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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.
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.
North Korea continued its provocations targeting South Korea and the United States this month, diversifying its tactics beyond missile tests to include trash balloons and disruptive broadcasts.
Im Jong-seok, chief of staff to former President Moon Jae-in, is facing criticism over his remarks regarding the peaceful coexistence of the two Koreas.
The leadership of Han Dong-hoon, chairman of the ruling People Power Party (PPP), is being tested as he tries to resolve a standoff between the government and doctors.
Shim Woo-jung, Korea's new prosecutor general, faces an uphill battle handling various politically sensitive cases, including allegations against first lady Kim Keon Hee and former President Moon Jae-in, all while trying to restore public trust in the country’s scandal-ridden judicial system, according to political watchers, Wednesday.
The government has once again urged the medical community to engage in dialogue and participate in a consultative body to address the ongoing medical crisis, which stemmed from a dispute over the Yoon Suk Yeol administration’s plan to increase medical school quotas.
A four-way consultative body comprising major political parties, the government and doctors' groups is unlikely to be launched before the Chuseok holiday, according to politicians and doctors, Wednesday, as key stakeholders failed to find a breakthrough in the conflict over President Yoon Suk Yeol's medical reform plan.
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un’s rare speech on Foundation Day was intended to present him as a “leader of the people” in response to devastating floods earlier this summer and bolster internal unity, analysts said, Tuesday.