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Suwon Hwaseong Fortress and Haenggung-dong (an area comprising 12 neighborhoods), along with 10 other tourism hot spots, have been selected as Stars of Korean Tourism this year, according to the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism and the Korea Tourism Organization (KTO), Wednesday.
Incheon International Airport expects to fully recover to pre-pandemic levels in terms of cargo and air passengers by the end of the year, Incheon International Airport Corp. (IIAC), the operator of the country’s largest international air transport hub, said Wednesday.
The Korea Airports Corp. (KAC) has succeeded in localizing and commercializing tactical air navigation (TACAN), for which the country had so far relied entirely on imports, the company said Thursday.
While young Korean women have received local and global attention over the last two weeks for their overwhelming presence at the recent protests to impeach President Yoon Suk Yeol and their contributions to turning political demonstrations more festive and colorful, data showed that men of the same age group have been least active amid the political turmoil.
“Victory! Victory! The people have triumphed!”
President Yoon Suk Yeol claims that his declaration of martial law is justified as a decisive act of governance. But a group of psychiatrists warn that he may be “in a state of danger in which he might require a psychiatric evaluation."
Rep. Kim Sang-wook of the ruling People Power Party (PPP) said Friday that he has been bullied by fellow party members and received death threats from voters after publically supporting the impeachment of President Yoon Suk Yeol over his martial law declaration.
The ruling People Power Party (PPP) elected Rep. Kweon Seong-dong, a key confidant of President Yoon Suk Yeol, as its new floor leader on Thursday, despite growing calls nationwide for Yoon’s impeachment.
Koreans are bursting with creativity in nationwide protests against President Yoon Suk Yeol’s short-lived martial law and the ruling People Power Party’s (PPP) boycott of last Saturday's vote at the National Assembly to impeach Yoon.
Public anger has been growing against the ruling People Power Party (PPP) since last Saturday when the party boycotted the impeachment vote on President Yoon Suk Yeol, according to civic groups and political circles, Tuesday.