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Ex-ruling party chief files another lawsuit against leadership switch

Lee Jun-seok, former leader of the ruling People Power Party, talks to reporters at the Seoul Southern District Court on Wednesday, in this pool photo. YonhapThe former chair of the ruling People Power Party (PPP), Lee Jun-seok, has filed another lawsuit against the party's leadership transition, escalating his legal fight against the PPP, according to legal sources on Thursday.Lee filed the lawsuit with the Seoul Southern District Court, asking the court to nullify the validity of the party's emergency committee, on Tuesday, a day before the court held a hearing on his motion for an injunction against the PPP's leadership switch, the sources said.The court has yet to issue a ruling on Lee's motion for the injunction, but the second legal action is likely to complicate the PPP's efforts to swiftly normalize its operation after the leadership switch that removed Lee from office,Also on Thursday, Lee took another swipe at President Yoon Suk-yeol and his close aides over the leadership transition."The people were deceived and I was deceived," Lee Jun-seok said in an interview with KBS r

Aug 18, 2022
Ex-ruling party chief files another lawsuit against leadership switch
  • Ruling party's interim leader apologizes for turmoil over leadership transition

New prosecutor general

Lee One-seok, the deputy chief prosecutor who has been serving as acting prosecutor general since May, enters the Supreme Prosecutors' Office in Seoul, Thursday, after being selected as the first prosecutor general of the Yoon Suk-yeol administration. Yonhap

Aug 18, 2022By Lee Hae-rin
New prosecutor general

Yoon to reshuffle presidential office to regain public trust

Presidential Chief of Staff Kim Dae-ki speaks during a press briefing at the presidential office in Yongsan District, Seoul, Thursday. Yonhap President names Lee One-seok as prosecutor generalBy Nam Hyun-wooPresident Yoon Suk-yeol plans to carry out an overhaul of his office, including the creation of a new senior secretary position for policy planning, the presidential office said Thursday.This is a follow-up measure to Yoon's remarks from his press conference marking his 100th day in office, Wednesday, during which he hinted at reshuffling the presidential office to regain the public's trust in the administration. “Regarding the organization of the presidential office, we are now considering creating a new position of a senior secretary for policy planning,” presidential Chief of Staff Kim Dae-ki said. Korea International Trade Association Vice Chairman Lee Kwan-sup, le

Aug 18, 2022By Nam Hyun-woo
Yoon to reshuffle presidential office to regain public trust
  • Commercial law professor named to lead antitrust regulator

Yoon names new prosecutor general, chief of antitrust regulator

Lee One-seok, acting prosecutor general and a prosecutor at the Supreme Prosecutors Office and President Yoon Suk-yeol's nominee for prosecutor general, at the Supreme Prosecutors Office in Seoul on Aug. 18. YonhapHan Ki-jeong / Korea Times filePresident Yoon Suk-yeol has named a senior prosecutor to be the new prosecutor general while also nominating a law professor to head the state antitrust regulator, Yoon's chief of staff said Thursday.Lee One-seok, acting prosecutor general and a prosecutor at the Supreme Prosecutors Office, has been tapped to be the prosecutor general, while Han Ki-jeong, a law professor at Seoul National University, has been tapped to head the Fair Trade Commission, presidential chief of staff Kim Dae-ki said during a press briefing. (Yonhap)

Aug 18, 2022
Yoon names new prosecutor general, chief of antitrust regulator

Ex-ruling party chair takes swipe at Yoon amid legal action over leadership switch

Lee Jun-seok, former leader of the ruling People Power Party, walks out of the Seoul Southern District Court, Wednesday. YonhapThe former chair of the ruling People Power Party (PPP), who has filed a court injunction in protest of a leadership switch that removed him from office, on Thursday took another swipe at President Yoon Suk-yeol, a day after a court held a hearing on the injunction. "The people were deceived and I was deceived," Lee Jun-seok said in an interview with KBS radio, saying he had hoped to mend ties with the president after the PPP won the presidential election in March and nationwide local elections in June under his chairmanship.Emphasizing that he played a bigger role in the elections compared with lawmakers deemed to be Yoon's core associates, Lee again cried foul against the leadership switch he claims was led by Yoon and his confidants.The remark is the latest phase in Lee's attempt to regain his status. The former chairman, who has often been at odds with pro-Yoon lawmakers, was officially removed from office after the PPP endorsed members of its emergency l

Aug 18, 2022
Ex-ruling party chair takes swipe at Yoon amid legal action over leadership switch
  • Ruling party's interim leader apologizes for turmoil over leadership transition

Ruling party's interim leader apologizes for turmoil over leadership transition

The ruling People Power Party's interim leadership apologizes for turmoil from its leadership transition in an emergency committee meeting held at the National Assembly in western Seoul, Thursday. YonhapThe interim leader of the ruling People Power Party (PPP) apologized Thursday for turmoil from the party's leadership transition, vowing to win back people's support through "reform" and "unity.""The party sincerely apologizes to the people and our supporters and is reflecting on itself for failing to resolve the internal conflict and division and allowing the situation to evolve into a legal fight," Rep. Joo Ho-young told the first meeting of the PPP's emergency committee. The ruling party has been in disarray since former chairman Lee Jun-seok's party membership was suspended last month over allegations of sexual bribery and a cover-up. Lee has claimed he is innocent and filed for an injunction with the Seoul Southern District Court against the PPP last week to stop the launch of the emergency leadership committee that automatically removed him from office. The court has yet to reac

Aug 18, 2022
Ruling party's interim leader apologizes for turmoil over leadership transition
  • Ex-ruling party chair takes swipe at Yoon amid legal action over leadership switch
  • Ex-ruling party chief files another lawsuit against leadership switch

Yoon vows to listen more closely to voice of public

President Yoon Suk-yeol speaks during a press conference marking the first 100 days of his presidency at the presidential office in Yongsan District, Seoul, Wednesday. Yonhap President declines to comment on infighting inside ruling partyBy Nam Hyun-wooPresident Yoon Suk-yeol vowed on Wednesday to listen more closely to the voices of the people expressed in public opinion surveys and to put himself in the shoes of others to figure out what has gone wrong with his presidency.He made the remarks when asked about his unusually low approval rating during a press conference marking his first 100 days in office.“I will try to figure out and accept the public's opinions that have been revealed in surveys. I will look thoroughly into all of the issues that have been brought up,” he said. Yoon noted that he did not have enough time to check all of the requests voiced by the people since his inauguration, because there were so many urgent matters he had to address.“I will try

Aug 17, 2022By Nam Hyun-woo
Yoon vows to listen more closely to voice of public
  • Yoon confident about Korea hosting World Expo 2030
  • Analysis Pressing issues remain unanswered by Yoon: experts

Analysis Pressing issues remain unanswered by Yoon: experts

A television at a vendor inside a traditional market in Gwangju, South Jeolla Province, shows President Yoon Suk-yeol speaking during a press conference to mark his 100th day in office, broadcast from the presidential office in Yongsan District, Seoul, Wednesday. YonhapPresident fell short of explaining how he will reshuffle his unpopular key aidesBy Ko Dong-hwanPresident Yoon Suk-yeol has not addressed properly the issues that the public wanted to hear about, and thus his press conference held to mark his 100 days in office made them feel something was missing, according to analysts. The hottest flashpoint issue lingering over Yoon's administration was how he will reshuffle his key aides in the Cabinet and the presidential office in Yongsan District, as well as how he will push the heavily divided ruling People Power Party (PPP) more in his favor. Quite a few cases of Yoon's recent appointments in ministries and the presidential office have aroused concern over their capabilities, ethics and personal ties to the president and first lady Kim Keon-hee. Brewing doubts over the presiden

Aug 17, 2022By Ko Dong-hwan
[Analysis] Pressing issues remain unanswered by Yoon: experts
  • Yoon confident about Korea hosting World Expo 2030
  • Yoon vows to listen more closely to voice of public

Court reviews injunction filed by former PPP chair against leadership switch

The former chairman of the ruling People Power Party (PPP), Lee Jun-seok, talks to reproters, Wednesday. YonhapA Seoul court held a hearing Wednesday to review an injunction filed by the former chairman of the ruling People Power Party (PPP), Lee Jun-seok, against the party's leadership switch.The hearing comes a day after the PPP endorsed members of its emergency leadership committee, completing the leadership transition that automatically removes then suspended party chief Lee Jun-seok from office. Five-time Rep. Joo Ho-young was named the committee's chief.Protesting the transition, Lee filed for the injunction with the Seoul Southern District Court against the PPP last week and Joo to stop what he called a "procedural error" with the leadership switch."I will tell the judge the part about a procedural error, as well as the part that democracy within the party has been destroyed," Lee told reporters before attending the hearing.The court could make a decision as early as later Wednesday when the questioning is completed within the day, legal sources said.The ruling, however, can b

Aug 17, 2022
Court reviews injunction filed by former PPP chair against leadership switch

Yoon opposes forced change of status quo in North Korea

President Yoon Suk-yeol holds a news conference at the presidential office in Seoul, Aug. 17, on the occasion of his 100th day in office. YonhapPresident Yoon Suk-yeol said Wednesday that South Korea cannot provide North Korea with security guarantees, but he does not want the status quo changed "unreasonably or by force."The remark, made in a press conference marking his 100 days in office, was seen as yet another olive branch to Pyongyang, days after he unveiled what he described as an "audacious" offer to rebuild the North's economy if the regime takes substantial steps toward denuclearization."Guaranteeing regime security is not something the Republic of Korea government can do," Yoon said, using South Korea's official name. "But neither I nor the Republic of Korea government wants the status quo changed unreasonably or by force in North Korea."Yoon's "audacious plan," the details of which he unveiled during his Liberation Day speech Monday, involves various programs that would be implemented in stages, including a large-scale food program, assistance for power generation, and in

Aug 17, 2022
Yoon opposes forced change of status quo in North Korea
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