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Presidential office denies Yoon used foul language to refer to Biden, Congress

Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol, right, shakes hands with U.S. President Joe Biden after attending the seventh replenishment conference of the Geneva-based Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria in New York, Sept. 21. YonhapThe office of President Yoon Suk-yeol denied Thursday that Yoon used foul language in reference to U.S. Congress and President Joe Biden, clarifying that he was talking about a situation he could face if Korea's opposition-controlled National Assembly does not cooperate.On Wednesday, video circulated of Yoon talking with U.S. President Joe Biden at a fundraiser for fighting infectious diseases in New York. As he leaves the venue amid noise, he appears to tell aides in vulgar language that it would be embarrassing for Biden if the National Assembly did not approve of something unspecified.The clip led to speculation that Yoon was referring to Biden's pledge to contribute another $6 billion to the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria. His mention of the National Assembly was interpreted as a reference to U.S. Congress.But Kim Eun-hye, seni

Sep 23, 2022
Presidential office denies Yoon used foul language to refer to Biden, Congress
  • Yoon's inept diplomacy draws flak

Korean businessman elected ISO president

Cho Sung-hwan, CEO of Hyundai Mobis / Korea Times YoutubeCho Sung-hwan, the chief executive officer of Korean auto parts maker Hyundai Mobis, has been elected president of the International Organization for Standardization (ISO), the industry ministry said Thursday.Cho was elected at the ISO's General Assembly meeting in Abu Dhabi. He will begin his official two-year term from January 2024 for the independent, non-governmental international organization with a membership of 167 national standards bodies. The president-elect will play an active role in ISO affairs for one year along with current President Ulrika Francke.Korea earned its ISO membership in 1963. (Yonhap)

Sep 23, 2022
Korean businessman elected ISO president

Yoon meets Fields Medal winner Huh in New York

Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol, right, talks with June Huh, a Korean American mathematician and professor at Princeton University, during their meeting at a New York hotel, Sept. 22.Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol met with June Huh, the Korean American mathematician who won this year's prestigious Fields Medal, in New York on Thursday, and discussed ways to foster talented people in science and technology, his office said.Yoon, who was in New York to attend the U.N. General Assembly, congratulated the 39-year-old professor of Princeton University once again on winning the Fields Medal, which is often dubbed the Nobel Prize in mathematics.He was awarded the medal in July for his research connecting combinatorics and algebraic geometry. Huh is the first scholar of Korean descent to win the honor. "President Yoon said he was deeply moved as a Korean and that his winning the award made many people proud because he is a young mathematician who studied in Korea," the presidential office said in a press release.Yoon also said he deeply sympathized with Huh's message during his commencement s

Sep 23, 2022
Yoon meets Fields Medal winner Huh in New York

Gov't, ruling party to consider reviewing all stalking cases reported to police

Jeon Joo-hwan, the 31-year-old suspect in the subway murder case, is being transferred from Seoul Namdaemun Police Station to the Seoul Central District Prosecutors Office, Sept. 21. YonhapThe government and the ruling People Power Party (PPP) agreed Thursday to consider reviewing all stalking cases reported to the police, amid public outrage over an alleged stalking and murder case at a Seoul subway station last week. The agreement was made after the justice ministry and the police reported their plan to respond to stalking crimes in an emergency meeting held at the National Assembly, PPP Rep. Lee Man-hee said. "We discussed how to prevent crimes similar to the recent tragedy that happened at Sindang Station involving stalking," Lee told reporters, adding that the government and the PPP agreed to look into more than 2,000 cases related to stalking reported to the police.On Sept. 14, Jeon Joo-hwan, a 31-year-old employee of the Seoul Metro, was apprehended at Sindang Station on Line No. 2 after stabbing a female colleague in her 20s to death in the subway station's ladies' room.The c

Sep 22, 2022
Gov't, ruling party to consider reviewing all stalking cases reported to police
  • Public outraged by yet another stalking murder

Yoon says digital technology should expand freedom

Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol, right rear, takes a selfie with a group of students after attending a digital vision forum at New York University in New York, Sept. 21. YonhapKorean President Yoon Suk-yeol attended a digital forum in New York on Wednesday, saying digital technologies should be shared and used to expand freedoms.Yoon attended the Digital Vision Forum at New York University as part of his visit to the city for the U.N. General Assembly.In a speech, he offered his vision for a digital order to be sought jointly by the people of the world to realize the universal values of freedom, human rights, peace and solidarity, his office said."President Yoon explained that digital technologies must contribute to expanding freedom and that it is important to produce economic and social value through digital data," it said in a press release.He also stressed that the digital ecosystem should be open for participation by everyone, while expressing his commitment to Korea fulfilling its role as a model nation in the digital era and to crafting a national digital strategy to share its

Sep 22, 2022
Yoon says digital technology should expand freedom

Yoon asks Biden to resolve Korea's concerns over Inflation Reduction Act

Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol, center, talks with U.S. President Joe Biden, left, after attending the seventh replenishment conference of the Geneva-based Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria in New York on Sept. 21. On the right is Foreign Minister Park Jin. YonhapPresident Yoon Suk-yeol asked U.S. President Joe Biden to resolve Korea's concerns over the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), and Biden responded he was well aware of the concerns, Yoon's office said Wednesday.Biden also said the two sides should continue serious discussions about the matter, the office said in a press release summarizing the presidents' three encounters over the last four days."President Yoon explained our businesses' concerns about the U.S. Inflation Reduction Act and asked that the U.S. administration cooperate closely with South Korea in the process of enforcing the IRA so as to resolve our concerns," it said."In response, President Biden said he is well aware of our concerns, and that South Korea and the U.S. should continue to hold serious consultations," it added.The IRA excludes electr

Sep 22, 2022
Yoon asks Biden to resolve Korea's concerns over Inflation Reduction Act
  • Yoon, Kishida agree on need to improve bilateral ties by resolving pending issues

Yoon, Kishida agree on need to improve bilateral ties by resolving pending issues

President Yook Suk-yeol, left, and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida shake hands during a summit held in New York on the sidelines of the U.N. General Assembly, Wednesday. YonhapKorean President Yoon Suk-yeol and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida met in New York Wednesday and agreed on the need to improve relations between the two countries by resolving pending issues, the presidential office said.Their meeting, which took place in New York on the sidelines of the U.N. General Assembly, marked the first one-on-one talks between the leaders of the two nations since December 2019 and raised hope of improving relations badly frayed over wartime forced labor and other issues related to Japan's 1910-45 colonial rule of the Korean Peninsula."The two leaders agreed on the need to improve bilateral relations by resolving pending issues, and agreed to instruct their diplomats to accelerate talks between them to that end while also continuing discussions between themselves," Lee Jae-myoung, deputy presidential spokesperson, said in a written briefing. "The two leaders shared serious co

Sep 22, 2022
Yoon, Kishida agree on need to improve bilateral ties by resolving pending issues
  • Yoon asks Biden to resolve Korea's concerns over Inflation Reduction Act
  • Japan ambassador voices positive view of Yoon-Kishida meeting in New York

Yoon promises to ask US to pay attention to rights of Korean residents

Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol, center, meets with a group of Korean residents in New York, Sept. 20. YonhapPresident Yoon Suk-yeol met with Korean residents in New York on Tuesday and promised to ask the U.S. government to ensure their rights and safety.The banquet, which was held as part of Yoon's visit to the city to attend the U.N. General Assembly, brought together some 170 Korean residents, including the head of the Korean American Association of Greater New York and business owners.Yoon said he is proud of their achievements and grateful for their love for their fatherland."Our government will do our best so that overseas Koreans can enjoy their proper rights in U.S. society and develop further," he said during the dinner, where he was joined by first lady Kim Keon-hee."We will do our best to ensure our compatriots are not exposed to hate crimes and discrimination, and can safely go about their lives. I will call on the U.S. authorities to pay attention to enhancing the rights and interests of our compatriots as well as their safety," he added.Referring to his campaign pledge

Sep 21, 2022
Yoon promises to ask US to pay attention to rights of Korean residents

Poll shows 35.9% will support ex-PPP leader if he forms new party

Lee Jun-seok, former leader of the ruling People Power Party, speaks to reporters after arriving at the Seoul Southern District Court, Sept. 14. YonhapMore than one-third of voters said they are willing to support ousted leader Lee Jun-seok of the ruling People Power Party (PPP) if he forms a new party, a poll showed Wednesday.In the poll of 1,000 voters conducted by pollster Hangil Research from Saturday to Monday, 35.9 percent said they will support Lee if he forms a new party should the PPP officially expel him in an upcoming ethics committee meeting.Some 56 percent said they will not support the new party, with those who identified themselves as PPP supporters more likely to oppose the possible plan.The result comes a week ahead of the PPP's ethics committee meeting against Lee. The party launched a second disciplinary process against him Sunday for making remarks hurting his own party. In the first disciplinary action in July, Lee saw his membership suspended for six months over sexual bribery allegations.On the additional disciplinary process, 54.1 percent of the respondents cr

Sep 21, 2022
Poll shows 35.9% will support ex-PPP leader if he forms new party
  • Police not to refer ex-PPP leader Lee to prosecution over sexual bribery charges

Ex-unification minister questioned in probe into 2019 repatriation of 2 N. Korean fishermen

Kim Yeon-chul, former Unification Minister and the chairperson at the Korea Peace Forum, speaks during a panel discussion hosted by the forum at the National Assembly, Monday. Joint Press CorpsProsecutors on Tuesday questioned former Unification Minister Kim Yeon-chul as part of an investigation into allegations involving the previous government's repatriation of two North Korean fishermen in 2019, officials said.Kim has been accused of ordering an early end to a government inquiry into the North Koreans captured near the inter-Korean sea border and sending them back to the North despite their wish to defect to South Korea, while he was unification minister.The North Koreans' repatriation is one of the two suspicious cases involving the former Moon Jae-in administration that President Yoon Suk-yeol's government is revisiting, along with the North's killing of a South Korean fisheries official near the western sea border in 2020.The Moon administration was accused of mishandling the two cases in an attempt to curry favor with Pyongyang so as to move the stalled inter-Korean peace proc

Sep 20, 2022
Ex-unification minister questioned in probe into 2019 repatriation of 2 N. Korean fishermen
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