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Opposition candidate and Seoul mayor

Yoon Suk-yeol, left, the presidential candidate of the main opposition People Power Party (PPP), and Seoul Mayor Oh Se-hoon look around an urban development project in a northeastern district of Seoul, Monday. They also discussed housing and land development projects in the capital. Yonhap

Dec 13, 2021By Lee Hae-rin
Opposition candidate and Seoul mayor

Moon arrives in Canberra for state visit to deepen ties, secure supply chain

President Moon Jae-in and first lady Kim Jung-sook walk down the steps from the presidential jet after arriving in Canberra, Australia, Sunday. Moon embarked on a four-day state visit to Australia to strengthen bilateral ties and secure stable supply of raw materials and core minerals. He will hold a summit with Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison, Monday. YonhapPresident Moon Jae-in arrived in Canberra on Sunday for a four-day state visit that is expected to focus on deepening bilateral ties and securing a stable supply chain of raw materials and core minerals.Moon is the first South Korean president to pay a state visit to Australia in 12 years. He is also the first foreign leader that the country has invited since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, officials said.On Monday, Moon will hold a summit with Australia's Prime Minister Scott Morrison. Strengthening cooperation in the fields of carbon-neutral technology, the hydrogen economy, defense industry, space and cyberspace is expected to top the agenda. After the summit, Moon will attend a state luncheon hosted by Australian

Dec 12, 2021

Moon encourages private firms to go carbon neutral

President Moon Jae-in speaks at a meeting on carbon neutrality, Dec. 10. YonhapPresident Moon Jae-in on Friday encouraged private firms to go carbon neutral, pledging the government will provide financial and regulatory support for their efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Moon made the remarks at a meeting on carbon neutrality with chief executives of some 40 big and medium-sized companies, including Hyundai Motor, LG Display and SK Innovation. Moon said the government will use its policy of carbon neutrality to increase the competitiveness of the manufacturing industry. To that end, the government will increase tax deductions for companies' facility and research spending, Moon said. The government also aims to develop the carbon-neutrality industry into a next-generation driver of growth, he said."The government will make bold investments on infrastructure for new energy solutions, such as hydrogen, renewable energy and electricity networks," Moon said. At the same time, the government will spare no efforts to secure a stable supply of raw materials, Moon said. South Korea

Dec 10, 2021
Moon encourages private firms to go carbon neutral

Lee calls for immediately allocating 100 trillion won to virus-hit small businesses

Lee Jae-myung, front, the presidential nominee of the ruling Democratic Party, participates in a ritual at the Pyoam Shrine in Gyeongju, North Gyeongsang Provincel, to report to his ancestors his intention to run in the March 9 presidential election. YonhapLee Jae-myung, the presidential nominee of the ruling Democratic Party (DP), called on the main opposition People Power Party (PPP) on Friday to agree to immediately execute its own proposal to spend 100 trillion won ($85 billion) on compensating small businesses hit by the pandemic.Lee suggested the rival parties jointly pass a supplementary budget through a provisional session of the National Assembly this month to fund the payments."When it comes to people's livelihoods, there is no ruling and opposition party or progressive and conservative camp," he told reporters during a visit to Gyeongju, 371 kilometers southeast of Seoul."Since the opposition has raised the issue of providing 100 trillion won in support, rather than making empty promises that they will do something once they are elected, we should immediately do the things

Dec 10, 2021
Lee calls for immediately allocating 100 trillion won to virus-hit small businesses
  • Court dismisses Yoon's lawsuit against justice ministry's disciplinary action

Parties' election committees take flak for ill-advised recruitments

Roh Jae-seung, a young politician who had been appointed to a co-chair post of the election committee of the main opposition People Power Party's (PPP) presidential candidate Yoon Suk-yeol, announces his resignation from the post, Thursday at the National Assembly in Seoul, after facing strong criticism over his inappropriate remarks on politically sensitive issues. Joint Press CorpsBy Jung Da-min The presidential election committees of the major parties are facing criticism for their “thoughtless” addition of personnel to the organizations without fully verifying their past records on and offline. The latest setback in personnel appointments came from the main opposition People Power Party (PPP) as Roh Jae-seung, who had been appointed as a co-chairman of the election committee, stepped down from the post on Thursday, only three days after being appointed, over his recent online remarks defaming the 1980 Gwangju Democratization Movement, humiliating the victims of the tragic event and those who lost loved ones as well as those supportive of the country's democratization

Dec 10, 2021
Parties' election committees take flak for ill-advised recruitments

Court dismisses Yoon's lawsuit against justice ministry's disciplinary action

People Power Party presidential candidate Yoon Suk-yeol / YonhapA Seoul court on Friday dismissed a lawsuit filed by prosecutor general-turned-main opposition presidential candidate Yoon Suk-yeol against a disciplinary action imposed on him by the justice ministry while he was in office. The Seoul Administrative Court dismissed Yoon's case seeking to reverse the ministry's suspension of his duties as chief prosecutor in December 2020, saying the requirements for litigation were not met in the case. The decision means it is pointless to pursue the case as Yoon has left the office. Accusing Yoon of violating political neutrality and other misconduct, the ministry then under Minister Choo Mi-ae suspended him for two months in the culmination of a feud between the two over prosecution reform and other politically sensitive investigations.Yoon immediately filed lawsuits seeking an injunction on the measure and its ultimate revocation, disputing the alleged misconduct and claiming flaws in the disciplinary process. He was reinstated about a week later as a court accepted his injunction req

Dec 10, 2021
Court dismisses Yoon's lawsuit against justice ministry's disciplinary action
  • Lee calls for immediately allocating 100 trillion won to virus-hit small businesses

Opposition renews calls for special counsel probe after apparent suicide of suspect in development scandal

Main opposition People Power Party Chairman Lee Jun-seok / YonhapThe main opposition People Power Party (PPP) renewed its calls for a special counsel investigation into the Seongnam development scandal on Friday after a suspect in the case was found dead in an apparent suicide.Yoo Han-gi, head of Pocheon Urban Corp., a regional development company, was found dead near his home in Goyang, north of Seoul, earlier Friday, police said.Yoo had been under investigation by prosecutors for allegedly taking bribes in connection with a 2015 apartment development project in Seongnam, south of Seoul, when he worked for that city's urban development corporation.The project has been at the center of a massive corruption scandal, and the PPP has pointed to ruling Democratic Party presidential nominee Lee Jae-myung, who was mayor of Seongnam in 2015, as the mastermind behind the scheme."This is what happens when the No. 1 architect is left alone and only those around him are investigated," PPP Chairman Lee Jun-seok wrote on Facebook. Lee Yang-soo, senior spokesperson for the PPP election committee,

Dec 10, 2021
Opposition renews calls for special counsel probe after apparent suicide of suspect in development scandal
  • Suspect in development corruption scandal found dead in apparent suicide

Assembly passes bill on record state compensation for Jeju April 3 incident victims

The National Assembly on Thursday approved a special bill calling for paying a maximum compensation of 90 million won ($76,600) to each of the victims of the bloody 1948-1954 suppression of a civilian uprising on Jeju Island.A revision of the Special Act on Discovering the Truth of the Jeju 4.3 Incident and the Restoration of Honor of Victims was passed at a parliamentary plenary session to finalize the government's plan to pay total compensation of 909 billion won to 10,101 victims of the so-called Jeju April 3 incident over five years from next year.It marks the biggest amount of compensation paid by the government to the victims of a single historical incident.On April 3, 1948, Jeju islanders began protesting against U.S. military-led rule following Korea's liberation from Japan's 1910-1945 colonial rule. The then government distorted the uprising as a communist riot and massacred an estimated up to 30,000 civilians, about 10 percent of the island's population at the time, in armed crackdowns over the subsequent years.The final compensation plan excludes the victims who have alrea

Dec 9, 2021
Assembly passes bill on record state compensation for Jeju April 3 incident victims

Candidates embrace figures formerly from rival parties

By Kang Seung-wooYesterday's enemies have become allies, with candidates recruiting politicians from rival parties as part of efforts to appeal to centrist voters in the lead-up to next year's presidential election, which is anticipated to be closely contested. Former Democratic Party of Korea lawmaker Keum Tae-sup / Korea Times photoThe main opposition People Power Party (PPP) seems to be ahead of the ruling Democratic Party of Korea (DPK) in the race to expand their support bases.After employing veteran campaigner Kim Chong-in, who helped President Moon Jae-in win Cheong Wa Dae, and Kim Han-gil who had been chief of a predecessor party of the DPK, the PPP has also added Keum Tae-sup, a former DPK lawmaker, to its presidential election committee. Keum quit the DPK in October last year after denouncing the party for its “arrogance, self-righteousness and partisan antagonism.”“Recently, a party (DPK) member was suspended for eight months due to his disapproval of its presidential candidate's pledge,” Keum wrote on Facebook, Friday.Keum cited Jeju National Unive

Dec 9, 2021By Kang Seung-woo
Candidates embrace figures formerly from rival parties

Opposition candidate meets former US ambassador

Yoon Suk-yeol, right, presidential candidate of the main opposition People Power Party, shakes hands with former U.S. Ambassador to Korea Kathleen Stephens ahead of their meeting at the party's headquarters on Yeouido, Seoul, Thursday. Yoon discussed Seoul-Washington relations with Stephens, who served as ambassador here from 2008 to 2011 and currently leads the Korea Economic Institute of America. Yonhap

Dec 9, 2021By Kwon Mee-yoo
Opposition candidate meets former US ambassador
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