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President-elect unveils final group of transition committee appointees

From left are scientist-turned politician and former lawmaker Shin Yong-hyun, a spokeswoman for President-elect Yoon Suk-yeol's transition committee; Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine professor Peck Kyong-ran, a member of the social, welfare and culture division under the transition committee; Nam Ki-tae, professor at the department of materials science and engineering of Seoul National University, a member of the science, technology and education division under the transition committee; and Ko San, astronaut and CEO and co-founder of ATEAM Ventures, a member of the second economy division under the transition committee / YonhapEx-lawmaker Shin Yong-hyun named as spokeswoman of the transition committeeBy Jung Da-min President-elect Yoon Suk-yeol named Shin Yong-hyun, a former lawmaker who served as chief campaign manager for Ahn Cheol-soo, as spokeswoman of his presidential transition committee. Journalist-turned politician Won Il-hee and lawyer Choi Ji-hyeon also have been named as vice spokespeople of the transition team.On Thursday, Yoon's spokeswoman Rep. Kim Eun-hye ann

Mar 17, 2022
President-elect unveils final group of transition committee appointees
  • Figures close to SK Group join presidential transition team

Election agency chief resists pressure to resign

National Election Commission Chairperson Noh Jeong-hee, center, enters the election agency's headquarters in Gwacheon, Gyeonggi Province, Thursday. YonhapChairperson Noh Jeong-hee faces increasing calls from within to step down over mishandled ballotsBy Nam Hyun-wooNational Election Commission (NEC) Chairperson Noh Jeong-hee has resisted mounting calls to resign to take responsibility for irregularities in early voting procedures of the presidential election. Noh has been facing pressure to resign amid growing doubts over the agency's neutrality, after the commission's secretary general offered to resign on Wednesday to take responsibility. The main opposition People Power Party (PPP) has been increasing the pressure on Noh to shoulder the responsibility as the main person overseeing the election. According to the NEC, it accepted NEC Secretary General Kim Se-hwan's resignation on Thursday during a closed-door meeting. One of the participants was quoted by Yonhap News Agency as saying Noh will try to do better but stated no plans to resign. “Noh said she feels the responsibilit

Mar 17, 2022By Nam Hyun-woo
Election agency chief resists pressure to resign

President-elect Yoon has phone conversation with Australian PM

President-elect Yoon Suk-yeol speaks by phone with Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison at the former's office in Seoul, Wednesday. NewsisSouth Korean President-elect Yoon Suk-yeol on Wednesday spoke with Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison on the phone, Yoon's spokesperson said. The talks last for about 25 minutes from 6 p.m., according to his spokesperson Kim Eun-hye. It was Yoon's fourth call with a foreign leader. He spoke with United States President Joe Biden on Thursday, Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on Friday and British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Monday.During the campaign, Yoon expressed his support for South Korea's participation in working groups of the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue, known as the Quad, a U.S.-led regional forum that includes Australia, India and Japan.The prosecutor-turned-politician was elected president last Wednesday, beating Lee Jae-myung of the ruling Democratic Party by a razor-thin 0.73 percentage-point gap. (Yonhap)

Mar 16, 2022
President-elect Yoon has phone conversation with Australian PM

Incoming, outgoing leaders clash amid power transition

President-elect Yoon Suk-yeol moves to a restaurant in Tongui-dong, Jongno District, Seoul, Wednesday, after his scheduled luncheon with President Moon Jae-in was postponed. Joint Press CorpsBy Nam Hyun-wooThe incoming Yoon Suk-yeol administration's clash with the outgoing Moon Jae-in government in a number of areas during the transition flared up on Wednesday with the abrupt postponement of their first one-on-one meeting just hours before the scheduled event. Even before that, signs of their prickly relationship were apparent as officials of the Moon government began to comment on President-elect Yoon's moves to fulfill some of his campaign pledges, including abolishing the office of the senior secretary for civil affairs and relocating the presidential office. Yoon and Moon were scheduled to have lunch on Wednesday, but both sides announced that the event had been postponed, just four hours before the meeting. “The meeting between President Moon and President-elect Yoon will be rescheduled, as there were issues that remained unresolved during working-level consultations,&rdqu

Mar 16, 2022By Nam Hyun-woo
Incoming, outgoing leaders clash amid power transition
  • President-elect unveils policy advisers

Top prosecutor defies calls to step down

Prosecutor-General Kim O-su speaks to journalists at Jeju April 3rd Peace Park in Jeju Island, November 2021. NewsisBy Ko Dong-hwanKorea's Prosecutor-General Kim O-su, appointed by the liberal Moon Jae-in administration, has rejected pressure from President-elect Yoon Suk-yeol's conservative People Power Party (PPP) to resign before his term ends next year. Kim's decision shows his intent to stay in the role despite the PPPs hawkish stance against him.Arriving at the Supreme Prosecutors' Office in Seoul's Seocho District on Wednesday morning, Kim briefly told journalists that he will “faithfully perform his duty as the top prosecutor in accordance with the laws and principles.” Kim's statement came after some PPP lawmakers have been pressuring him to quit. PPP Rep. Kweon Seong-dong, considered as one of Yoon's closest aides, said Tuesday on a MBC radio show that it has come to a point where Kim may be faced with the need to make decisions on his course of action going forward. “Kim assured the public (during a national audit on the Supreme Prosecutors' Office in Oct

Mar 16, 2022By Ko Dong-hwan
Top prosecutor defies calls to step down

President-elect unveils policy advisers

From left are Kang Seog-hoon, Kim Hyun-sook and Jang Sung-min. YonhapBy Kang Seung-wooPresident-elect Yoon Suk-yeol made an appointments of his policy advisers, Wednesday.According to his spokesperson Kim Eun-hye, Yoon has named Kang Seog-hoon, a professor of economics at Sungshin Women's University, and Kim Hyun-sook, an economics professor at Soongsil University, as special advisers for policy.In addition, Jang Sung-min, the president of the World and Northeast Asia Peace Forum who competed with Yoon in the conservative People Power Party (PPP) primary, has been tapped to serve as the special assistant for political affairs. Jang was a vocal critic of Yoon.“Kang and Kim are perfect fits to the positions given that they served as senior presidential secretaries for economic affairs and employment and welfare, respectively, under the Park Geun-hye administration,” the spokesperson said. “Since the party primary, they have provided pieces of advice in the areas of economy, society and welfare to the president-elect. Yoon has comfortably exchanged opinions with them d

Mar 16, 2022By Kang Seung-woo
President-elect unveils policy advisers
  • Incoming, outgoing leaders clash amid power transition

Key election watchdog official offers to resign over poor management

National Election Commission Secretary-General Kim Se-hwan / Korea Times file A key official at the National Election Commission (NEC) offered to resign Wednesday to take responsibility for mishandling ballots of COVID-19 patients and other blunders during early voting for last week's presidential election, according to NEC officials. In an e-mail sent to employees, NEC Secretary-General Kim Se-hwan made the resignation public and offered a deep apology for the blunders in early voting. "As secretary-general, I deeply apologize for the poor management of the early voting," Kim said in the e-mail. The NEC came under fire following revelations virus patients and people under self-isolation were not allowed to put their votes into ballot boxes, and election officials instead collected them in plastic bags and other unofficial containers during early voting May 5. The practice sparked suspicions of election rigging, though the NEC has flatly rejected such claims. (Yonha

Mar 16, 2022
Key election watchdog official offers to resign over poor management

Moon-Yoon meeting called off due to unfinished working-level consultation

President Moon Jae-in, left, and President-elect Yoon Suk-yeol / Yonhap A planned meeting between President Moon Jae-in and President-elect Yoon Suk-yeol has been called off as working-level, pre-meeting discussions have not been completed yet, both sides said Wednesday. Moon and Yoon had been scheduled to hold a one-on-one lunch at Cheong Wa Dae that day in their first meeting since Yoon won the election last week, though the two spoke by phone a day after the election."As working-level consultations have not been completed, we decided to reschedule the meeting," Moon's spokesperson Park Kyung-mee said in a statement. "We will continue working-level consultations."Yoon's spokesperson Kim Eun-hye made similar remarks.Pre-meeting talks have been led by Lee Cheol-hee, senior presidential secretary for political affairs, and Yoon's chief of staff Chang Je-won to set the agenda for the meeting. Both sides did not provide details on what the problems were. But a disagree

Mar 16, 2022
Moon-Yoon meeting called off due to unfinished working-level consultation

Kim Sung-han emerges as top diplomatic adviser for Yoon

Kim Sung-han, center, a professor at Korea University's Graduate School of International Studies, was appointed as head of the diplomacy and security division of President-elect Yoon Suk-yeol's transition committee, Tuesday. At left is former First Vice Finance Minister Choi Sang-mok who was appointed to head the transition committee's first economy division, and on the right is Rep. Lee Yong-ho of the main opposition conservative People Power Party, head of the committee's state affairs, judiciary and administrative division. YonhapEx-vice Finance Minister Choi Sang-mok appointed to lead first economy division By Jung Da-min Kim Sung-han, a professor at Korea University's Graduate School of International Studies, has established himself as the top diplomatic figure under the upcoming Yoon Suk-yeol administration, after being tapped to head the diplomacy and security division of the President-elect's transition committee, Tuesday.Previously a vice foreign minister under the 2008-13 Lee Myung-bak administration, Kim is one of Yoon's key policy mentors, having served as his chief

Mar 15, 2022
Kim Sung-han emerges as top diplomatic adviser for Yoon
  • Moon, Yoon to have one-on-one meeting to discuss tricky issues

Support for wildfire victims

President-elect Yoon Suk-yeol comforts a person displaced due to wildfires that blazed through eastern coastal areas last week during his visit to Gumseong-ri, Uljin County, North Gyeongsang Province, Tuesday. Yoon pledged to consult with the Moon Jae-in government to increase support for people who were displaced. Joint Press Corps

Mar 15, 2022By Nam Hyun-woo
Support for wildfire victims
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