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Opposition party files charges against President Yoon for forging private asset report

President Yoon Suk-yeol and first lady Kim Keon-hee join a dinner party at a hotel in Madrid, Spain, June 30, to which Korean residents of Spain were invited as an event on the sidelines of the NATO Summit. NewsisBy Ko Dong-hwanThe main opposition Democratic Party of Korea (DPK) on Wednesday filed charges against President Yoon Suk-yeol for having allegedly forged the report of private assets owned by him and first lady Kim Keon-hee while he was campaigning for president leading up to the March 9 election this year.The DPK said they filed the charges after they came to understand that three expensive jewelry pieces first lady Kim Keon-hee has been seen repeatedly wearing at public events weren't included in Yoon's private asset report. The pieces: a pendant worth 62 million won ($44,000), a brooch worth 26 million won and a bracelet worth 15 million won. According to the country's Public Official Election Act, a candidate must report his or her spouse's jewelry worth 5 million won or more as assets.The DPK said Wednesday that the presidential office has issued explanations that two o

Sep 7, 2022By Ko Dong-hwan
Opposition party files charges against President Yoon for forging private asset report

Vice Assembly Speaker Chung agrees to take over as PPP's interim chief

Vice Assembly Speaker Chung Jin-suk /YonhapVice National Assembly Speaker Chung Jin-suk agreed Wednesday to assume the chairmanship of a new emergency leadership committee to be established at the ruling People Power Party (PPP), the party's floor leader said."Chung initially turned down the offer but agreed to take it on the third request," Rep. Kweon Seong-dong told reporters after a general meeting of lawmakers.Chung, a five-term lawmaker, planned to hold a press conference later Wednesday to announce his decision.The PPP has been without an official leader since a court suspended the duties of the chair of the now dissolved emergency leadership committee last month, a decision seen as a victory for ousted PPP Chairman Lee Jun-seok. On Monday, the PPP's emergency committee officially broke up, and the party plans to form a new one before the Chuseok fall harvest holiday. The extended Chuseok holiday is set to begin Friday. The PPP has been in leadership turmoil since its ethics committee suspended former party chairman Lee's membership due to allegations of sexual bribery and an a

Sep 7, 2022
Vice Assembly Speaker Chung agrees to take over as PPP's interim chief

First lady continues to be mired in plagiarism allegations

First lady Kim Keon-hee, right, attends the ceremony for the 77th National Liberation Day with her husband President Yoon Suk-yeol at the presidential office in Seoul, Aug. 15. Korea Times photo by Seo Jae-hoonDPK submits bills mandating independent counsel to investigate first ladyBy Lee Hae-rinFirst lady Kim Keon-hee has come under fire again, as a group of professors has reignited the allegations that she plagiarized her Ph.D. dissertation and other published papers. She had been cleared of the allegations last month following an eight-month probe by her alma mater, Kookmin University, which stated ultimately that the “statute of limitations of five years for verifying the papers has expired.”The group of 16 professors from 14 academic associations, called the Pan-academic National Verification Group for the Verification of Suspicions of Plagiarism of First Lady Kim Keon-hee, held a press conference to unveil their findings verifying Kim's academic misconduct at the Press Center in Seoul, Tuesday. The group claimed that all of Kim's academic works are “indisputab

Sep 7, 2022By Lee Hae-rin
First lady continues to be mired in plagiarism allegations

Wife of opposition leader Lee appears before prosecutors for questioning

This file photo taken Aug. 23, shows Kim Hye-kyung, the wife of Democratic Party Chairman Lee Jae-myung, leaving the Gyeonggi Nambu Provincial Police Agency in Suwon, south of Seoul, after about five hours of questioning about her corporate card allegations. YonhapThe wife of Democratic Party (DP) Chairman Lee Jae-myung appeared before prosecutors Wednesday for questioning about allegations on her personal use of a provincial government's corporate credit cards years ago.Kim Hye-kyung arrived at the Suwon District Prosecutors Office in Suwon, 34 kilometers south of Seoul, around 1:40 p.m.Kim is reportedly facing a charge for an alleged breach of trust, as she is suspected of tacitly approving her former protocol secretary's alleged misuse of the Gyeonggi provincial government's corporate credit cards to buy food for her from July 2018 to September 2021, when her husband was Gyeonggi governor.The monetary value of alleged corporate card misuse by the former secretary, identified only by her surname Bae, is said to reach 20 million won ($14,850) in more than 150 cases.Of the total, abo

Sep 7, 2022
Wife of opposition leader Lee appears before prosecutors for questioning

DPK to propose bill mandating independent counsel probe of first lady

First Lady Kim Keon-hee attends a ceremony marking the 77th anniversary of Liberation Day held at the presidential office in Seoul, Aug. 15. NewsisThe main opposition Democratic Party of Korea (DPK) decided Wednesday to introduce a bill later in the day mandating an independent counsel probe of first lady Kim Keon-hee over allegations of stock manipulation and other irregularities, the party's floor leader said.The move is seen as a counterattack against the administration of President Yoon Suk-yeol conducting a prosecution investigation of DPK leader Lee Jae-myung, which the party has denounced as "political revenge" against the former presidential candidate.DPK floor leader Rep. Park Hong-keun said during a Supreme Council meeting that the special investigation proposal is aimed at uncovering the truth behind allegations of stock manipulation and academic credential falsification involving the first lady. Rep. Park Hong-keun, center, floor leader of the Democratic Party of Korea, speaks during a party meeting at the National Assembly, Sept. 6. YonhapClaiming the public's fury is "s

Sep 7, 2022
DPK to propose bill mandating independent counsel probe of first lady

Prime minister meets with new U.S. ambassador

Korean Prime Minister Han Duck-soo, right, meets new U.S. Ambassador to Korea Philip Goldberg in Seoul, Tuesday, in this photo released by the prime minister's office. Yonhap Korean Prime Minister Han Duck-soo met with new U.S. Ambassador to Korea Philip Goldberg on Tuesday to discuss bilateral relations and pending issues, his office said. Han requested Washington's special interest and consideration for Korean firms entering the U.S. market following the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) that excludes electric vehicles assembled outside North America from subsidies.The IRA, signed by U.S. President Joe Biden in August, gives tax credits to buyers of EVs assembled only in North America, sparking concerns that carmakers here will lose ground in the U.S. market as they make EVs at domestic plants for export.Han congratulated Goldberg on his appointment and voiced hope that he would play a bridging role so that bilateral cooperation and exchange are strengthened.Goldberg

Sep 6, 2022
Prime minister meets with new U.S. ambassador

Parties continue pointing fingers as DPK leader resists summons

A person enters the Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office in Seocho District, Seoul, Tuesday. YonhapDPK leader does not appear at prosecution for questioning, submits written responseBy Nam Hyun-wooMain opposition Democratic Party of Korea (DPK) Chairman Lee Jae-myung on Tuesday snubbed an order by the prosecution to appear for questioning, and instead submitted a written response over allegations that he had made false statements during the presidential election period earlier this year, while addressing suspicions that he was involved in a land development scandal in Seongnam, Gyeonggi Province. His response came after his party accused the ruling bloc of “political retaliation” and “political oppression” aimed at the opposition. The DPK went on the offensive, filing a complaint against President Yoon Suk-yeol, Monday, accusing him also of making false statements during the election campaign, as well as tabling an independent counsel probe motion to investigate allegations against his wife.DPK senior spokesperson Rep. An Ho-young said in a statement Tue

Sep 6, 2022By Nam Hyun-woo
Parties continue pointing fingers as DPK leader resists summons

Ex-PPP leader Lee to appear for police questioning next week

Former People Power Party Chairman Lee Jun-seok speaks to people and party members in an event in the southern city of Daegu, Sept. 4. YonhapLee Jun-seok, a former chairperson of the ruling People Power Party, has told police he will show up for questioning next week over sex bribery and other allegations, officials said Tuesday. The 37-year-old Lee has been accused of receiving sexual services paid for by Kim Sung-jin, CEO of the 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. The scandal had Lee's party membership suspended for six months by the party's ethics committee in early July, resulting in his ouster from the party chairmanship. According to police officials Tuesday, Lee plans to appear for questioning at the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency on Sept. 16 to comply with the police's

Sep 6, 2022
Ex-PPP leader Lee to appear for police questioning next week

DPK leader Lee decides not to comply with prosecution summons

Rep. Lee Jae-myung, leader of the main opposition Democratic Party of Korea, speaks during a meeting of the party's Supreme Council at the National Assembly in Seoul, Sept. 5. YonhapOpposition leader Lee Jae-myung decided not to comply with a prosecution summons because he has answered all questions in writing, a party spokesperson said Tuesday.Lee of the main opposition Democratic Party of Korea has been asked to come to the Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office by 10 a.m. Tuesday for questioning over allegations that he violated the election law by making false statements about land development projects pushed for in the city of Seongnam, just south of Seoul, when he was mayor."Chairman Lee accepted the prosecution's request for written questioning and submitted a written response. Since the cause for attending the probe has dissolved, Lee will not attend in person," Rep. An Ho-young said in a written press briefing.An said Lee submitted his response and sent it to the Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office a day earlier and notified the prosecution by phone.The DPK has br

Sep 6, 2022
DPK leader Lee decides not to comply with prosecution summons

Yoon holds meetings overnight to oversee response to Hinnamnor

President Yoon Suk-yeol, second from left, holds a meeting with officials at the national crisis management center at the presidential office in Seoul in the early morning of Sept. 6, to oversee the response to Typhoon Hinnamnor, in this photo provided by the presidential office. YonhapPresident Yoon Suk-yeol held multiple meetings between Monday night and Tuesday morning to oversee the government's response to the powerful Typhoon Hinnamnor, his spokesperson said.Yoon stayed at the presidential office overnight as the typhoon approached the Korean Peninsula and made landfall in the southeastern city of Geoje at 4:50 a.m.During meetings at 9:30 p.m. and 11:40 p.m. Monday, Yoon monitored images of the typhoon moving toward the southern island of Jeju on closed-circuit TV and was briefed virtually by the head of the Korea Meteorological Administration (KMA) on its path and wind speed, according to presidential spokesperson Kang In-sun."Please share the emergency situation with local governments, firefighting authorities and other relevant agencies in real time," Yoon told KMA chief Yoo

Sep 6, 2022
Yoon holds meetings overnight to oversee response to Hinnamnor
  • Typhoon Hinnamnor makes landfall, thousands evacuate to safety
  • Typhoon Hinnamnor exits Korea into waters near Ulsan, leaving 2 dead, 10 missing
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