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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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Koreans mourn death of two Chinese girls

Chinese gather to mourn for the two victims of the Asiana Airlines plane crash, at a park in Jiangshan City, Zhejiang Province, Monday. The two teenage girls — Ye Mengyuan and Wang Linjia — were killed in the jet crash at San Francisco International Airport. They were students at a school in the eastern province of China and were among a group of 30 who were flying to the United States along with their teachers to take part in a summer camp./ AP-YonhapBy Jun Ji-hyeKoreans are mourning the death of two Chinese teenage girls in Sunday’s crash of Asiana Airlines Flight 214 at San Francisco International Airport.Wang Linjia, 17, and Ye Mengyuan, 16, both students of Jiangshan Middle School in the eastern Chinese province of Zhejiang, were reported as the sole fatalities of the tragic crash.“I was saddened by the news of their death. I was shocked that such young girls died while following their dreams,” said Lee Wol-soo, 54, a public relations officer in Gyeonggi Province.“As a mother of three children who are around the same age as them, I especially

Jul 9, 2013By Jun Ji-hye
Koreans mourn death of two Chinese girls
South Korea

NIS pressed to push self-reform

By Jun Ji-hyeIs it possible for the nation’s spy agency to reform itself?President Park Geun-hye said Monday that the National Intelligence Service (NIS) should set up measures for self-reform.However, the main opposition Democratic Party (DP) described this as a counterproductive proposal.“Park’s request is like entrusting a thief with the task of catching a thief. Park and the ruling Saenuri Party seem to have little understanding of the present situation which is very grave,” said Rep. Jun Byung-hun, the DP floor leader, Tuesday.Speaking at a party meeting at the National Assembly, Jun said the spy agency’s alleged illegal intervention in last year’s presidential election is not a separate issue to the matter of reforming the NIS.“The NIS released confidential information (the 2007 inter-Korean summit records) and strategically used it from the presidential election period to water down various controversial issues surrounding Park,” said Jun, describing this as the ultimate political maneuver.Jun urged President Park to sack NIS hea

Jul 9, 2013By Jun Ji-hye
South Korea

'Spy agency needs major surgery'

Democratic Party (DP) Chairman Kim Han-gil, right, and other DP members hold a rally against the National Intelligence Service’s political maneuvering during a party convention at the Kim Dae-jung Convention Center in Gwangju, Sunday. They demanded the spy agency be reformed to prevent it from meddling in domestic politics. / YonhapBy Jun Ji-hyeThe ruling and opposition parties are calling for the nation’s spy agency to undergo reform, although they differ over precisely what measures should be taken.The National Intelligence Service (NIS) became the subject of a National Assembly investigation for alleged illegal intervention in the Dec. 19 presidential poll.It has been accused of conducting a systematic smear campaign against opposition candidates during the election. Senior lawmakers of the ruling party say the NIS needs to be changed and reformed.“We cannot leave the agency as it is. Bipartisan efforts are necessary to reform the NIS. I suggest setting up a committee for the task,” said Rep. Chung Mong-joon.Five-term lawmaker Lee Jae-oh echoed this: &

Jul 7, 2013By Jun Ji-hye
'Spy agency needs major surgery'
South Korea

Ex-spy agency chief questions summit minutes

Rep. Jun Byung-hun, floor leader of the main opposition Democratic Party, asserts that the original copy of the minutes of an inter-Korean summit should be made public at a meeting with senior party members at the National Assembly, Friday. / Yonhap Kim Man-bok,former NIS directorBy Jun Ji-hye A former director of the National Intelligence Service (NIS) has cast doubts over the authenticity of transcripts released by the spy agency of a summit meeting between former leaders of South and North Korea in 2007.Kim Man-bok, former NIS director during the Roh Moo-hyun administration, said that the documents released by the NIS last month appear to have been edited.“We produced the transcripts in October 2007 immediately after the summit between then President Roh and then North Korean leader Kim Jong-il. Those transcripts were a final version and we made report regarding this to the presidential office,” Kim told reporters, Thursday.On June 24, the NIS released the transcripts of the two late leaders’ dialogue following a decision by the present director, Nam Ja

Jul 5, 2013By Jun Ji-hye
Ex-spy agency chief questions summit minutes
South Korea

ELS Educational Services opens center in France

By Jun Ji-hye ELS Educational Services, a leading Korean provider of English language programs, said Thursday that it has opened its first European center on the SKEMA campus near Nice, France.The center will provide Korean students seeking to study in France as well as in other European countries with English language education.ELS, with 50 years of expertise in assisting such students, has established language centers at universities in the United States, Canada, Australia, China and Malaysia that offer rigorous English preparation for non-native speakers.  ELS said SKEMA, which has campuses in Asia, Europe and America, is among France’s premier institutions for the study of business and economics taught entirely in English.“France’s business schools are amongst the leaders in global management ranking for their practical and relevant approach to business education, and none more so than SKEMA,” said Mark Harris, president and chief executive officer of ELS.“As such, we are especially proud to have this relationship with SKEMA Business School

Jul 4, 2013By Jun Ji-hye
South Korea

Assembly investigation efficacy questioned

Rep. Lee Un-ju of the main opposition Democratic Party, a member of the National Assembly investigation task force on the closure of Jinju Medical Center (JMC), speaks during an on-site inspection at the JMC in South Gyeongsang Province, Thursday. The general hospital funded by the provincial administration was shut down in May due to its accumulated deficits. / YonhapBy Jun Ji-hyeThe National Assembly is conducting investigations into meddling by the spy agency in last year’s presidential election and the closure of Jinju Medical Center (JMC).It is the first time in the Assembly’s history that two investigations are simultaneously underway, and more notably, the investigation of the National Intelligence Service (NIS) is unprecedented.However, experts are pessimistic about the outcome of the two probes.Political analyst Lee Kang-yun described them as a “waste of time and energy.”“The rival parties sometimes abuse their right to investigate as a means of pursuing political power games. Their investigations fail to produce satisfactory results and fail to

Jul 4, 2013By Jun Ji-hye
Assembly investigation efficacy questioned
South Korea

Minutes disclosure faces bumpy road

By Jun Ji-hyeThe reasoning used among the rival political parties to pass a motion to enable disclosure of the original minutes of the 2007 inter-Korean summit kept in the National Archives was to settle controversy on whether late President Roh Moo-hyun disavowed a national sea border or not.The motion was passed on Tuesday by an overwhelming majority in favor at the National Assembly.The National Assembly sent an official request for disclosing summit records to the national archives Wednesday. The archives head should comply with this within 10 days.But many obstacles still lie ahead, among them whether parties will put confidential information in the public domain, and if they do so, how this will be done.Legislators are also expected to make different interpretations of the summit’s content, which will deepen the controversy regarding Roh’s ambiguous comments that the “Northern Limit Line (NLL) should be overhauled.”Both parties requested  that lawmaker’s be given access to the minutes of the summit, including recorded tapes, reports of pre- an

Jul 3, 2013By Jun Ji-hye
South Korea

Parties vote to view summit records

Lawmakers attend a plenary session of the National Assembly as the electronic board displays a pie chart showing the passage of a bipartisan proposal to disclose original minutes of the 2007 inter-Korean summit kept in the National Archives of Korea, Tuesday. The proposal was passed 257 to 17, with 2 abstentions. A total of 276 lawmakers attended the session. Under law, the presidential records can be accessed with the approval of more than two-thirds of lawmakers. / YonhapPresidential archives to be unsealed over NLL disputeBy Jun Ji-hyeThe ruling and opposition parties agreed Tuesday to disclose the original minutes of the 2007 inter-Korean summit for exclusive viewing.The minutes are kept in the National Archives of Korea (NAK) as presidential records.A motion to allow access to the presidential records was passed 257 to 17, with two abstentions. A total of 276 lawmakers attended the National Assembly plenary session.Under present law, presidential records are classified for 15 years. Before the expiration of the period, they can only be accessed with the approval of more than two

Jul 2, 2013By Jun Ji-hye
Parties vote to view summit records
South Korea

Anti-violence bills get Assembly nod

Lawmakers to be banned from moonlightingBy Jun Ji-hyeThe parliament approved a revision to the National Assembly Law Tuesday that prohibits legislators holding extra jobs and using violence in the Assembly.The revision was passed 234 to 1, with 7 abstentions, among a total of 242 lawmakers in attendance at the Assembly plenary session.According to the new revision, which will become effective next year, legislators are not allowed to conduct commercial activities through holding other jobs.“From next year, once elected as lawmakers, working as a professor, a CEO of an enterprise, and holding other specialized jobs such as doctor and lawyer are all prohibited,” said an Assembly official.Also, if the Assembly Speaker rules that certain honorary nonprofit positions are not in the public interest, lawmakers will be unable to work in such positions.Most of the rules apply to incumbent lawmakers in the 19th Assembly as well, but for those with professorships, they will be allowed to maintain a leave of absence.“19th lawmakers who have worked as professors took a

Jul 2, 2013By Jun Ji-hye
South Korea

Probe of spy agency begins Tuesday

By Jun Ji-hye Reps. Kweon Seong-dong, right, of the ruling Saenuri Party and Jung Cheong-rae of the opposition Democratic Party answer reporters’ questions at the National Assembly, Monday, after announcing the two parties agreed on launching the parliament investigation from today until Aug. 15 into the National Intelligence Service’s meddling in the Dec. 19 presidential election. / YonhapThe ruling and opposition parties agreed Monday to launch a National Assembly investigation into the National Intelligence Service (NIS) for 45 days beginning Tuesday for its illegal interference in the Dec. 19 presidential poll.Reps. Kweon Seong-dong of the ruling Saenuri Party and Jung Cheong-rae of the main opposition Democratic Party (DP), both members of the parliamentary investigation task force (TF), reached the agreement.“We agreed on the investigation period. It will begin Tuesday and run till Aug. 15,” said the two lawmakers in a statement at a press conference.“We will meet on Tuesday morning again to complete the investigation plan such as who wil

Jul 1, 2013By Jun Ji-hye
Probe of spy agency begins Tuesday
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