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DPK leader to appear before prosecutors for questioning Saturday

Lee Jae-myung, leader of the main opposition Democratic Party of Korea, meets the press to mark one year in office at the National Assembly in Seoul, Aug. 31. YonhapOpposition leader Lee Jae-myung will appear before prosecutors this weekend for questioning over his alleged involvement in a company's illegal money transfers to North Korea, his party said Thursday.Lee, chairman of the main opposition Democratic Party of Korea (DPK), will show up at the Suwon District Prosecutors Office on Saturday, DPK spokesperson Park Sung-joon told reporters, after a tug-of-war between the two sides over the date of Lee's appearance.Prosecutors had demanded Lee come for questioning between Thursday and Saturday. But the DPK insisted Lee will appear Tuesday next week after the end of this week's parliamentary interpellation session going on through Friday."After repeatedly slighting the National Assembly, the prosecution issued an unprecedented, coercive summons that Lee abandon his duty to attend a regular parliamentary session and appear" for questioning, the DPK spokesperson said. "We express deep

Sep 7, 2023
DPK leader to appear before prosecutors for questioning Saturday

Police open probe into lawmaker for attending pro-NK group's event

Independent lawmaker Youn Mee-hyang, center, is surrounded by reporters at the National Assembly in Seoul, Sept. 5. YonhapPolice on Thursday began an investigation into independent lawmaker Youn Mee-hyang accused of attending a pro-North Korea group's event in Japan without notifying the government in a possible violation of the National Security Law.According to police officials, the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency (SMPA) plans to bring in a Seoul city councilor Friday, who filed a complaint against Youn participating in the controversial event organized by the General Association of Korean Residents in Japan in Tokyo last Friday to commemorate Korean victims of the Kanto Massacre in the wake of the 1923 Great Kanto Earthquake.The association, also known as Jochongryon, represents Korean residents in Japan who have allegiance to North Korea. South Koreans need to file prior notification with the government before contacting a Jochongryon member under the Inter-Korean Exchange and Cooperation Act.Supreme Court rulings define Jochongryon as an anti-state organization, which South Kor

Sep 7, 2023
Police open probe into lawmaker for attending pro-NK group's event

Prosecution forms special investigation team into fake media interview scandal

Kim Man-bae, a key suspect behind a development scandal, speaks to the media outside the Seoul Detention Center in Uiwang, Sept. 7. Yonhap The prosecution formed a special investigation team Thursday into allegations that a manipulated media interview was released just days before last year's presidential election in an attempt to implicate then opposition candidate Yoon Suk Yeol into a development scandal dogging his election rival, Lee Jae-myung.The team, comprising about 10 prosecutors at the Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office, will carry out a swift and stern investigation into allegations that false information was publicized about a leading candidate right before the election, the prosecution said."This is a grave case of manipulating the election system, the basis of democracy," it said.The scandal centers on allegations that Kim Man-bae, a key suspect in the Daejang-dong development scandal, conspired with Shin Hak-lim, a journalist with the news out

Sep 7, 2023
Prosecution forms special investigation team into fake media interview scandal

Ex-President Moon to sue veterans minister for defaming his father

Veterans Minister Park Min-shik, right, speaks during a parliamentary meeting at the National Assembly in Seoul, Sept. 6. YonhapFormer President Moon Jae-in plans to file a defamation suit against Veterans Minister Park Min-shik for suggesting that his father was a pro-Japanese figure, according to an opposition lawmaker Wednesday.Park made the remark during a parliamentary meeting earlier in the day, saying Moon's father served in a regional government in Hungnam, a city in what is now North Korea, during Japan's 1910-45 colonial rule of the Korean Peninsula."Former President Moon plans to file a lawsuit against Minister Park for defaming the deceased," Rep. Youn Kun-young of the main opposition Democratic Party of Korea, who served as Moon's senior presidential secretary, told reporters.Youn strongly refuted the minister's remarks, categorizing them as baseless lies. He clarified that Moon's father had worked there following the liberation of Korea and not during the colonial rule period.The minister's remarks were made while he was making a comparison to another historical figure,

Sep 6, 2023
Ex-President Moon to sue veterans minister for defaming his father

Yoon sharpens anti-communist rhetoric to appeal to conservatives

President Yoon Suk Yeol gives a speech at a ceremony marking the 60th anniversary of the Korea National Diplomatic Academy, Sept. 1. Joint Press CorpsPresident's far-right stance likely to alienate moderate voters ahead of April election: analysts By Lee Hyo-jin After expressing a staunch anti-communist stance in his National Liberation Day speech on Aug. 15, President Yoon Suk Yeol has been explicitly underscoring that sentiment in recent weeks.During the Aug. 15 speech ― in which he used the term “communist” eight times ― Yoon lashed out at “anti-state forces” that “blindly follow communist totalitarianism” and urged the public not to be deceived by such groups. When he met with new leaders of the Peaceful Unification Advisory Council on Aug. 29, Yoon stressed their role in defending liberal democracy from “communist totalitarian forces that are engaging in psychological warfare to disturb the free society.”The president reaffirmed his assertive stance in another speech on Sept. 1 during a ceremony to mark the 60th anniversary of the

Sep 6, 2023By Lee Hyo-jin
Yoon sharpens anti-communist rhetoric to appeal to conservatives

Prosecution, opposition leader continue to conflict over questioning schedule

Lee Jae-myung, third from right, leader of the main opposition Democratic Party of Korea, speaks during a meeting of the party's Supreme Council at a tent in front of the National Assembly in Seoul, Sept. 6, as he stages a hunger strike for the seventh day in a row. YonhapThe prosecution and opposition leader Lee Jae-myung continued to clash Wednesday over the timing of his appearance for questioning regarding his alleged involvement in a company's illegal money transfers to North Korea.The Suwon District Prosecutors Office requested that the leader of the main opposition Democratic Party of Korea (DPK) appear for questioning between Thursday and Saturday. Earlier in the day, lawyers for Lee, who has been on an anti-government hunger strike since Thursday, notified the prosecution that he would attend next Tuesday."As Chairman Lee has previously refused two summonses and his fasting was hindering the investigation, we urged him to attend the questioning between Sept. 7 and 9 this week," the prosecution office said in a release.Lee was booked by the prosecution in Suwon, 30 kilometers

Sep 6, 2023
Prosecution, opposition leader continue to conflict over questioning schedule

Ex-N. Korean diplomat named special adviser to Seoul's unification minister

Unification Minister Kim Yung-ho, right, shakes hands with Ko Young-hwan, a former North Korean diplomat-turned-defector, at his office in Seoul, Sept. 6, after appointing him as a special adviser. YonhapUnification Minister Kim Yung-ho on Wednesday appointed a former North Korean diplomat who defected to South Korea as his special adviser, citing his expertise in information analysis on the North.Ko Young-hwan, who defected to South Korea in 1991, was named as an adviser to Kim on inter-Korean affairs and will play a role in helping people better understand the North's situation, according to Seoul's unification ministry."The unification ministry is planning to strengthen its ability to analyze North Korean intelligence and effectively push for the policy on North Korean defectors. In that sense, his appointment will help bolster the ministry's capabilities," Kim said.Ko, who hails from Pyongyang, served as a French interpreter for late North Korean founder Kim Il-sung and is the first North Korean diplomat ever to defect to South Korea.He served as the vice chief of the state-run I

Sep 6, 2023
Ex-N. Korean diplomat named special adviser to Seoul's unification minister

Prosecutors raid key suspect in allegations of fake interview on Yoon

Kim Man-bae / Korea Times fileProsecutors on Wednesday raided places related to Kim Man-bae, a key figure behind the scandal-ridden Daejang-dong development scandal, over allegations of his false media interview carried out to influence last year's presidential election.The Seoul Central District Prosecutors Office sent prosecutors and investigators to three places, including Kim's house and office, to seize materials and evidence in connection with his controversial interview with Shin Hak-lim, a journalist affiliated with online news outlet Newstapa, conducted on Sept. 15, 2021.Kim, a journalist-turned-property developer, has been imprisoned to stand trial for his role in the development project pushed in the mid-2010s by opposition leader Lee Jae-myung as the mayor of Seongnam, to which Daejang-dong belongs.In the dialogue with Shin, Kim made remarks to the effect that Yoon Suk Yeol, then opposition party presidential candidate, was behind the Daejang-dong scandal and the interview was reported by Newstapa on March 6, 2022, just three days before the presidential election, trigger

Sep 6, 2023
Prosecutors raid key suspect in allegations of fake interview on Yoon

Yoon's approval rating falls to 34.1%: Yonhap News survey

President Yoon Suk Yeol speaks during a ceremony at the Korea National Diplomatic Academy in Seoul, Sept. 1. Korea Times photo by Seo Jae-hoonPresident Yoon Suk Yeol's approval rating has fallen to 34.1 percent from a month ago, according to a survey conducted jointly by Yonhap News Agency and Yonhap News TV on Wednesday.The survey also revealed that the ruling People Power Party (PPP) and the main opposition Democratic Party of Korea (DPK) would secure 30.5 percent and 29.9 percent of the vote, respectively, if parliamentary elections scheduled for next April were held tomorrow.Yonhap News Agency and Yonhap News TV jointly commissioned the survey to gauge public sentiment. The survey was conducted by Metrix on 1,000 adults aged 18 and older Saturday and Sunday.According to the poll, the positive assessment of Yoon's performance was 34.1 percent, a 3.9 percentage-point fall from the previous survey conducted a month ago, while the negative assessment gained 5.7 percentage points to 58 percent.The survey identified defense and diplomacy as the most frequently cited factors in both pos

Sep 6, 2023
Yoon's approval rating falls to 34.1%: Yonhap News survey

Presidential office lashes out at 'manipulative' interview about Yoon

Shin Hak-lim, the former head of the National Union of Media Workers, answers reporters' questions during a press conference in Goyang, Gyeonggi Province, Friday. YonhapBy Lee Hyo-jin The presidential office on Tuesday criticized a media interview given by Kim Man-bae, a key suspect in a high-profile land development scandal, calling the interview an attempt at “unprecedented electoral manipulation” against then-candidate Yoon Suk Yeol in the 2022 presidential election.Kim Man-bae / Newsis“It is becoming clear that there has been political maneuvering in an attempt to switch the focus from Lee Jae-myung to Yoon Suk Yeol in the Hwacheon Daeyu scandal,” a senior official at the presidential office told reporters. “It is hard to dispel suspicions that the mastermind behind the Daejang-dong case, in collaboration with a media figure from the National Union of Media Workers, had been orchestrating an unprecedented election manipulation scheme.”The official was referring to Shin Hak-lim, former head of the National Union of Media Workers, who is under in

Sep 5, 2023By Lee Hyo-jin
Presidential office lashes out at 'manipulative' interview about Yoon
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