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Calls for probe into ruling party candidate

President Moon Jae-in passes by lawmakers of the main opposition People Power Party after delivering a budget speech at the National Assembly, Monday. The opposition lawmakers hold signs requesting an investigation by a special counsel into a land development scandal involving the ruling Democratic Party of Korea's presidential candidate Lee Jae-myung. Yonhap

Oct 25, 2021By Kim Rahn
Calls for probe into ruling party candidate

Ruling party candidate Lee to focus on presidential campaign

Ruling Democratic Party of Korea (DPK) presidential candidate Lee Jae-myung holds a press conference to announce his resignation from the Gyeonggi Governor post, at the Gyeonggi Provincial Government Office in Suwon, Monday. Joint Press CorpsBy Jung Da-minLee Jae-myung, the presidential candidate of the ruling Democratic Party of Korea (DPK), has stepped down from his post as Gyeonggi Province governor to focus full-time in the race for the presidential election slated for March.Lee is expected to speed up his campaigning as it has already taken 15 days for him to quit his post after winning the party's primary, due to a National Assembly audit into the provincial government and a delayed meeting with his main rival within the party after the win.Holding a press conference at Gyeonggi Provincial Office in Suwon to announce his resignation, Lee said he has focused on policies to realize the value of fairness as governor, especially through measures involving the economy and welfare such as expanding the use of a provincial currency and the provision of a basic allowance for young resi

Oct 25, 2021
Ruling party candidate Lee to focus on presidential campaign

Lee resigns as Gyeonggi governor to focus on presidential campaign

Gyeonggi Gov. Lee Jae-myung attends a press conference at his office in Suwon, Oct. 25. YonhapGyeonggi Gov. Lee Jae-myung, the presidential nominee of the ruling Democratic Party (DP), announced his resignation from the governorship Monday, saying he will build a nation that is envied by the world.Lee, who was elected to the governorship in June 2018, is stepping down with eight months left in his term to fully commit himself to the presidential election slated for March 9.By law, he is required to resign at least 90 days before the election, or by Dec. 9, but Lee decided to quit early at the request of the DP leadership, according to his aides."My shoulders are heavy from the infinitely heavy responsibility, but I give you my promise that I will fulfill my calling," Lee said during a press conference livestreamed from the Gyeonggi government office in Suwon, 46 kilometers south of Seoul. "I will turn the crisis of a grand transition into an opportunity for a grand leap and create a Republic of Korea that leads and is envied by the world," he said.The resignation will be effective at

Oct 25, 2021
Lee resigns as Gyeonggi governor to focus on presidential campaign

Korea to begin gradual return to normal life from November: Moon

President Moon Jae-in speaks during his speech at the National Assembly in Seoul, Oct. 25. YonhapSouth Korea will commence a gradual return to normal life from the COVID-19 pandemic next month, President Moon Jae-in said Monday, as the nation's vaccination rate surpassed the key milestone of 70 percent.Small businesses and self-employed people hit hard by antivirus measures will be able to see their sales pick up while in-person classes will fully resume and welfare centers will get back to normal operation, Moon said in a budget speech at the National Assembly.The speech came a day after the government announced that some 35.9 million of the nation's 52 million population had been fully vaccinated as of Saturday, marking a precondition set by the government to return to normalcy. "Based on stable containment and high vaccination rates, we are commencing a gradual return to normal life," Moon said. "It will begin being implemented in earnest in November." Describing the return to normalcy as a "threshold of hope," Moon pledged to provide support for small merchants and vulnerable peo

Oct 25, 2021
Korea to begin gradual return to normal life from November: Moon
  • COVID-19 infection rates continue to trend downward
  • Korea to start 'Living with COVID-19' scheme on Nov. 1

Coex Artium to reopen with more seats

COEX Artium / Courtesy of InterparkBy Park Ji-wonThe COEX Artium, which was run by SM Entertainment as a concert hall from 2015 to 2020, will reopen in December with more seating available. Interpark Theater, an affiliate of online commerce company Interpark which will run COEX Artium for the next five years, said it will increase the number of seats to 1,004 from 774 and reopen the hall Dec. 10. Interpark Theater runs various theaters in Seoul, including Bluesquare and Fan Square.The hall has also been equipped with a new sound system and mechanisms to allow faster set changes.The first show marking its reopening will be the musical “Fan Letter” that will run from Dec. 10 to March 20 next year. The musical revolves around novelist Kim Hae-jin, aspiring writer Jung Sae-hun and another novelist named Hikaru during the 1930s when Korea was under Japanese occupation.

Oct 25, 2021By Park Ji-won
Coex Artium to reopen with more seats

Ex-ruling party leader vows to support Lee Jae-myung's presidential campaign

Former Democratic Party leader Lee Nak-yon, right, and Gyeonggi Gov. Lee Jae-myung hug each other during a meeting at a teahouse in the Seoul dictrict of Jongno, Oct. 24. YonhapLee Nak-yon, a former ruling Democratic Party (DP) chief who was defeated in the party's primary for the 2022 presidential election, pledged Sunday to join forces with Gyeonggi Gov. Lee Jae-myung, its candidate, to help his election campaign.His position was closely watched as a key element in the liberal DP's push for a so-called one team in the election fight against the conservative opposition People Power Party.Meeting with the governor at a teahouse in central Seoul, Lee read out a statement in front of reporters that he will add "strength" for the success of the Moon Jae-in administration and the DP's election win.He appealed to DP members and supporters not to abandon efforts to protect the spirit and value of the party although they "may have various thoughts."He even stepped down from his job as lawmaker for the primary but lost to the governor in the monthslong primary that ended Oct. 10.Many of his

Oct 24, 2021
Ex-ruling party leader vows to support Lee Jae-myung's presidential campaign

DP presidential candidate to resign as Gyeonggi governor next week: official

Gyeonggo Gov. Lee Jae myungGyeonggi Gov. Lee Jae-myung, the presidential nominee of the ruling Democratic Party (DP), is likely to announce his resignation from the governorship next week, officials here said Friday. "Lee has decided to step down from the governor position on Oct. 25 and will soon tender his resignation to the provincial council chairman," an official with the Gyeonggi provincial government told Yonhap News Agency. Lee will work as the governor of the populous province surrounding Seoul until Monday midnight, meaning he will officially give up his governorship Tuesday, according to the official. Lee earlier announced he would step down from his post after completing the parliamentary audit on his province, which was on Monday and Wednesday. His party has been asking Lee to give up his governorship early so that he can focus on campaigning for the March 9 presidential election. Under an election law, a presidential candidate holding a government position must resign from the post 90 days prior to the election date. Lee, former Seongnam mayor, was elected the governor

Oct 22, 2021
DP presidential candidate to resign as Gyeonggi governor next week: official

Yoon accused of 'mocking' nation with pic of dog with apple

a leading opposition presidential contender / YonhapYoon Seok-youl, a leading opposition presidential contender, drew fire Friday after a photo of his dog being fed an apple sparked speculation that he likened the people to a dog following a reluctant apology for making insensitive remarks about a former dictator.In Korean, "apology" and "apple" are homonyms and the fact that Yoon's dog Tory was given the fruit only hours after the candidate issued a public apology led to criticism that Yoon was not truly sorry and dismissed the people as dogs.The photo was posted on an Instagram account under Tory's name on Thursday night and later deleted."Such mockery of the people should really not be done," Rep. Song Young-gil, the chairman of the ruling Democratic Party (DP), said during a party meeting. "If he wants to apologize, he should do it properly."Yoon's rivals within his own People Power Party (PPP) took the criticism a step further."If this isn't saying 'apologies are for dogs,' what is this?" a spokesperson for PPP presidential contender Hong Joon-pyo said in a statement.The spokesp

Oct 22, 2021
Yoon accused of 'mocking' nation with pic of dog with apple

DPK candidate Lee struggling to gain united support from party

Democratic Party of Korea presidential candidate Lee Jae-myung, center, pays his respect during the May 18th National Cemetery in Gwangju, Friday. YonhapBy Nam Hyun-wooDemocratic Party of Korea (DPK) presidential candidate Lee Jae-myung is struggling to gain united support from his own party, which is still divided in the aftermath of the party's primary. Lee is striving to win the endorsement of Lee Nak-yon, a former prime minister who was his main rival during the primary. Meeting his main rival in person and getting his support officially is deemed customary before the candidate meets President Moon Jae-in and is recognized as his successor, but the former prime minister is yet to make a public appearance, casting doubt on the ruling DPK's unity before the presidential election.As of Friday, Lee Nak-yon had not been seen since his defeat in the DPK primary, Oct. 10. Though Lee uploaded a critical posting about the opposition party candidate on Friday, he refrained from dropping hints about a meeting between him and Governor Lee.A day earlier, a number of news outlets reported that

Oct 22, 2021By Nam Hyun-woo
DPK candidate Lee struggling to gain united support from party

Korea launches first domestically made space rocket

The KSLV-II ― also known as Nuri ― blasts off from the Naro Space Center in Goheung, South Jeolla Province, Oct. 21. YonhapSouth Korea launched its first homegrown space launch vehicle Thursday in the latest attempt to foster its space program and join the elite global space club.The KSLV-II ― also known as Nuri ― blasted off from the Naro Space Center in the country's southern coastal village of Goheung at 5 p.m., one hour behind schedule, according to the Ministry of Science and ICT.Yong Hong-taek, the first vice minister at the Ministry of Science and ICT, told a press briefing that engineers spent "additional time checking valves inside the launch vehicle." The 200-ton Nuri is intended to put a 1.5-ton dummy satellite into orbit, a space launch vehicle technology that South Korea has been seeking to acquire for more than a decade for its space program.If successful, the Nuri rocket will be South Korea's first space vehicle wholly designed and built in the country.The launch came amid tensions over North Korea's test-firing of a new submarine launched ballistic missile (SLBM) on T

Oct 21, 2021
Korea launches first domestically made space rocket
  • PHOTOS Korea's first locally developed space rocket lifts off
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