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BAI sides with president-elect in member nominations

President-elect Yoon Suk-yeol, left, walks out of the Korea Banking Institute building in Seoul, Friday. YonhapBy Kang Hyun-kyungThe Board of Audit and Inspection (BAI) of Korea expressed its concerns about President Moon Jae-in's request to appoint a BAI member at the end of his term, according to the Presidential Transition Committee. In a press release, the committee quoted the BAI as saying that BAI members are required to maintain a high level of political neutrality. Thus, the BAI chief recommending a commissioner nominee to the sitting president to fill vacant member posts in time of a leadership change could trigger unnecessary doubts or controversy. The reaction came as the transition team received policy briefings from the BAI on Friday. Members of the transition team called on the BAI officials to come up with measures that can to help the body be a transparent, fair and neutral entity. Currently two BAI member posts out of seven are vacant. Filling the two posts has emerged as a source of friction between President Moon and President-elect Yoon Suk-yeol, who are still wo

Mar 25, 2022By Kang Hyun-kyung
BAI sides with president-elect in member nominations
  • North Korea's ICBM launch complicates President-elect Yoon's defense vision

Seoul, Washington react sternly to provocative North Korean ICBM firing

A news report on North Korea's launch of a ballistic missile is aired on a television at Seoul Station, Feb. 27. YonhapNorth Korea fired an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) toward the East Sea on Thursday, South Korea's military said, a move sharply escalating tensions in the region.Pyongyang's show of force, the 12th this year, means an end to its self-imposed moratorium on nuclear and a long-range missile testing.The Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) said that it detected the launch from the Sunan airfield in Pyongyang at 2:34 p.m. and the missile flew some 1,080 kilometers at a top altitude of over 6,200 km. The North appears to have launched the missile at a lofted angle, the JCS said. Another military official said it flew for at least 70 minutes."For other specifics on the missile, the intelligence authorities of South Korea and the United States are conducting a detailed analysis," the JCS said in a text message sent to reporters.Shortly after the launch, JCS Chairman Gen. Won In-choul and Gen. Paul LaCamera, the commander of the South Korea-U.S. Combined Forces Command, he

Mar 24, 2022
Seoul, Washington react sternly to provocative North Korean ICBM firing

Nuclear envoys of South Korea, US, Japan condemn North Korea's ICBM test

People at Seoul Station watch news of North Korea's firing of a suspected intercontinental ballistic missile into East Sea, March 24. YonhapThe top nuclear envoys of South Korea, the United States and Japan strongly denounced North Korea's firing of an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) Thursday and vowed close coordination for "stern responses," Seoul's foreign ministry said. Noh Kyu-duk, special representative for Korean Peninsula peace and security affairs, talked bilaterally with his American counterpart Sung Kim by phone and then Japan's Takehiro Funakoshi, hours after the North's launch of the missile into the East Sea. The officials pointed out that North Korea broke its self-imposed moratorium on ICBM testing, which they called "a clear violation" of multiple U.N. Security Council resolutions. "They agreed (the North's) latest launch poses serious threat not only to the Korean Peninsula but also to the international community and it requires stern responses," the ministry said. "They urged North Korea to immediately cease further destabilizing acts." (Yonhap)

Mar 24, 2022
Nuclear envoys of South Korea, US, Japan condemn North Korea's ICBM test
  • President Moon condemns Pyongyang's ICBM launch

President-elect fires back at President's proposal for cordial meeting

President-elect Yoon Suk-yeol speaks during his visit to a press tent in front of his office in Tongui-dong, Jongno District, Seoul, Thursday. Joint Press CorpsBy Nam Hyun-wooPresident Moon Jae-in said on Thursday that he had invited President-elect Yoon Suk-yeol to a meeting with no preconditions, but Yoon expressed enmity toward Moon's offer, aggravating the relationship between the incoming and outgoing administrations further.“I am the outgoing President and Yoon will be the new President. I don't think we need any negotiations to exchange greetings and share advice,” Moon was quoted as saying by Park Soo-hyun, the senior presidential secretary for public communication.“I haven't heard of any precedent that preconditions and negotiations were required for a meeting between the incoming and outgoing presidents. I hope the President-elect will decide for himself without listening to others.”The comments came amid a deadlock in arranging a meeting between the incoming and outgoing presidents, which has not taken place although the presidential election ended

Mar 24, 2022By Nam Hyun-woo
President-elect fires back at President's proposal for cordial meeting

Ex-president Park Geun-hye finds new home in Daegu

Former President Park Geun-hye walks out of Samsung Medical Center in southern Seoul, Thursday, nearly three months after she was hospitalized there on Dec. 31. She served almost five years in prison after being convicted on 16 out of 18 charges of corruption before being pardoned late last year. Korea Times photo by Shim Hyun-chulPark Geun-hye welcomed by hometown supporters By Kang Hyun-kyungConservative former President Park Geun-hye headed to her new home in the southeastern city of Daegu after being released from Samsung Medical Center in southern Seoul, Thursday, nearly four months after she was hospitalized there on Dec. 31 for declining health.She had suffered from chronic shoulder and back pain since she was pardoned on Dec. 24 and released from jail on Dec. 31 of last year after serving almost five years of a 20-year sentence for corruption while president. Walking out of the hospital with her lawyer, former lawmaker Yoo Young-ha, early Thursday morning, the healthy-looking former president beamed as nearly two hundred supporters gathered there and chanted her name. Wearing

Mar 24, 2022By Kang Hyun-kyung
Ex-president Park Geun-hye finds new home in Daegu

Moon to hold NSC meeting following North Korea's long-range missile launch

Cheong Wa Dae in Seoul is seen March 23. Yonhap President Moon Jae-in is set to preside over a National Security Council (NSC) meeting Thursday, following North Korea's apparent launch of a long-range ballistic missile toward the East Sea, according to Cheong Wa Dae.North Korea appeared to have launched the projectile at an elevated angle, South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff said. The North's move came four days after it launched four projectiles into the Yellow Sea, apparently using multiple launch rocket systems, from Sukchon, north of Pyongyang. Thursday's launch was the North's 12th weapons test this year. (Yonhap)

Mar 24, 2022
Moon to hold NSC meeting following North Korea's long-range missile launch

Protesters wrestling with alternative collective action as Yongsan unfit for mass rallies

People participate in candlelit rallies calling for former President Park Geun-hye to step down at Gwanghwamun Square in central Seoul, Nov. 12, 2016. Korea Times photo by Shim Hyun-chul By Lee Hae-rinLocated within earshot of Cheong Wa Dae, the spacious area of Gwanghwamun Square is one of the most popular venues for protesters to gather and call for change. Its location near the presidential office makes it easier for them to make their voices heard. Partly because of this reason, there are protests there almost every day, from one-person rallies to large-scale demonstrations, as seen during the candlelit rallies in 2016 and 2017, which led to the impeachment of former President Park Geun-hye. Some have even installed makeshift facilities to stay there for longer-term protests. “The main reason to hold a protest in Gwanghwamun Square is its proximity to Cheong Wa Dae. It's where a large number of people can gather and maximize the effect of collective action,”

Mar 24, 2022By Lee Hae-rin
Protesters wrestling with alternative collective action as Yongsan unfit for mass rallies

Moon calls for meeting with Yoon without conditions

President Moon Jae-in, left, and President-elect Yoon Suk-yeol / Courtesy of Cheong Wa Dae President Moon Jae-in called Thursday for an unconditional meeting with President-elect Yoon Suk-yeol, urging Yoon to make a decision on his own without listening to other people as pre-meeting discussions between their aides have stalled."I am an outgoing president and President-elect Yoon is an incoming president. What negotiations are needed in order for the two of us to exchange greetings and words of advice. It's not like we're negotiating," Moon was quoted as saying by Park Soo-hyun, his senior secretary for public communication."I've never heard that conditions are necessary for a president-elect to pay a visit to the president," Moon said. "I hope the president-elect will make a decision on his own without listening to other people."A planned meeting between Moon and Yoon last week was called off at the last minute after the sides reportedly clashed over who would make

Mar 24, 2022
Moon calls for meeting with Yoon without conditions

Ex-President Park discharged from hospital

Former President Park Geun-hye, center, speaks to reporters as she is discharged from Samsung Medical Center in Seoul, Mach 24. Korea Times photo by Shim Hyun-chulFormer President Park Geun-hye said Thursday she will contribute "whatever little strength I have" to the country's development as she arrived in her hometown for the first time since her imprisonment about five years ago.Park, who was pardoned in December after spending four years and nine months in prison on a 22-year sentence for corruption, left a Seoul hospital earlier in the day before arriving at her new residence in the southeastern city of Daegu around noon."I am thankful that so many people have come here to welcome me like this, even though I had a lot of shortcomings and disappointed you," Park said before hundreds of supporters and well-wishers, apparently referring to her impeachment and ouster from office. "While serving as president, I worked hard for the country and for the people, but there are still lots of dreams that I failed to realize, and those dreams are now up to others," she said. "I am going to a

Mar 24, 2022
Ex-President Park discharged from hospital

Parties gear up for local elections

Officials are busy at the Gyeonggi provincial election commission in Suwon, Wednesday, as local elections for gubernatorial and mayoral posts, regional council members and educational superintendents are 70 days away. YonhapRace for Gyeonggi governor heats upBy Kang Seung-wooWith the presidential election now in the rearview mirror, political parties are gearing up for upcoming local elections, in which 17 mayoral and gubernatorial seats as well as posts for numerous local council members and education chiefs are up for grabs. Following the victory in the presidential election, the conservative People Power Party (PPP) has set its sights on a repeat in the quadrennial elections, scheduled for June 1, while the liberal Democratic Party of Korea (DPK) is seeking to end its unsuccessful election run of late. The ruling party also lost last year's mayoral by-elections in Seoul and Busan.“Shifting the focus on the local elections as soon as possible, we will try to win to support the incoming Yoon Suk-yeol administration,” PPP Chairman Lee Jun-seok said during a party meeting,

Mar 24, 2022By Kang Seung-woo
Parties gear up for local elections
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