Politics

Fukushima wastewater 'dead' as election issue

The discharge of treated radioactive water from the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant would “doom all fishing industries” in Korea, Lee Jae-myung, the opposition leader, said, vowing an “all-out effort” to stop it.

Nov 21, 2023By Jung Min-ho

Fukushima wastewater 'dead' as election issue

DPK apologizes for campaign banners criticized as slighting young people

The main opposition Democratic Party of Korea (DPK) apologized Monday after some of its campaign banners came under criticism that they belittle young people.

Nov 20, 2023

DPK apologizes for campaign banners criticized as slighting young people

Justice minister increasingly eyed as savior of ruling party

Justice Minister Han Dong-hoon is gaining increasing political fame in the leadup to the general elections slated for April, with some raising expectations that he could create a sensation and save President Yoon Suk Yeol and the ruling People Power Party (PPP), which have both been grappling with approval ratings hovering only at around 30 percent.

Nov 20, 2023By Kim Hyun-bin

Justice minister increasingly eyed as savior of ruling party

DPK leader gains popularity in China for hunger strike against Fukushima water release

The main opposition Democratic Party of Korea (DPK) leader Rep. Lee Jae-myung is gaining belated popularity among Chinese internet users for his hunger strike launched earlier this year to protest the Yoon Suk Yeol government's handling of state affairs.

Nov 20, 2023By Lee Hyo-jin

DPK leader gains popularity in China for hunger strike against Fukushima water release

Ex-PPP leader Lee vows to form new party 'if Yoon doesn't change'

Lee Jun-seok, an estranged former leader of the ruling People Power Party (PPP), said Sunday that he will set up a new party to push for political reform if President Yoon Suk Yeol does not change his way of doing politics by the end of this year.

Nov 19, 2023

Ex-PPP leader Lee vows to form new party 'if Yoon doesn't change'

Ruling party's reforms stuck at most critical stage

When it was launched three weeks ago, the ruling People Power Party's (PPP) innovation committee under the direction of Ihn Yo-han, a naturalized Korean doctor, received much praise both from within and outside the party.

Nov 17, 2023By Jung Min-ho

Ruling party's reforms stuck at most critical stage

S. Korean investors renew calls for compensation over stalled tour program in N. Korea

More than a dozen South Korean investors pressed the government again Friday to provide compensation for their losses stemming from a long-stalled tour program in North Korea.

Nov 17, 2023

S. Korean investors renew calls for compensation over stalled tour program in N. Korea

Yoon names new justice of Constitutional Court

President Yoon Suk Yeol on Thursday named Cheong Hyung-sik, a senior judge, as a new justice of the Constitutional Court.

Nov 16, 2023

Yoon names new justice of Constitutional Court

PPP proposes special bill to merge Gimpo into Seoul

The ruling People Power Party (PPP) proposed a special bill aimed at merging the satellite city of Gimpo into the country's capital of Seoul on Thursday.

Nov 16, 2023

PPP proposes special bill to merge Gimpo into Seoul

Supreme Court confirms 1-year sentence for Yoon's mother-in-law in forgery case

The Supreme Court on Thursday upheld a one-year prison sentence for the mother-in-law of President Yoon Suk Yeol for forging a financial document used in a land purchase deal.

Nov 16, 2023

Supreme Court confirms 1-year sentence for Yoon's mother-in-law in forgery case

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Politics

Fukushima wastewater 'dead' as election issue

DPK apologizes for campaign banners criticized as slighting young people

Justice minister increasingly eyed as savior of ruling party

DPK leader gains popularity in China for hunger strike against Fukushima water release

Ex-PPP leader Lee vows to form new party 'if Yoon doesn't change'

Ruling party's reforms stuck at most critical stage

S. Korean investors renew calls for compensation over stalled tour program in N. Korea

Yoon names new justice of Constitutional Court

PPP proposes special bill to merge Gimpo into Seoul

Supreme Court confirms 1-year sentence for Yoon's mother-in-law in forgery case

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