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Yoon's leadership faces growing doubts

Yoon Suk-yeol, the presidential candidate of the main opposition People Power Party, visits a hydrogen fueling station inside a national industrial complex in Wanju, North Jeolla Province, Wednesday. YonhapBy Jung Da-min The leadership of Yoon Suk-yeol, the presidential candidate of main opposition People Power Party (PPP), is being called into question, following internal feuds of his election camp during which it is said he took the role of an onlooker rather than that of a mediator. The weeks-long conflicts between PPP leader Lee Jun-seok and some close aides to Yoon exploded on Monday, when Lee and Rep. Cho Su-jin, who was the public affairs team chief for Yoon's campaign committee, clashed over how to deal with allegations raised against Yoon's wife Kim Keon-hee, accusing her of falsifying information on her resume when applying for visiting professor positions at local universities.As Cho refused to follow Lee's directions, saying that she only follows orders from Yoon, Lee walked out of the meeting room, according to meeting participants. The following day, Lee held a press co

Dec 22, 2021
Yoon's leadership faces growing doubts
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  • Yoon's mother-in-law gets 1-year jail term for forging financial document

60th anniversary of female journalists' group

Participants pose at an event celebrating the 60th anniversary of the Korean Women Journalists Association at Korea Press Center in Seoul, Wednesday. From left in the front row are National Assembly Deputy Speaker Chung Jin-suk, People Power Party Chairman Lee Jun-seok, minor opposition Justice Party presidential candidate Rep. Sim Sang-jeung, the association's President Kim Su-jeong, ruling Democratic Party of Korea (DPK) presidential candidate Lee Jae-myung, DPK Chairman Rep. Song Young-gil and Assembly Deputy Speaker Kim Sang-hee. Yonhap

Dec 22, 2021By Bahk Eun-ji
60th anniversary of female journalists' group

Main opposition party chief resigns from presidential campaign leadership amid internal feud

Lee Jun-seok, chief of the main opposition People Power Party / YonhapThe chief of the main opposition People Power Party (PPP) said Tuesday he will quit all his positions in the party's presidential campaign committee following a dispute with a senior member of the committee.Lee Jun-seok announced his departure at a press briefing at the National Assembly after Rep. Cho Su-jin, the PPP campaign's communications chief, disobeyed his order and said she would listen only to the party's presidential nominee, Yoon Suk-yeol.Later in the day, Cho also offered to resign from the campaign.Lee has served as a standing co-chair of the committee and overseen its publicity and media relations. He made clear, however, that he will continue to serve as the party's chairman even after stepping away from the committee."If a member of the campaign committee says there is no need to follow the orders of the standing committee chair, that amounts to a denial of the need for a committee," Lee said.The two reportedly got into a heated debate during a closed-door meeting on Monday while discussing the par

Dec 21, 2021
Main opposition party chief resigns from presidential campaign leadership amid internal feud

Another civil affairs aide to Moon resigns over controversy

Senior presidential secretary for civil affairs Kim Jin-kook bows during a press briefing at Cheong Wa Dae in this March 4 photo. / YonhapBy Kang Seung-wooKim Jin-kook, the senior presidential secretary for civil affairs, resigned Tuesday after his son was found to have attempted to use his father's influence for employment purposes. Kim is the fifth civil affairs senior secretary of the Moon Jae-in administration, and the fourth to step down due to a controversy.Cheong Wa Dae said that Kim quit a day after the allegation was reported by local broadcaster MBC.“Kim tendered his resignation immediately after arriving at work today, and President Moon Jae-in accepted it,” a senior presidential official told reporters on condition of anonymity. Kim's resignation comes about nine months after his appointment in March. On Monday, MBC reported that Kim's son wrote on multiple job applications that his father was the senior presidential secretary for civil affairs and would help the companies if he were to get hired.On one application, which was for a financial sales position, th

Dec 21, 2021By Kang Seung-woo
Another civil affairs aide to Moon resigns over controversy

Rival candidates resort to tax delays, feminism to woo voters

Democratic Party of Korea presidential candidate Lee Jae-myung enters an event hall in downtown Seoul, Tuesday, to have an online discussion with professor Michael Sandel of Harvard University. Joint Press corpsBy Nam Hyun-wooWith less than three months to go until the presidential election, Korea's major presidential candidates have been slammed for compromising their political consistency for votes, as the ruling party candidate churns out short-term pledges while the main opposition candidate has tapped into feminism despite his party's resistance to it.The ruling Democratic Party of Korea (DPK) and the government announced on Monday that they will consider using this year's officially assessed land prices in calculating next year's property taxes for homeowners.Initially, the government had been seeking to overhaul the official home pricing scheme to match official housing prices with market prices, which would result in tax hikes for homeowners. However, applying this year's prices in calculating next year's taxes means that the ruling party and the government will postpone the

Dec 21, 2021By Nam Hyun-woo
Rival candidates resort to tax delays, feminism to woo voters

Presidential aide resigns after son used dad's title on job applications

Kim Jin-kook, the senior presidential secretary for civil affairs / YonhapThe senior presidential secretary for civil affairs resigned Tuesday after his son was found to have used his father's name on job applications.Kim Jin-kook tendered his resignation as soon as he arrived at work Tuesday, and President Moon Jae-in immediately accepted the offer, a senior Cheong Wa Dae official told reporters on condition of anonymity.Local broadcaster MBC reported Monday that Kim's son wrote on multiple job applications that his father is the senior secretary for civil affairs and would help the companies if they hired the son.On one application, which was for a financial sales position, the son reportedly wrote about his father in the answers to all five questions on the form.Under "upbringing," he wrote, "My father is Senior Secretary for Civil Affairs Kim Jin-kook," while under "school days," he wrote, "My father will provide a lot of help."Asked about his strengths and weaknesses, the son promised to "speak to my father and realize this company's dreams." Under "work experience," he asked th

Dec 21, 2021
Presidential aide resigns after son used dad's title on job applications

Korea, Thailand discuss defense cooperation

South Korea's Defense Minister Suh Wook, left, shakes hands with Thai Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha, who doubles as defense minister, at Thailand's Ministry of Defense in Bangkok, Monday. Courtesy of Defense MinistrySouth Korea's Defense Minister Suh Wook met with his Thai counterpart in Bangkok on Monday to discuss defense cooperation between the two countries and the security situations on the Korean Peninsula and in the region, his ministry said.Suh held talks with Thai Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha, who doubles as defense minister, on the second day of his three-day visit to Thailand.During the meeting, Prayut said Bangkok wishes to expand arms industry cooperation with South Korea. The Southeast Asian country is reviewing a new frigate project and intends to start talks on defense industry cooperation with South Korea as soon as the pandemic situation improves, he added. Thailand secured a 3,750-ton frigate from South Korea in 2018, currently deployed for field operations.Suh also expressed gratitude to Bangkok for purchasing additional T-50TH advanced trainer jets develop

Dec 20, 2021
Korea, Thailand discuss defense cooperation

Ex-President Park to stay in hospital until early next year

Former President Park Geun-hye / YonhapFormer President Park Geun-hye, currently serving a 22-year prison term for corruption, will stay in hospital until February for multiple illnesses, the justice ministry said Monday. When admitted to a hospital in southern Seoul on Nov. 22, Park had planned to stay there for about a month, but doctors now say that she needs at least six more weeks for treatment of back, shoulder and other ailments, according to the ministry.This year, the 69-year-old Park was hospitalized three times due to her chronic shoulder and lower back pain. In 2019, she received shoulder surgery.Park has been serving a combined 22-year prison sentence since March 2017 after being impeached and removed from office over far-reaching corruption charges and an influence-peddling scandal.Park is expected to return to Seoul Detention Center in February unless she is pardoned or allowed a stay of execution of sentence. (Yonhap)

Dec 20, 2021
Ex-President Park to stay in hospital until early next year

Young feminist joins Yoon's campaign

Main opposition presidential nominee Yoon Suk-yeol shakes hands with Shin Je-ye, 31, a vocal feminist who runs nonprofit Korean Women's Political Network at the party office in Seoul, Dec. 20. YonhapA 31-year-old feminist politician joined the campaign of main opposition presidential nominee Yoon Suk-yeol on Monday in a surprise move expected to widen the conservative candidate's appeal among young female voters.Shin Ji-ye, a vocal feminist who currently heads the nonprofit Korean Women's Political Network, was named senior deputy chair of the Saesidae Preparatory Committee, an organization that works directly under Yoon to woo moderates and liberals with an affinity for the conservative People Power Party. "Saesidae" means "new era."Shin entered politics in 2004 as the leader of a youth movement that demanded the removal of guidelines on student hairstyles at schools. In 2016, she ran for a seat in the National Assembly as a proportional representation candidate of the Green Party.Most recently, she ran as an independent in the Seoul mayoral by-election in April.Shin has been vocal

Dec 20, 2021
Young feminist joins Yoon's campaign

Moon to receive final annual policy briefings this week

President Moon Jae-in speaks during a summit with Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoyev at the presidential office Cheong Wa Dae in Seoul, Friday. YonhapPresident Moon Jae-in will receive the government's annual policy briefings for the final time this week, Cheong Wa Dae said Sunday.The 2022 briefings will begin Monday under the slogan, "Changes made with the people, a government fulfilling its responsibilities until the end," the presidential office said in a press release."Through the policy briefings, we plan to go through the achievements made during the five years of the Moon Jae-in administration and check the government's policy directions and main project plans up until May 2022," it said.Moon's single, five-year term is set to end in May, and by law, he cannot seek reelection.This year, the briefings will be submitted by paper because of the pandemic.The government has chosen five top themes it will concentrate on until the end of the administration, and for each theme, scheduled a joint press briefing involving the relevant ministries to explain its achievements and future go

Dec 19, 2021
Moon to receive final annual policy briefings this week
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