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Yoon says 'North Korea sympathizers' are enemies

President Yoon Suk-yeol speaks during a luncheon with the heads of the ruling People Power Party's regional chapters at the presidential office in Yongsan District, Seoul, Wednesday. Courtesy of presidential officeBy Nam Hyun-wooPresident Yoon Suk-yeol criticized what he called “North Korea sympathizers,” claiming that they are neither liberals nor left wing.During a luncheon with the members of the ruling People Power Party (PPP) at the presidential office on Wednesday, Yoon said he will not cooperate with what he called enemies of the Republic of Korea. He made the remarks when one of the participants advised him that the president shouldn't give in because of “North Korean sympathizers” while mentioning North Korea's recent military provocations. “There are liberals, moderates and conservatives. There are people who identified themselves in the past as conservative but they have changed since and now they identify themselves as liberals. We can work together with people like them,” he was quoted as saying. “But we cannot work together with

Oct 19, 2022By Nam Hyun-woo
Yoon says 'North Korea sympathizers' are enemies

DPK bristles at prosecution probes targeting top officials of previous administration

Rep. Park Hong-geun, center, floor leader of the main opposition Democratic Party of Korea, speaks during a news conference protesting against the Yoon Suk-yeol government in front of the presidential office in Seoul, Oct. 17. YonhapThe main opposition Democratic Party of Korea (DPK) bristled Wednesday at prosecution investigations that led to requests for arrest warrants for former top officials of the previous Moon Jae-in government and the detention of a close aide to current party chief Lee Jae-myung.Prosecutors sought arrest warrants Tuesday for former Defense Minister Suh Wook and former Coast Guard Commissioner General Kim Hong-hee on charges related to the Moon administration's conclusion without sufficient evidence that a South Korean fisheries official was killed while attempting to defect to North Korea in 2020.On Wednesday, prosecutors also apprehended Kim Yong, one of DPK leader Lee's close confidants, on bribery charges, while questioning Noh Young-min, a former chief of staff to Moon, over the 2019 repatriation of two North Korean fishermen against their will.The DPK c

Oct 19, 2022
DPK bristles at prosecution probes targeting top officials of previous administration
  • Ex-presidential chief of staff questioned over deportation of North Korean fishermen

Yoon vows to infuse spirit of freedom, solidarity in sports

Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol gives a keynote speech during the 26th General Assembly of the Association of National Olympic Committees (ANOC) at the Convention and Exhibition Center in Seoul, Oct. 19. Yonhap President Yoon Suk-yeol said Wednesday he will work to infuse the spirit of freedom and solidarity in sports, as he addressed a gathering of national Olympic bodies.Yoon gave a keynote speech at the opening of the 26th General Assembly of the Association of National Olympic Committees (ANOC) at the Convention and Exhibition Center (COEX) in southern Seoul.This is the third time Korea is hosting the general assembly, which is known as the U.N. General Assembly of sports, following previous editions in 1986 and 2006."I believe that the spirit of freedom and solidarity sought by the Republic of Korea government is no different from the Olympic spirit," Yoon said."We will do our best to not only infuse the spirit of freedom and solidarity across the entire sports

Oct 19, 2022
Yoon vows to infuse spirit of freedom, solidarity in sports

Ex-presidential chief of staff questioned in N. Korean fishermen repatriation case

Former presidential chief of staff Noh Young-min / Korea Times fileProsecutors on Wednesday questioned former presidential chief of staff Noh Young-min as part of an investigation into the previous Moon Jae-in government's repatriation of two North Korean fishermen in 2019. Prosecutors are looking into the case on suspicions that the Moon government deported the two North Korean fishermen back home despite their wishes to defect to South Korea. Noh who served as the presidential chief of staff at that time presided over a meeting at Cheong Wa Dae where the deportation of the North Koreans was decided. In August, a task force of the ruling People Power Party filed a complaint against him on charges that include abuse of official authority, illegal confinement and dereliction of duties. Noh appeared for questioning at the Seoul Central District Prosecutors Office. (Yonhap)

Oct 19, 2022
Ex-presidential chief of staff questioned in N. Korean fishermen repatriation case

Yoon gives credentials to ambassador to Britain, 3 other countries

President Yoon Suk-yeol, center, poses for a photo with, from left to right, new Korean Ambassador to the United Arab Emirates Yoo Jeh-seung, Ambassador to Britain Yoon Yeo-cheol, Ambassador to Malaysia Yeo Seung-bae and Ambassador to Switzerland Keum Chang-rok, after presenting them with letters of credential at the presidential office in Seoul, Oct. 18. YonhapPresident Yoon Suk-yeol gave credentials to new Ambassador to Britain Yoon Yeo-cheol and three others on Tuesday.The other three who received credentials were Ambassador to the United Arab Emirates Yoo Jeh-seung, Ambassador to Malaysia Yeo Seung-bae and Ambassador to Switzerland Keum Chang-rok.Yoon, the new envoy to London, previously served as ambassador to Egypt, while Yoo is a Korea Military Academy graduate with years of service in the Army and the defense ministry.Yeo was formerly deputy foreign minister, while Keum served as consul general to Frankfurt. (Yonhap)

Oct 18, 2022
Yoon gives credentials to ambassador to Britain, 3 other countries

Ruling party presses Moon over slain fisheries official probe

Ruling People Power Party floor leader Joo Ho-young, left, gives opening remarks during a party response meeting at the National Assembly, Oct. 18. YonhapThe ruling People Power Party (PPP) on Tuesday stepped up pressure on former President Moon Jae-in to comply with investigations into his administration's handling of the 2020 death of a fisheries official at the hands of North Korea.A prosecution investigation into the case has led to prosecutors seeking arrest warrants for former Defense Minister Suh Wook and former Coast Guard Commissioner General Kim Hong-hee on charges related to the Moon administration's conclusion without sufficient evidence that the official was killed while attempting to defect to the North.Moon is not subject to the prosecution investigation.But the state auditor, the Board of Audit and Inspection, is also looking into the case, and earlier this month, the agency asked Moon to answer questions in writing, but he rejected the request, denouncing it as "disrespectful."Moon's main opposition Democratic Party of Korea has denounced the investigations as politi

Oct 18, 2022
Ruling party presses Moon over slain fisheries official probe

Yoon attends groundbreaking for express railway connecting Chuncheon, Sokcho

President Yoon Suk-yeol, right, signs a rail tie at the groundbreaking ceremony for the construction of an express railway connecting the northern cities of Chuncheon and Sokcho, in Sokcho, Oct. 18. YonhapPresident Yoon Suk-yeol on Tuesday attended the groundbreaking ceremony for the construction of an express railway connecting the northern cities of Chuncheon and Sokcho.The ceremony was held in Sokcho, a coastal city 158 kilometers northeast of Seoul, with the participation of some 400 government and railway officials and local residents.Construction is expected to cost around 2.4 trillion won ($1.7 billion) over six years. Once the railway is completed in late 2027, the segment will extend the Seoul-Chuncheon line to Sokcho, reducing travel time between the capital and the coastal city to 1 hour and 39 minutes without transfers, which is 1 hour 20 minutes less than traveling the same distance by car.In his remarks at the ceremony, Yoon vowed to support balanced development across regions by expanding local transportation networks, according to his office."All citizens of the Repub

Oct 18, 2022
Yoon attends groundbreaking for express railway connecting Chuncheon, Sokcho

Yoon holds talks with IOC chief Bach

President Yoon Suk-yeol, fourth from right in front row, International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach, fourth from left in front row, and former U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, first from right in front row, pose with the executives of the Association of National Olympic Committees (ANOC) at the presidential office in Yongsan in central Seoul, Monday, before having dinner. The four-day ANOC general assembly is scheduled to take place in Seoul, Tuesday. Courtesy of presidential office President Yoon Suk-yeol held talks with International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach and other international sports leaders at the presidential office Monday.Bach is in Seoul to attend the Association of National Olympic Committees (ANOC) General Assembly this week, according to Yoon's office.They were joined at the dinner by ANOC Acting President Robin Mitchell, ANOC Vice President for Asia Yu Zaiqing, former U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, who serves as chair of the IOC Ethics Commission, and Culture Minister Park Bo-gyoon, among others.During the talks, Yoon said

Oct 17, 2022
Yoon holds talks with IOC chief Bach

Gov't to set up cybersecurity task force after Kakao disruptions

President Yoon Suk-yeol gestures as he answers reporters' questions at the presidential office in Yongsan District, Seoul, Monday. YonhapYoon says Kakao is virtually part of national infrastructure By Nam Hyun-wooThe presidential office announced a plan to establish a cybersecurity task force team to thwart threats and risks that can disrupt the nation's key infrastructure after disruptions to Kakao's ubiquitous messaging and settlement functions wreaked havoc on the nation over the weekend.Kim Sung-han, director of the National Security Office, will preside over a meeting with ranking officials from the science and defense ministries, the National Intelligence Service, Supreme Prosecutors' Office and the military.The disruption of Kakao's services “not only made the lives of ordinary citizens tougher, but was also an incident that can impact national security. The incident proved that such worries are real and can happen,” an official from the presidential office told reporters. “Thus, there was a shared view among senior presidential secretaries that we need a tas

Oct 17, 2022By Nam Hyun-woo
Gov't to set up cybersecurity task force after Kakao disruptions
  • SK, Kakao, Naver heads face grilling by lawmakers over unprecedented outage
  • Financial authority launches probe into Kakao over service outage
  • Kakao services nearly in full swing after fire

Rival parties rap Kakao over disruption, summon founder for parliamentary audit

Kakao founder Kim Beom-su / Korea Times fileThe ruling and main opposition parties lashed out at tech giant Kakao on Monday, branding a massive service disruption that occurred over the weekend as a "digital platform disaster" and summoning its founder to a parliamentary audit.On Saturday afternoon, a fire started at a SK CC building that houses the data center that Kakao uses, prompting a power outage that disrupted the company's namesake messaging service KakaoTalk, as well as ride-hailing and public services tied to the app that more than 40 million use. The blaze also affected Naver, the country's top internal portal, which uses the same data center."The point of this crisis was that the business did not have appropriate backup systems in order to cut costs," Rep. Park Hong-geun, floor leader of the main opposition Democratic Party of Korea (DPK), said, accusing Kakao of failing to "think about responsibilities while maintaining the market dominant position.""Considering that digital services provided by the private sector have deeply permeated into the people's lives, we can no

Oct 17, 2022
Rival parties rap Kakao over disruption, summon founder for parliamentary audit
  • Kakao ready for complete recovery nearly 2 days after fire
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