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Yoon asks for Philippines' support to bring justice to main culprit in 2016 killing of Korean businessman

President Yoon Suk Yeol raised the issue of the 2016 killing of a Korean businessman in the Philippines during his recent summit with Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., asking for Manila's support in arresting and punishing the main culprit on the run, his office said Thursday.

Oct 17, 2024By Yonhap
Yoon asks for Philippines' support to bring justice to main culprit in 2016 killing of Korean businessman

Prosecutors decide not to indict first lady over suspected stock manipulation

Prosecutors have decided not to indict first lady Kim Keon Hee after looking into her alleged involvement in a stock manipulation scheme involving Deutsch Motors Inc., a BMW dealer, concluding that she did not know her accounts were used for manipulation.

Oct 17, 2024By Yonhap
Prosecutors decide not to indict first lady over suspected stock manipulation

Rival parties secure by-election wins in strongholds; PPP prevails in Busan battleground

The ruling and main opposition parties won crucial regional by-elections in their respective strongholds, voting results showed Thursday, sparing their leadership what could have been a stinging setback from the showdown seen as a gauge of public sentiment as President Yoon Suk Yeol is halfway through his five-year term.

Oct 17, 2024By Yonhap
Rival parties secure by-election wins in strongholds; PPP prevails in Busan battleground

Ruling party apologizes for abrupt resignation of Guro Ward chief

The ruling People Power Party (PPP) apologized Wednesday after Seoul's Guro Ward chief resigned abruptly in protest of a government order to place his stocks in a blind trust.

Oct 16, 2024By Yonhap
Ruling party apologizes for abrupt resignation of Guro Ward chief

Reporter's Notebook Korea's National Assembly reduced to level of K-pop fan meeting

Many Koreans cannot help but feel frustrated and angry as they watched the country's lawmakers, staff and some key witnesses, who gathered for the National Assembly's annual inspection of state affairs, act like fanboys and fangirls around Hanni from the K-pop girl group NewJeans, who attended the parliamentary session on Tuesday.

Oct 16, 2024By Anna J. Park
[Reporter's Notebook] Korea's National Assembly reduced to level of K-pop fan meeting
  • NewJeans' Hanni testifies at National Assembly over bullying claim

Who is Myung Tae-kyun, mysterious power broker engulfing ruling party?

First lady Kim Keon Hee is under intense scrutiny over her relationship with Myung Tae-kyun, a mysterious power broker, after leaked messages suggest that she exercised undue influence over the ruling party’s candidate nominations for the 2022 by-elections and April's general elections.

Oct 16, 2024By Kwak Yeon-soo
Who is Myung Tae-kyun, mysterious power broker engulfing ruling party?

Seoul education chief by-election pits conservative ex-lawmaker against progressive professor

Voters in Seoul headed to the polls on Wednesday to select the city's new education superintendent in a by-election, with a close race expected between a conservative former lawmaker and a progressive honorary Seoul National University (SNU) sociology professor.

Oct 16, 2024By Yonhap
Seoul education chief by-election pits conservative ex-lawmaker against progressive professor

Koreans head to polls in local by-elections

Koreans voted Wednesday to elect the education chief of Seoul and four local government heads, with the result expected to serve as a litmus test of public sentiment since the April general elections.

Oct 16, 2024By Yonhap
Koreans head to polls in local by-elections

Can opening first lady's office help alleviate Kim Keon Hee risks?

As controversy intensifies over first lady Kim Keon Hee's alleged influence on state affairs, the issue is escalating further with the planned establishment of an office for her and her staff within the presidential building, according to political pundits, Tuesday.

Oct 15, 2024By Anna J. Park
Can opening first lady's office help alleviate Kim Keon Hee risks?

Yoon calls for bipartisan efforts to scrap financial investment income tax

President Yoon Suk Yeol urged Tuesday bipartisan efforts to abolish the planned financial investment income tax and instructed the government to prepare lifting a temporary ban on short selling in March 2025 to shore up the stock market.

Oct 15, 2024By Yonhap
Yoon calls for bipartisan efforts to scrap financial investment income tax
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