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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

Police not to refer ex-PPP leader Lee to prosecution over sexual bribery charges

Former People Power Party Chairman Lee Jun-seok / YonhapPolice have decided not to refer Lee Jun-seok, the former chairman of the ruling People Power Party, to the prosecution for indictment over allegations he received sexual services as bribery from a businessman about 10 years ago.The 37-year-old Lee has been accused of receiving sexual services paid for by Kim Sung-jin, CEO of tech company I-kaist, in 2013 and attempting to cover it up by promising to pay off a whistleblower.Kim's side claimed Lee had promised to set up a meeting with then President Park Geun-hye in return. Lee was considered close to Park at that time, because she had handpicked him for a seat on the party's collective leadership two years earlier. Due to the scandal, Lee's party membership was suspended for six months by the party's ethics committee in early July, resulting in his ouster from the party chairmanship.The Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency in charge of the case has determined Lee is not punishable for the alleged bribery since the seven-year statute of limitations had expired, police officials said.

Sep 20, 2022
Police not to refer ex-PPP leader Lee to prosecution over sexual bribery charges
  • Poll shows 35.9% will support ex-PPP leader if he forms new party

Yoon failing to pay tribute to Queen Elizabeth II criticized as 'diplomatic disaster'

President Yoon Suk-yeol signs a condolence book at Church House in London, Monday, after the death of Queen Elizabeth II. Reuters-YonhapBy Jung Min-hoPresident Yoon Suk-yeol failed to pay his respects properly to British Queen Elizabeth II, who was lying in state at Westminster Hall in London, on the day of his arrival there. Yoon missing viewing the coffin on his first day in London has made him vulnerable to criticism by the main opposition Democratic Party of Korea (DPK), which called it a “diplomatic disaster.” According to a senior official at the presidential office Tuesday, Yoon was planning to visit the queen lying in state and then sign the condolence book on Sunday (local time) shortly after he arrived, but his plans were delayed due to traffic.Rep. Kim Sung-whan of the main opposition DPK accused Yoon and his entourage of making unreasonable excuses.“Many people are wondering why he failed to offer condolences [before the funeral service the next day], while [the leaders of] the U.S., Canada, Japan, China, Brazil and Ukraine were able to do so,” Kim

Sep 20, 2022By Jung Min-ho
Yoon failing to pay tribute to Queen Elizabeth II criticized as 'diplomatic disaster'

USFK commander warns against N. Korea's hostile information, cyber operations

Gen. Paul LaCamera / UPI-YonhapU.S. Forces Korea (USFK) Commander Gen. Paul LaCamera cautioned Tuesday against the perils of North Korea's information and cyber operations, stressing the need to "think, act and operate differently" to cope with threats from relatively new domains.He highlighted the importance of South Korea and the United States taking into account "multi-domain" aspects to handle the recalcitrant regime's evolving military threats."DPRK provocations go beyond its illegal missile or nuclear programs," he said at an online forum hosted by the U.S.-based Institute for Corean-American Studies, referring to the North's official name, the Democratic People's Republic of Korea. "Its Information operations spread mis-, dis- and mal-information and propaganda around the world, and it uses cyber operations to conduct espionage and generate revenue for the regime."The commander also hinted that Pyongyang's recent unveiling of an aggressive nuclear policy, which leaves open the possibility of a preemptive strike in a contingency, could be part of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un

Sep 20, 2022
USFK commander warns against N. Korea's hostile information, cyber operations

Former lawmaker given suspended prison sentence in diplomatic secret leak case

Former conservative lawmaker Khang Hyo-shang arrives at the Seoul Central District Court, Sept. 20. YonhapA former conservative party lawmaker indicted for leaking the contents of a phone conversation between the leaders of Korea and the United States in 2019 was given a suspended prison sentence by a court Tuesday.The Seoul Central District Court handed down a six-month prison sentence, suspended for one year, to Khang Hyo-shang, a former lawmaker of the conservative Liberty Korea Party, the predecessor of the ruling People Power Party, on charges of leaking diplomatic secrets.Khang was accused of leaking the May 7, 2019, phone conversation between then President Moon Jae-in and then U.S. President Donald Trump after he was told what was discussed between the leaders by a diplomat who worked at the Korean embassy in Washington D.C.During the phone talks, Moon reportedly asked Trump to visit Seoul immediately after his May 25-28 trip to Japan, while Trump proposed a short stop in Seoul on his way back home from Tokyo. Khang made public the conversation, accusing Moon of "begging" for

Sep 20, 2022
Former lawmaker given suspended prison sentence in diplomatic secret leak case

Korean, Japanese foreign ministers hold talks in New York

Korean Foreign Minister Park Jin, right, and his Japanese counterpart, Yoshimasa Hayashi, bump elbows during their meeting at a hotel in New York, Sept. 19. YonhapThe top diplomats of Korea and Japan had a bilateral meeting in New York on Monday (local time), Seoul's foreign ministry said amid reports that the leaders of the neighboring countries may hold summit talks on the sidelines of an annual U.N. General Assembly session.In their 50-minute talks, Korean Foreign Minister Park Jin and his Japanese counterpart, Yoshimasa Hayashi, discussed a range of issues of mutual concern, including bilateral relations that have been long strained due to disputes over shared history.They exchanged opinions on the thorny matter of compensating Korean forced labor victims during Japan's 1910-45 colonial rule of the Korean Peninsula, a foreign ministry official said on background. Park called for Tokyo's sincere efforts to resolve such a pending bilateral issue. President Yoon Suk-yeol may also have a separate summit with Prime Minister Fumio Kishida in New York this week, as they plan to attend t

Sep 20, 2022
Korean, Japanese foreign ministers hold talks in New York

Yoon arrives in New York for UN General Assembly

President Yoon Suk-yeol, right, and first lady Kim Keon-hee arrive at JFK International Airport in New York, Sept. 20. YonhapKorean President Yoon Suk-yeol arrived in New York on Monday to attend the U.N. General Assembly and hold a series of summits on the sidelines, including a highly anticipated meeting with Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida.The New York visit, the second stop on Yoon's three-nation swing, follows his attendance at Queen Elizabeth II's state funeral in London and comes ahead of a summit with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in Ottawa.Yoon will stay in the city for four days and deliver his first address to the U.N. General Assembly on Tuesday before engaging in bilateral meetings with U.S. President Joe Biden, Kishida and U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, among others.Yoon will make his debut on the U.N. stage with a speech outlining his vision for increasing solidarity among freedom-loving nations, according to his office. The speech will also likely underscore Korea's commitment to defending peace against the threat of nuclear weapons and other

Sep 20, 2022
Yoon arrives in New York for UN General Assembly

Yoon awards Civil Merit Medal to British veteran of Korean War

President Yoon Suk-yeol, left, shakes hands with Victor Swift, a British Korean War veteran, after presenting him with the Civil Merit Medal at a hotel in London, Sept. 19. YonhapKorean President Yoon Suk-yeol on Monday awarded the Civil Merit Medal to a British veteran of the Korean War, thanking him for his sacrifice and dedication to the defense of peace.Yoon presented the medal to Victor Swift, who served as a corporal in the Corps of the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers during the 1950-53 war, after attending the state funeral of Queen Elizabeth II.Swift, 88, serves as head of the British Korean War Veterans Association and has worked to support veterans and increase exchanges among them since 1998, according to the presidential office."The liberal democracy of the Republic of Korea, and the free market economy that has led us to growth and prosperity, would not have been possible without the teenagers, such as Mr. Victor Swift, who fought with their lives to defend the freedom of a country they had never visited and a people they had never met," Yoon said after present

Sep 20, 2022
Yoon awards Civil Merit Medal to British veteran of Korean War
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