Politics

President names ex-judge as new head of corruption investigation office

President Yoon Suk Yeol named former judge Oh Dong-woon as the new chief prosecutor of the Corruption Investigation Office for High-ranking Officials (CIO), Friday.

Apr 26, 2024By Nam Hyun-woo

President names ex-judge as new head of corruption investigation office

President, opposition leader to meet on Monday

President Yoon Suk Yeol and Rep. Lee Jae-myung, chairman of the main opposition Democratic Party of Korea (DPK), will have their first official meeting on Monday, as the two sides agreed that a prompt face-to-face discussion was necessary to address pending state affairs.

Apr 26, 2024By Nam Hyun-woo

President, opposition leader to meet on Monday

Presidential office, main opposition party blame each other for delayed Yoon-Lee meeting

The presidential office and the main opposition Democratic Party of Korea (DPK) blamed each other, Thursday, following failed working-level talks aimed at arranging an official meeting between President Yoon Suk Yeol and DPK Chairman Lee Jae-myung.

Apr 25, 2024By Nam Hyun-woo

Presidential office, main opposition party blame each other for delayed Yoon-Lee meeting

Yoon thanks outgoing PPP lawmakers for service to nation

President Yoon Suk Yeol hosted a luncheon for outgoing ruling party lawmakers Wednesday and thanked them for their service to the nation while stressing their shared "political fate," his office said.

Apr 24, 2024

Yoon thanks outgoing PPP lawmakers for service to nation

Ruling party falls short of self reform after election defeat

Despite widespread calls for reform following the ruling People Power Party's (PPP) devastating defeat in the April 10 parliamentary elections, key figures aligned with President Yoon Suk Yeol are apparently aiming to gain control of the party's leadership again.

Apr 24, 2024By Lee Hyo-jin

Ruling party falls short of self reform after election defeat

Korea's ex-ruling party interim leader keeps distance from president after election defeat

Korea's ex-ruling party interim leader keeps distance from president after election defeat

The ruling People Power Party's (PPP) former interim leader, Han Dong-hoon, is keeping a distance from President Yoon Suk Yeol after the party's crushing defeat in the April 10 general elections in an apparent move to prepare return to politics without carry-over associations with the beleaguered president.

Apr 24, 2024By Nam Hyun-woo

Korea's ex-ruling party interim leader keeps distance from president after election defeat

Ruling party falls short of self reform after election defeat

Ex-PM Ro Jai-bong dies at 88

Ro Jai-bong, who served as prime minister and presidential chief of staff during the 1988-1993 presidency of Roh Tae-woo, has died, his acquaintances said Wednesday. He was 88.

Apr 24, 2024

Parole of Korean president's jailed mother-in-law put on hold

President Yoon Suk Yeol's mother-in-law, currently serving a one-year prison term for forgery, had her parole put on hold Tuesday, three months ahead of the scheduled expiration of her term.

Apr 23, 2024

Parole of Korean president's jailed mother-in-law put on hold

Opposition pushes two contentious bills directly to plenary meeting

Opposition lawmakers on Tuesday unilaterally passed motions requiring two contentious bills to go directly to a plenary parliamentary meeting as the ruling party boycotted the votes in protest.

Apr 23, 2024

Opposition pushes two contentious bills directly to plenary meeting

DPK urges Yoon to accept special counsel probe over young Marine's death

The floor leader of the main opposition Democratic Party of Korea (DPK) said Tuesday that the first step President Yoon Suk Yeol should take for change is to accept a special prosecutor investigation into allegations surrounding the death of a young Marine.

Apr 23, 2024

DPK urges Yoon to accept special counsel probe over young Marine's death

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Politics

President names ex-judge as new head of corruption investigation office

President, opposition leader to meet on Monday

Presidential office, main opposition party blame each other for delayed Yoon-Lee meeting

Yoon thanks outgoing PPP lawmakers for service to nation

Ruling party falls short of self reform after election defeat

Korea's ex-ruling party interim leader keeps distance from president after election defeat

Ex-PM Ro Jai-bong dies at 88

Parole of Korean president's jailed mother-in-law put on hold

Opposition pushes two contentious bills directly to plenary meeting

DPK urges Yoon to accept special counsel probe over young Marine's death

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