations at the last among three organizations, while the justice ministry is placed first,” said Rep. Park Beom-kye of the DP.Park claimed it seems like the ruling party wants to give more prominence to the case that they accused DP lawmakers last December of violating the rights of an NIS agent by attempting to r

Jul 18, 2013By Jun Ji-hye
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