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Controversy grows over archery event using photos of president, first lady

People are encouraged to shoot toy arrows at photos of President Yoon Suk Yeol, first lady Kim Keon Hee and Justice Minister Han Dong-hoon during a liberal civic group's rally held in Seoul, Saturday. YonhapBy Jun Ji-hyeControversy is growing over an event arranged by a left-wing civic group, which allowed participants to shoot toy arrows at photos of President Yoon Suk Yeol, first lady Kim Keon Hee and Justice Minister Han Dong-hoon. Critics said the event encouraged excessive hatred that is already prevalent in Korean society, noting that it should be taken seriously as even children were welcomed to participate. The event was part of a rally held Saturday in central Seoul by a civic group calling for the resignation of the Yoon government and for a special counsel probe into stock manipulation allegations involving the first lady. Han, who was a senior prosecutor, is a close aide of Yoon. “The prosecutor-turned-president has abused the prosecution's power all over the country, threatening the country's democracy,” said Rep. Lee Su-jin of the main opposition Democratic

Feb 14, 2023By Jun Ji-hye
Controversy grows over archery event using photos of president, first lady

Ruling party floor leader slams opposition for abusing dominance at Assembly

Ruling People Power Party floor leader Joo Ho-young delivers a speech at the National Assembly in Yeouido, Seoul, Tuesday. YonhapBy Nam Hyun-wooRuling People Power Party (PPP) floor leader Joo Ho-young said Tuesday that parliamentary democracy has been crumbling since the main opposition Democratic Party of Korea (DPK) gained a majority of National Assembly seats. Joo also accused the DPK of having double standards, which is a major contributor to the increasing public distrust in the Assembly, adding that DPK Chairman Lee Jae-myung is damaging the reputation of the Assembly due to corruption allegations made against him.“The DPK is disabling most of the key consensus functions of the Assembly as soon as it secured a majority of seats,” Joo said in a speech at the Assembly as the head of a negotiation group or a party with 20 or more members.“The DPK's attempts to disable the Assembly's coordinating committee by having its members abandon their party membership in disguise and exerting influence on independent lawmakers will remain as a dark chapter in history,&rdqu

Feb 14, 2023By Nam Hyun-woo
Ruling party floor leader slams opposition for abusing dominance at Assembly

Kim regains lead over Ahn in PPP leadership race: poll

Ruling People Power Party leader candidates ― Rep. Kim Gi-hyeon, left, Chun Ha-ram, second from left, an attorney affiliated with ousted chair Lee Jun-seok, Rep. Ahn Cheol-soo, second from right, and former Prime Minister Hwang Kyo-ahn ― attend a joint campaign speech in the southern island of Jeju, Feb. 13. YonhapRep. Kim Gi-hyeon of the ruling People Power Party (PPP) has regained the lead against three other candidates, including front-runner Rep. Ahn Cheol-soo, in the race for party leadership, a poll showed Tuesday.In the survey of 861 PPP supporters conducted by KOPRA on Saturday and Sunday, Kim earned 41 percent of support, up 10 percentage points from the previous survey, while Ahn fell to second place with 27 percent, down 8 percentage points.The previous survey was conducted in late January before the PPP shortlisted the four top contenders to run for party leader in a national convention slated for March 8.Chun Ha-ram, a lawyer considered close to ousted chair Lee Jun-seok, placed third with 13 percent, closely trailed by former Prime Minister Hwang Kyo-ahn at 12 percent.I

Feb 14, 2023
Kim regains lead over Ahn in PPP leadership race: poll

PPP lawmaker says Jeju uprising triggered by N. Korean founder's instruction

Rep. Tae Yong-ho kneels in front of a memorial stone dedicated to the victims of the Jeju April 3 incident in an undated photo from his Facebook page. YonhapRep. Tae Yong-ho, a North Korean defector-turned-lawmaker of the ruling People Power Party (PPP), has caused a controversy by insisting that a civilian uprising on Jeju Island in the late 1940s was obviously triggered by the instruction of North Korea's late founder, Kim Il-sung.Tae, who defected to South Korea in 2016 and was elected to the National Assembly in 2020, said on his Facebook page that he made the remarks at a PPP event on the southern resort island Sunday.The uprising, widely known as the Jeju April 3 incident, occurred on April 3, 1948, when Jeju islanders began protesting against U.S. military-led rule following Korea's liberation from Japan's 1910-1945 colonial rule. The then government distorted the uprising as a communist riot and massacred up to an estimated 30,000 civilians in armed crackdowns over the subsequent years.Tae argued that the April 3 incident was clearly an atrocity committed by the family of the

Feb 14, 2023
PPP lawmaker says Jeju uprising triggered by N. Korean founder's instruction

PM calls for swift implementation of tasks to empower local governments

Prime Minister Han Duck-soo, fourth from right, speaks during a Cabinet meeting at the government complex in Seoul, Feb. 14. YonhapPrime Minister Han Duck-soo instructed the Cabinet on Tuesday to swiftly carry out what is necessary to follow up on a plan to delegate some of the central government's powers to local governments.Han issued the instruction, referring to a plan unveiled during a meeting presided over by President Yoon Suk Yeol last week to transfer 57 kinds of administrative authority from the central government to local administrations in order to help provincial regions find their own growth engines."The relevant ministries should swiftly implement their tasks, such as promoting legislation, without a hitch," Han told a Cabinet meeting. "Local governments should use their newly granted authority to meet the characteristics of their regions to help the growth of the Republic of Korea," Han said, referring to South Korea by its official name.Han also vowed to continue to provide relief supplies to quake-struck Turkey. "As a responsible member of the international communit

Feb 14, 2023
PM calls for swift implementation of tasks to empower local governments

Opposition leader vows to launch special counsel probe into first lady

Main opposition Democratic Party of Korea floor leader Park Hong-keun speaks at the National Assembly, Feb. 13. YonhapThe floor leader of the main opposition Democratic Party of Korea (DPK) vowed Monday to realize an independent counsel investigation into allegations that first lady Kim Keon Hee was involved in stock manipulation. Rep. Park Hong-keun made the pledge, denouncing last week's court ruling that acquitted financiers in the Deutsch Motors stock manipulation case allegedly involving the first lady, citing the expiration of the statute of limitations. The DPK has long accused Kim of also playing the role of a financier in the scheme."The prosecution, the court and the presidential office has formed the Trinity in an attempt to save Kim Keon Hee," Park said in a speech at the National Assembly. "Who in the world is the president? Is first lady Kim also subject to the privilege not to get prosecuted? Is she in a sanctuary even if she is at fault?"We should straighten up the collapsed judicial justice through an investigation that leaves no sanctuary. The only way left is a spe

Feb 13, 2023
Opposition leader vows to launch special counsel probe into first lady

Yoon's drive to reform pension system, government loses steam

President Yoon Suk Yeol enters a hall to appoint the new vice chair of the presidential committee on low birthrates at the presidential office in Yongsan District, Seoul, Feb. 8. YonhapBy Nam Hyun-wooRecent decisions from the National Assembly ― a refusal to revive key pension rates and a vote to impeach the interior minister ― seem to be thwarting President Yoon Suk Yeol's efforts to reform the nation's pension system and governmental working processes. The parliamentary special committee on pension reform said last week that “it is not the time to discuss revisions to the income replacement rate of pensions and premium rate,” adding that it will concentrate on "long-term structural reforms of the country's national pension system."Revising the income replacement rate of pensions and premium rate is seen as the most challenging job in pension reform, because the former determines the amount of benefits that a holder will receive, while the latter affects the amount the holder will pay. With the general election coming up next year, rival parties have been hesitant to mak

Feb 12, 2023By Nam Hyun-woo
Yoon's drive to reform pension system, government loses steam

Korean team rescues 3 additional survivors in Turkey

Korean rescuers save a 17-year-old boy from the ruins of a building in Antakya, Turkey, Saturday (local time). Courtesy of Korea Disaster Relief TeamBy Lee Hyo-jin A Korean rescue team deployed in quake-hit Turkey rescued three more survivors from the rubble on Saturday (local time), raising the number it has saved to eight. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs said the Korea Disaster Relief Team (KDRT) has managed to pull out two family members ― a 17-year-old boy and his 51-year-old mother from the ruins of a building in Antakya, at around 7:18 p.m. and 8:18 p.m., respectively. The rescuers used specialized equipment in the operation which lasted for some five hours.The woman was in a relatively stable condition, but her son was unconscious as his lower body had been trapped under concrete slabs. The Korean medical team provided first aid to the teenager before he was transferred to a hospital.Earlier in the day, around 2:02 p.m., a 65-year-old woman was rescued in a joint operation by the KDRT and local rescuers. She was transferred to a nearby hospital, the foreign ministry said.&ldqu

Feb 12, 2023By Lee Hyo-jin
Korean team rescues 3 additional survivors in Turkey
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ANALYSIS Biden's 'Buy America' policy pressuring Samsung, SK in China

Seoul needs to ask Washington to extend exemption from US restrictions on transfer of advanced chip-making tools to China By Kim Yoo-chulThe era of free-trade in the United States, still one of the most crucial commercial markets for South Korean exporters, seems to have ended because “industrial policy” has become the new rage.Amid the continued trade dispute between the U.S. and China, President Joe Biden is now embracing a new economic theory to return the country to being a global manufacturing leader. In stressing “build more, and build it all here,” during his second State of the Union address, last week, the U.S. president specifically mentioned the passage of the CHIPS and Science Act (CHIPS Act) and the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) as examples of his administration's drive to expand manufacturing in the U.S.The two laws have brought in massive amount of dollars in funding for cash-intensive manufacturing projects on U.S. soil, in addition to tax breaks for made-in U.S. electric vehicles, batteries and chips. As the “Buy America” plan is m

Feb 12, 2023By Kim Yoo-chul
[ANALYSIS] Biden's 'Buy America' policy pressuring Samsung, SK in China

First lady to donate all compensation awarded in lawsuit against media outlet

First lady Kim Keon Hee, second from left, has "eomuk" made of fish fillet during a visit to Seomun Market, a political stronghold of the ruling People Power Party, in Daegu, 300 kilometers southeast of Seoul, Jan. 11. Korea Times photo by Seo Jae-hoonFirst lady Kim Keon Hee decided to donate all 10 million won ($7,887) that she was awarded in a lawsuit against a YouTube-based media outlet that disclosed phone conversations recorded without her consent, a presidential official said Sunday."We're discussing where and how to donate," the official said without providing further details. Sources said she is considering donating for relief efforts in earthquake-devastated Turkey. Also under consideration is to donate to an anti-animal abuse organization.On Friday, the Seoul Central District Court ordered the media outlet, Voice of Seoul, to pay her the money in compensation over its broadcasting of phone conversations that she had with one of its staffers.The disclosure was made in January last year ahead of March's presidential election. Kim had filed for an injunction against the planne

Feb 12, 2023
First lady to donate all compensation awarded in lawsuit against media outlet
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