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Foreign minister stresses safety of citizens in Ukraine

Foreign Minister Chung Eui-yong speaks during a press conference at the foreign ministry in Seoul on March 31, 2021. YonhapForeign Minister Chung Eui-yong on Friday stressed the "top priority" of protecting overseas citizens during a virtual meeting with chiefs of South Korea's diplomatic missions in Russia, Ukraine and other nations, his office said, amid concerns about military tensions between Moscow and Kiev.Chung led the session with Seoul's top envoys in the region to discuss safety measures that can be rolled out in case tensions escalate between the two countries."Minister Chung stressed the imperative to focus all diplomatic efforts for the top priority task of securing the safety of overseas citizens and our enterprises," the foreign ministry said in a press release. (Yonhap)

Jan 28, 2022
Foreign minister stresses safety of citizens in Ukraine

Why Huh Kyung-young was not invited to TV debates

Huh Kyung-young, a presidential candidate of the National Revolutionary Party, raises his hands during a visit to a traditional market in Guri, Gyeonggi Province, Thursday. YonhapBy Nam Hyun-wooHuh Kyung-young, a self-proclaimed prophet and a wacky politician who leads the National Revolutionary Party, appears to have succeeded in grabbing the public's attention with his unique presence in the presidential race. But he was not invited to a TV debate among presidential contenders despite his two decades in politics as a candidate who ran unsuccessfully in the presidential as well as Seoul mayoral elections.His name has never been mentioned in the ongoing inter-party negotiations on the TV debate among four candidates, although a poll showed he was ahead of the minor Justice Party candidate Sim Sang-jung. Huh revealed on his social media account on Thursday just how he feels about the snub.“God's wrath will be handed down,” he wrote on his Facebook account. Tagging a recent poll that showed he came in fourth and was ahead of the Justice Party candidate, he wrote, “Wha

Jan 28, 2022By Nam Hyun-woo
Why Huh Kyung-young was not invited to TV debates

Lee, Yoon agree to hold one-on-one debate Jan. 31: parties

Ruling party presidential candidate Lee Jae-myung, right, and his rival Yoon Suk-yeol / Korea Times file Ruling party presidential candidate Lee Jae-myung and main opposition candidate Yoon Suk-yeol have agreed to hold a one-on-one debate on Jan. 31 before having an expanded debate with other contenders, both sides announced Friday.Lee of the liberal Democratic Party of Korea and Yoon of the conservative People Power Party reached the agreement after wrangling for days over when and how they should the debate.The parties had previously planned to attend a debate that TV stations planned to host for the two on Sunday or Monday, but courts stopped it from going ahead following injunction requests from minor candidates Ahn Cheol-soo of the People's Party and Sim Sang-jeung of the progressive Justice Party. (Yonhap)

Jan 28, 2022
Lee, Yoon agree to hold one-on-one debate Jan. 31: parties

Fortune-telling and Korea's presidential election

The People Power Party's presidential candidate Yoon Suk-yeol, left, and his wife Kim Kun-hee at Cheong Wa Dae in July 2019. Joint Press Corps.Fortune-tellers swirl around presidential candidates By Ko Dong-hwanOn Jan. 19, prosecutors launched an investigation of the main opposition People Power Party's (PPP) presidential candidate, Yoon Suk-yeol, for violating the country's election laws, leaking confidential government information, and abusing his authority to undermine law enforcement. The allegations, brought by the ruling Democratic Party of Korea's (DPK) election camp, relate to how Yoon, then-prosecutor general, in February 2020 ordered police not to search the headquarters of Shincheonji, a fringe church blamed for a major cluster infection resulting in over 5,200 COVID-19 cases in Daegu early that year, by breaking national pandemic prevention regulations. The DPK camp, basing the charges on a report from local daily Segye Ilbo, said Yoon had deliberately not made the order because an alleged fortune-teller named Geonjin advised him not to “get your hands dirty with un

Jan 28, 2022By Ko Dong-hwan
Fortune-telling and Korea's presidential election

Yoon vows to relocate presidential office to downtown Seoul

Yoon Suk-yeol, the presidential candidate of main opposition People Power Party, speaks during a press conference about his politics reform pledges, held at the party headquarters on Seoul's Yeouido, Thursday. Joint Press CorpsLee pledges to fix development gap in provincial citiesBy Jung Da-minYoon Suk-yeol, the presidential candidate of the main opposition conservative People Power Party (PPP), vowed on Thursday to relocate the presidential office, pledging that he would reshuffle it to make it a smaller but more effective team to handle state affairs. Meanwhile, his rival, Lee Jae-myung, the presidential candidate of the ruling liberal Democratic Party of Korea (DPK), visited the southwestern city of Gwangju, a stronghold of the ruling bloc, to appeal to the hearts and minds of voters there. Among his other pledges, Lee promised the balanced development of the local provinces, addressing the gap in development between Seoul and other cities across the nation."If I get elected, the current organization of Cheong Wa Dae will disappear. Instead, a new concept of the presidential offi

Jan 27, 2022
Yoon vows to relocate presidential office to downtown Seoul

Lee, Yoon neck-and-neck in latest surveys

Ruling Democratic Party of Korea presidential candidate Lee Jae-myung, right, and his rival Yoon Suk-yeol of the main opposition People Power Party attend a roundtable meeting held in Seoul, Dec. 28. Korea Times file The presidential candidates of the ruling and main opposition parties are running neck and neck with support ratings of around 35 percent each, the latest surveys showed Thursday. Lee Jae-myung of the liberal Democratic Party of Korea (DPK) is in a dead heat with Yoon Suk-yeol of the conservative People Power Party (PPP) at 35 percent to 34 percent, according to a poll of 1,000 adults conducted Monday to Wednesday by Embrain Public, Kstat Research, Korea Research and Hankook Research.The gap between Lee and Yoon was within the margin of error of plus or minus 3.1 percentage points at the 95 percent confidence level.Both Lee and Yoon gained 1 percentage point from a week earlier. Ahn Cheol-soo, the presidential candidate of the minor opposition People's

Jan 27, 2022
Lee, Yoon neck-and-neck in latest surveys

Daughter joins Ahn Cheol-soo's presidential campaign

Ahn Surl-hee, Postdoctoral Scholar in Chemistry and Biochemistry at University of California San Diego, and daughter of People's Party presidential candidate Ahn Cheol-soo, speaks during her appearance in a video clip uploaded on the candidate's official YouTube channel, Tuesday. Captured from YouTubeBy Nam Hyun-wooAhn Surl-hee, the daughter of People's Party presidential candidate Ahn Cheol-soo, joined her father's election campaign, by uploading YouTube video clips of herself to enhance communication with supporters.The younger Ahn appears on a YouTube video uploaded on the candidate's official YouTube channel on Tuesday. In the clip, she said she wants to show “the other side of Ahn Cheol-soo as a father, rather than a politician.”She said she will communicate with supporters and viewers through vlogs on her father's channel, adding “comments will be very helpful.” Daughter Ahn is a Postdoctoral Scholar in Chemistry and Biochemistry at University of California San Diego. She earned her Ph. D. in chemistry at Stanford University, and won the Gordon Bell Spec

Jan 26, 2022By Nam Hyun-woo
Daughter joins Ahn Cheol-soo's presidential campaign
  • Yoon rebounds, Lee stagnates in polls

Court rules against Lee-Yoon TV debate

Clenching his fist, People's Power presidential candidate Ahn Cheol-soo speaks during a meeting with his party members at a hotel in western Seoul, Wednesday. YonhapBy Kang Hyun-kyungThe Seoul Western District Court ruled in favor of minor People's Party presidential candidate Ahn Cheol-soo in his request to ban three TV broadcasters ― namely KBS, SBS and MBC ― from hosting and airing a one-on-one TV debate between two presidential candidates.The three broadcasters were scheduled to hold and televise a TV debate between the ruling Democratic Party of Korea (DPK) presidential candidate Lee Jae-myung and the main opposition People Power Party (PPP) candidate Yoon Suk-yeol on either Jan. 30 or 31.In a ruling on Wednesday, the district court said TV broadcasters can hold debates and invite candidates based on their own criteria. However, it went on to say there are limits to the media's rights to host TV debates, considering that TV debates are an effective and important medium for candidates in their campaigning, through which voters can compare the candidates and decide how to vote on

Jan 26, 2022By Kang Hyun-kyung
Court rules against Lee-Yoon TV debate
  • Yoon rebounds, Lee stagnates in polls

Yoon rebounds, Lee stagnates in polls

Main opposition People Power Party presidential candidate Yoon Suk-yeol speaks during a policy forum at the National Assembly on Yeouido, Seoul, Wednesday. Joint Press CorpsBy Nam Hyun-wooMain opposition People Power Party (PPP) presidential candidate Yoon Suk-yeol is quickly rebounding in his support rate despite allegations involving his family members, while ruling Democratic Party of Korea (DPK) candidate Lee Jae-myung is failing to break above the 40 percent mark.According to a Realmeter poll released Wednesday, Yoon was leading the pack with 44.7 percent, followed by Lee with 35.6 percent. Yoon saw a 5.5-percentage-point growth from the same survey two weeks earlier, while Lee suffered a 1.3 percentage point decline during the same period, making the gap between the two 9.1 percentage points, which is greater than the survey's error margin of 3.1 percentage points. The survey was requested by broadcaster YTN and questioned 1,018 adults from Jan. 24 to 25.The rivalry between Yoon and Lee is showing similar patterns in other recent surveys, with Yoon quickly recovering his suppor

Jan 26, 2022By Nam Hyun-woo
Yoon rebounds, Lee stagnates in polls
  • Court rules against Lee-Yoon TV debate
  • Daughter joins Ahn Cheol-soo's presidential campaign

Justice Party candidate Sim pledges middle power diplomacy, lambasts Lee-Yoon TV debate as undemocratic

From left, the People Power Party's Yoon Suk-yeol, the Democratic Party of Korea's Lee Jae-myung and the Justice Party's Sim Sang-jung greet each other at a forum hosted by the daily news outlet, Hankook Economy, at the Grand Walkerhill Seoul in November 2021. Joint Press Corps.By Ko Dong-hwanPresidential candidate Sim Sang-jung acknowledges that Korea's geopolitical position and stance are situated uneasily between the United States and China, but she doesn't view that fact pessimistically. She says that there is still room for Korea as a middle power to make its voice heard and influence global affairs, and that, if elected, she will try to figure out how the country can do that, working towards peace in the East Asia region. Sim argues that the U.S.-China rivalry in East Asia calls for Korea to have a unique and definitive role on the global stage. While describing Korea's alliance with the United States, as the most crucial to national security, she explained that the country can perform other diplomatic strategies at the same time.While the diplomatic vision of the minor progres

Jan 26, 2022By Ko Dong-hwan
Justice Party candidate Sim pledges middle power diplomacy, lambasts Lee-Yoon TV debate as undemocratic
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