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Kwak Yeon-soo is a digital editor at The Korea Times creating, editing and curating digital content for the newspaper’s website, mobile app and social media. She previously covered a diverse array of cultural, political and business topics.
Prosecutors decided to drop charges against first lady Kim Keon Hee, Wednesday, over her acceptance of a luxury handbag from a Korean American pastor in 2022.
North Korea has been quiet on South Korea since August, prompting analysts to suspect that the “unusual” silence could be linked to its plan to amend the country’s constitution to ensure that Seoul is seen as the “primary foe,” the Ministry of Unification said, Wednesday.
President Yoon Suk Yeol is under scrutiny for arranging a dinner meeting for Wednesday with ruling People Power Party (PPP) floor leader Rep. Choo Kyung-ho and other PPP lawmakers who chair parliamentary committees while refusing to meet party leader Han Dong-hoon separately.
South Korea's Vice Unification Minister, Kim Soo-kyung, will visit Germany this week to attend the Day of German Unity celebrations and discuss the country's unification experience with senior German officials.
The approval ratings of President Yoon Suk Yeol and the ruling People Power Party (PPP) hit all-time lows, a poll showed Monday, reflecting broad dissatisfaction with the ruling bloc's policies.
Han Dong-hoon, chairman of the ruling People Power Party (PPP), is actively campaigning alongside candidates for the October by-elections in a bid to shape the electoral outcome in his favor as he struggles with other problems, according to party officials and political watchers, Sunday. His moves to form a consultative body to discuss the medical school quota hike and seek horizontal party-government relations have been hitting roadblocks, and a win for his party in the by-elections could lead him to a breakthrough.
Regardless of who wins the U.S. presidential election, the outcome is expected to significantly impact South Korea's national interests, particularly the U.S.-South Korea alliance and East Asian security, according to political analysts on Thursday.
President Yoon Suk Yeol's dinner with the ruling People Power Party (PPP) leadership ended without a one-on-one meeting with PPP leader Han Dong-hoon, thereby hinting at the possibility of a growing rift in the ruling party.
Rival parties remain divided over the government’s plan to abolish the financial investment income tax, which is scheduled to take effect in January next year, according to political watchers, Tuesday.
President Yoon Suk Yeol is widely expected to focus on mending relations with the ruling party over medical reforms as he returned home, Sunday, from his trip to the Czech Republic, according to political watchers, Monday. He had made the trip to boost economic ties with the European nation via a nuclear energy partnership.