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Floor leader Kweon to lead PPP until new emergency leadership is launched

The ruling People Power Party's floor leader Kweon Seong-dong, center, speaks during the party's emergency leadership meeting at the National Assembly in western Seoul, Aug. 29. YonhapThe ruling People's Power Party (PPP) decided Monday to have its embattled floor leader, Rep. Kweon Seong-dong, temporarily lead the party after a court suspended the chairman of the party's emergency leadership committee last week.Kweon will take charge of revising the party charter to form a new emergency leadership committee before the upcoming Chuseok fall harvest holiday in September, PPP spokesperson Park Jeong-ha said after a meeting of the committee. This year's Chuseok holiday runs from Sept. 9-12.The decision was made unanimously by the PPP's emergency leadership committee members, Park said.The PPP has been in confusion without a leader since the Seoul Southern District Court suspended the duties of its emergency committee chairman, Rep. Joo Ho-young, on Friday, a decision seen as a victory for former PPP chairman Lee Jun-seok in a duel against mainstream PPP members close to President Yoon S

Aug 29, 2022
Floor leader Kweon to lead PPP until new emergency leadership is launched

New DPK Chairman Lee kicks off 1st day in office

New Democratic Party of Korea (DPK) Chairman Lee Jae-myung talks to reporters after paying a visit to the Seoul National Cemetery on Aug. 29, one day after his overwhelming victory in the DPK's national convention. YonhapNew Chairman Lee Jae-myung of the main opposition Democratic Party of Korea kicked off his first day in office on Monday with a pledge to cooperate for the success of the government of President Yoon Suk-yeol and to fight any attempts to hurt democracy."I hope that the Yoon Suk-yeol government and the president will succeed because success will ultimately guarantee a better life for the people," Lee said, a day after his election as the DPK's new leader in a national convention. "For this, I again officially request a meeting with President Yoon."He also urged the ruling People Power Party to cooperate with the DPK to overcome the current economic crisis and to allay heightening tensions in inter-Korean relations.Lee still vowed to keep the Yoon administration in check, stressing he cannot but "fight back fiercely against regression and autocracy that threaten democr

Aug 29, 2022
New DPK Chairman Lee kicks off 1st day in office

INTERVIEW 'Beijing can't retaliate against Seoul for Chip 4'

Yang Hyang-ja, an independent lawmaker who is also chairperson of the Special Parliamentary Committee on semiconductors, responds to questions during a recent interview with The Korea Times at her office at the National Assembly in Seoul. Korea Times photo by Choi Won-sukParliamentary chip committee chief says Korea's participation in US-led semiconductor alliance is inevitable By Kim Yoo-chulJust a few days before the preliminary meeting of a U.S.-led group of major semiconductor manufacturers that includes Taiwan, South Korea and Japan, the chairwoman of a special parliamentary committee on semiconductors said China cannot retaliate against South Korea for joining the group, widely known as the Chip 4.Despite China's repeated complaints and expressions of dissatisfaction against the U.S.' drive to set up the Chip 4 alliance, which Beijing views as a plot by Washington to exclude China from the global semiconductor supply chains, South Korea confirmed its plans to attend the meeting, set for some time in early September. The main purpose of the preliminary meeting is to help partner

Aug 29, 2022By Kim Yoo-chul
[INTERVIEW] 'Beijing can't retaliate against Seoul for Chip 4'

New main opposition party chairman proposes meeting with President Yoon

Main opposition Democratic Party of Korea Chairman Lee Jae-myung raises his arms after being elected to the position during the party's national convention at the Olympic Gymnastics Arena, Songpa District, Seoul, Sunday. Joint Press CorpsEx-presidential candidate elected as new leader of DPKBy Nam Hyun-wooRep. Lee Jae-myung, who narrowly lost the presidential race against rival Yoon Suk-yeol in March, was elected, Sunday, as the chairman of the main opposition Democratic Party of Korea (DPK).The latest victory marks an extraordinary comeback for Lee to the party's mainstream from his defeat in the presidential election. The two-year chairmanship will assure Lee of his right to recommend candidates for the next general election in 2024. He is anticipated to enjoy uncontested power within the party, paving the way for the 57-year-old to make another presidential bid five years from now. During the DPK's national convention at the Olympic Gymnastics Arena in Seoul, Lee secured a total of 77.77 percent of votes to outpace Rep. Park Yong-jin, who garnered 22.23 percent. The number of vote

Aug 28, 2022By Nam Hyun-woo
New main opposition party chairman proposes meeting with President Yoon

Ex-presidential candidate Lee elected DPK's new leader

Rep. Lee Jae-myung, a candidate of Democratic Party of Korea's (DPK) chairmanship, speaks during a joint speech session for party leadership voting held in Seoul, Sunday. Joint Press Corps.Former presidential candidate Lee Jae-myung was elected as the new leader of the main opposition Democratic Party of Korea (DPK) on Sunday, taking on a mandate to recoup the party after its consecutive defeats in the presidential and local elections.Lee, who was elected to the National Assembly in June's by-election after losing to President Yoon Suk-yeol in March's presidential vote, won 77.77 percent of the vote against Rep. Park Yong-jin's 22.23 percent in the race that wound up at Sunday's national convention.His victory had all but been officially decided long before Sunday's national convention, as he had been an overwhelming front-runner in the race that narrowed to a two-way contest between Lee and Park after a minor candidate, Rep. Kang Hoon-sik, dropped out earlier this month.During his two-year term as chair, Lee will take on the mission to unite the liberal bloc tattered by faction poli

Aug 28, 2022
Ex-presidential candidate Lee elected DPK's new leader

Supreme Court justice nominee supports abolishment of death penalty

Oh Seok-joon, Supreme Court justice nominee and head of Jeju District Court / NewsisBy Lee Hyo-jin Supreme Court justice nominee Oh Seok-joon viewed that the death penalty should be abolished in the long term, saying that he personally does not support the practice in which “the state deprives an individual's right to life.”The 60-year-old chief judge of the Jeju District Court expressed his opinion in response to a written question by a lawmaker, ahead of his confirmation hearing at the National Assembly set for Monday.“There have been conflicting views surrounding the death penalty for a long time, both of which are supported by valid arguments,” he wrote. “Personally, I am not in the position of supporting the practice, which deprives of an individual's right to life in the form of state punishment.”“And considering that an execution cannot be undone in the case of misjudgment, death row should be abolished in the long term through legislative procedures,” he added. Although Korea retains capital punishment, it has not actually execu

Aug 28, 2022By Lee Hyo-jin
Supreme Court justice nominee supports abolishment of death penalty

Remembering ancestors

A family bows at an ancestral gravesite in a Geumjeong District cemetery, Busan, Sunday, as Koreans pay respects to deceased family members ahead of the four-day Chuseok holiday that begins Sept. 9. Yonhap

Aug 28, 2022By Nam Hyun-woo
Remembering ancestors

Ruling party struggles to overcome leadership turmoil

People Power Party floor leader Rep. Kweon Seong-dong speaks during a meeting with Prime Minister Han Duck-soo in the latter's residence in Seoul, Sunday. YonhapPPP to launch new emergency committee; Kweon faces growing calls to step down By Nam Hyun-wooPeople Power Party Rep. Joo Ho-young speaks during a press conference at the National Assembly in Seoul, Friday. Joint Press CorpsFactional infighting that has plagued the ruling People Power Party (PPP) is showing signs of escalating after a court decision in favor of ousted leader, Lee Jun-seok, as those loyal to President Yoon Suk-yeol are still intent on preventing Lee from returning to power.On Saturday, the PPP decided to launch a new emergency committee by amending party regulations and starting a push to take additional disciplinary action against Lee after a court ruled Friday to suspend Rep. Joo Ho-young from the interim leadership position.However, the internal feud is entering into a new phase as the PPP decided to keep its existing interim emergency committee under the leadership of floor leader Kweon Seong-dong, Yoon's k

Aug 28, 2022By Nam Hyun-woo
Ruling party struggles to overcome leadership turmoil

Korea ranks 9th among nations with trade surpluses with U.S. in H1: data

Korea was ranked ninth among countries with trade surpluses with the United States in the first half of the year, as Asia's fourth-largest economy recorded strong on-year growth in shipments to the U.S. during the period, U.S. government data showed Sunday. YonhapKorea was ranked ninth among countries with trade surpluses with the United States in the first half of the year, as Asia's fourth-largest economy recorded strong on-year growth in shipments to the U.S. during the period, U.S. government data showed Sunday.According to the Department of Commerce, South Korea's trade surplus with the U.S. during the January-June period amounted to $21.67 billion, up 86.9 percent from a year ago.The trade surplus grew as South Korean shipments to the U.S. during the period increased 25.9 percent while its imports from America went up only 4.8 percent. For the period, South Korea's standing among trade surplus nations with the U.S. climbed five notches from a year ago to ninth place. The nation was ranked 14th a year ago.China ranked first in terms of trade surplus nations with the U.S., follow

Aug 28, 2022

Ex-presidential candidate Lee wins Seoul, Gyeonggi Province in DPK leadership race

Rep. Lee Jae-myung of Democratic Party of Korea raises his hands during a joint speech session for party leadership voting held in the city of Goyang, Gyeonggi Province, on Aug. 27. YonhapRep. Lee Jae-myung, former presidential candidate of the main opposition Democratic Party of Korea (DPK), won Seoul and the surrounding Gyeonggi Province in the latest rounds of voting for the new party leadership Saturday.The results further raised the possibility of Lee taking the helm of the party, with the final victor to be decided at the national convention set to be held Sunday.During Saturday's polls, Lee secured 75.61 percent of the vote carried out in Seoul and 80.21 percent of the vote in Gyeonggi Province, according to the party.The results brought Lee's accumulated total to 78.22 percent of all votes cast, followed by Rep. Park Yong-jin with 21.78 percent.The tally was from voting by DP members who pay party dues, and the voting in Seoul and Gyeonggi was the final rounds of regional voting, which will account for 40 percent of the final leadership decision."Thank you for your continued

Aug 28, 2022
Ex-presidential candidate Lee wins Seoul, Gyeonggi Province in DPK leadership race
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