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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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DP clumsy in handling NLL dispute

Former Unification Minister Lee Jae-jeong, second from left, and other panel members speak at a press conference dubbed “Truth about the Oct. 4 Inter-Korean Summit” in the National Assembly, Monday. The Democratic Party arranged the meeting amid controversy surrounding late President Roh Moo-hyun’s alleged denial of the validity of the Northern Limit Line. On the right is Park Sun-won, who was Roh’s secretary for unification, foreign affairs and security; and second from right is Baek Jong-chun, Roh’s senior security secretary. On the left is DP lawmaker Hong Ihk-pyo, host of the meeting. / YonhapBy Jun Ji-hyeHow well has the main opposition Democratic Party (DP) been strategically coping with disputes involving late President Roh Moo-hyun’s remarks on the Northern Limit Line (NLL)?DP members went all out to criticize the National Intelligence Service’s (NIS) disclosure of transcripts of the 2007 inter-Korean summit, claiming it was an “unlawful act.” But they were not effective in debunking suspicions that Roh denied the validity

Jul 1, 2013By Jun Ji-hye
DP clumsy in handling NLL dispute
South Korea

Moon calls for disclosing summit minutes

Rep. Moon Jae-inBy Jun Ji-hyeRep. Moon Jae-in suggested Sunday that parties agree to read original transcripts of the 2007 inter-Korean summit kept in the National Archives of Korea (NAK) as presidential records.He believes this will resolve the controversy surrounding late Roh Moo-hyun’s alleged offer to give up the nation’s sea border.The former presidential candidate of the main opposition Democratic Party (DP) promised to retire from politics if the original transcripts show that Roh really disavowed the Northern Limit Line (NLL) to North Korean leader Kim Jong-il.Moon served as presidential chief of staff to the late President Roh.“I ask parties to read minutes of the summit kept in the NAK to resolve the division of national unity,” said Moon in a statement.He said opposition parties produced different interpretations of Roh’s comments contained in the transcripts that the National Intelligence Service (NIS) disclosed late June and this amplified the controversy and the resulting public confusion that ensued.According to the transcripts kept at the

Jun 30, 2013By Jun Ji-hye
Moon calls for disclosing summit minutes
South Korea

Media rolls out red carpet for Park

By Jun Ji-hyeChinese media expressed hopes Thursday that President Park Geun-hye’s state visit will bolster economic and political ties between the two countries.State-run news outlets stressed Park is the first among previous Korean presidents who chose to visit Beijing before Tokyo.In an interview, The China Daily quoted Park as saying that Seoul and Beijing will outline a blueprint for common prosperity.This is her first visit to China since taking office and her second overseas trip, following a visit to the United States last month, it reported."I will work with President Xi Jinping during my visit to outline a new blueprint for the common prosperity of South Korea and China looking to the next two decades," Park said."We will have in-depth discussions about how to give concrete substance to the South Korea-China strategic cooperative partnership; how to work together for peace and stability on the Korean Peninsula and in Northeast Asia; and how to promote bilateral cooperation on the international stage."Park, who is familiar with Chinese culture and speaks fluent Mandari

Jun 27, 2013By Jun Ji-hye
South Korea

Fine collection bills on ex-president passed

By Jun Ji-hye Chun Doo-hwanFormer PresidentThe National Assembly approved on Thursday revisions to a law to enable the collection of unpaid fines owed by former military dictator, Chun Doo-hwan, and other public officials.“Revisions to the Property Forfeiture Law, which pertains to crimes committed by public officials, will expand the statute of limitations on fines to 10 years from the current three,” said an Assembly official.Authorities will be also able to collect fines from family members of the people concerned as well as third parties if it is established that they were aware that property in their possession was unlawfully obtained when they acquired it, according to the official.The revisions were passed 228 to 1, with 4 abstentions, among a total of 233 lawmakers in attendance.The former president has yet to pay 167 billion won ($150 million) of a total 221 billion won fine that the Seoul High Court ordered him to pay in 1996 for leading an insurrection and accepting bribes while he was in office. This sentence was finalized in the Supreme Court in 1997.Bef

Jun 27, 2013By Jun Ji-hye
Fine collection bills on ex-president passed
South Korea

Important events on China tour

By Jun Ji-hyePresident Park Geun-hye, who held her first summit with Chinese leader Xi Jinping Thursday, starts her second day of a state visit with a breakfast meeting with her 71 member economic delegation in Beijing at 9:30 a.m. (Korean time) Friday.The largest ever delegation is composed of various economic figures from presidents of the conglomerate to chairmen of the small- and medium-sized businesses. Among those are Hyundai Motor Group Chairman Chung Mong-koo; Kim Ki-mun of the Korea Federation of Small and Medium Businesses, and Yang Min-seok, CEO of YG Entertainment that has led the hallyu (Korean wave).It is said that those figures came through fierce competition to be included in the delegation list as it will apparently help improve the level of awareness and honor of their firms.Park plans to give a speech at the Korea-China business forum at 11 a.m., before she has a meeting with Korean residents in China at 3 p.m.She completes her schedule on the day with a meeting with Chinese Premier Li Keqiang at 6:30 p.m., after meeting with Zhang Dejiang, chairman of the Standing

Jun 27, 2013By Jun Ji-hye
South Korea

Did President know about it?

Summit minute disclosure puts Park on offensiveBy Jun Ji-hye President Park Geun-hyeHow was President Park Geun-hye involved in the disclosure of the 2007 inter-Korean summit minutes?Did Park order it? Did she receive a report from the National Intelligence Service (NIS)? Or was she not aware of it? At least for now, there can’t be any way of knowing exactly what role she played.The main opposition Democratic Party (DP) claimed that if she didn’t know, it was tantamount to a coup by the spy agency’s chief Nam Jae-joon.Nam, a former Army chief of staff, said that he told neither Park nor the ruling Saenuri Party. The NIS normally directly reports to the President.But one thing that is sure is that Park has benefited the most from the NIS declassification of the six-year-old minutes.On Monday morning, she had to defend herself from allegations that the spy agency had tried to influence the outcome of the Dec. 19, 2012 presidential election for her. “I didn’t receive any NIS help,” she declared.That afternoon, Nam made public the minutes, after s

Jun 26, 2013By Jun Ji-hye
Did President know about it?
South Korea

Can tighter visa rules work to protect migrant wives?

A Korean groom and a foreign bride smile at each other during their traditional Korean wedding ceremony with other four couples in a park in Yangjae-dong, southern Seoul, May 22. The Ministry of Justice announced a plan to tighten rules on issuing marriage visas at the end of last month, drawing a mixed reaction from migrant women. / YonhapDetractors say new regulations may check multicultural trendBy Jun Ji-hye The government recently introduced new rules regarding the issuance of marriage visas to foreign spouses, provoking a debate on whether the intention within the legislation, to protect foreign brides from domestic abuse, could actually reverse a current trend in which increasing numbers of interracial families are living in Korea.At the end of May, the Ministry of Justice announced a plan to require foreign spouses to speak at least a basic level of Korean in order to obtain a marriage visa starting next year.“We’ve decided to strengthen the screening criteria to issue marriage visas because existing policies have focused only on those who were already marrie

Jun 26, 2013By Jun Ji-hye
Can tighter visa rules work to protect migrant wives?
South Korea

Legal protection needed against racial discrimination

Jeon Thi Hien, right, a naturalized Korean from Vietnam, has a talk with her friend, Hong Thu also from Vietnam, about the legislation of an anti-discrimination law in a cafe in Hanyang University, Seoul, Saturday./ Korea TimesThis is the sixth part in a year-long series, “Multiculturalism: The Great Experiment.” ㅡ ED.By Jun Ji-hyeKoreans were angry when football hero Park Ji-sung, the then Queens Park Rangers captain, was racially insulted by an English football spectator during a match in London last year.The abusive football fan was found guilty of violating Britain’s anti-discrimination law in January.Compare this to the case of “Little Psy,” who appears in the “Gangnam Style” video.Hwang Min-u, born to a Korean father and Vietnamese mother, was victimized by cyber bullying.  Hwang filed complaints in May against the bullies for insults rather than racial discrimination.Korea has no anti-discrimination law.Legislation against racial discrimination has stalled in the National Assembly, although the nation is becoming more diverse.By m

Jun 26, 2013By Jun Ji-hye
South Korea

'We wanted to defend our honor'

By Jun Ji-hye NIS Director Nam Jae-joonNam Jae-joon, head of the National Intelligence Service (NIS), said Tuesday that he decided to disclose records of the 2007 inter-Korean summit between late President Roh Moo-hyun and then North Korean leader Kim Jong-il to protect the honor of his agency.“I decided to reclassify the confidential transcripts as general documents to protect the honor of the NIS against the opposition parties (that have kept arguing that the NIS manipulated and distorted the minutes of two leaders’ dialogue),” Nam was quoted as saying by Rep. Jung Cheong-rae of the main opposition Democratic Party (DP). Jung is a member of the National Assembly Intelligence Committee.Nam’s decision to disclose the transcripts Monday added fuel to controversy surrounding late Roh’s alleged denial of the legitimacy of the Northern Limit Line (NLL), a de facto border in the West Sea.During his presence in the committee’s plenary session held for the first time in 96 days after Nam’s confirmation hearing was over in March, Nam made it cle

Jun 25, 2013By Jun Ji-hye
South Korea

Roh questioned legal ground of NLL

By Jun Ji-hyeIn eight pages of excerpts from transcripts of the 2007 inter-Korean summit that the ruling Saenuri Party disclosed to the press Monday, the late former President Roh Moo-hyun said he was of the same opinion with then North Korean leader Kim Jong-il that the Northern Limit Line (NLL), the de facto border in the West Sea, should be changed.“There are many opinions regarding the NLL issue, although most people do not know about the real details of the line. In people’s mind, the NLL issue is something they cannot even touch, although there's no basis for it under international law, and its logical basis is unclear,” Roh said.The excerpts contain part of the dialogue between two leaders about key issues including the NLL and relations with neighboring countries.The National Intelligence Service (NIS) released the excerpts, along with the full 100-page minutes of the summit to lawmakers belonging to the National Assembly Intelligence Committee.Members from the main opposition Democratic Party (DP) refused to accept the documents.According to the NIS, the li

Jun 24, 2013By Jun Ji-hye
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