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Policy briefings

President Moon Jae-in speaks during a policy briefing by the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport and the Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries at Cheong Wa Dae, Thursday. He stressed the need to levy more taxes on owners of multiple houses in order to stabilize the nation's property market, while calling for aggressive efforts to help the shipping industry reemerge as a global power. / Yonhap

Feb 27, 2020By Kang Seung-woo

Coronavirus: 1 million sign petition calling for Moon Jae-in's impeachment

Captured from Cheong Wa Dae website By Park Si-soo Over a million people have signed an online petition calling for President Moon Jae-in's impeachment. As of 1 p.m. Thursday, the petition ― posted on the president's office website ― had garnered 1,017,689 signatures, a twofold increase in a day, reflecting growing public disapproval of the President. The petition criticizes Moon for his poor handling of the widening public health disaster and adoption of what its writer claims is “ineffective” measures to curb domestic infections of coronavirus while ignoring voices calling for a comprehensive entry block of people from China, the outbreak's epicenter.“Looking at how President Moon handles the coronavirus crisis gives me the feeling that he is the President of China, not South Korea,” the petition reads.“The primary role of the President is keeping citizens safe and doing everything to protect them. If he has this in mind, why doesn't he ban the entry of people coming from China? The government's measures to counter (the crisis) are ineffective and

Feb 27, 2020
Coronavirus: 1 million sign petition calling for Moon Jae-in's impeachment

Moon OUT: Over 800,000 Koreans call for President's impeachment

Captured from Cheong Wa Dae websiteBy Park Si-soo “Looking at how President Moon handles the coronavirus crisis gives me the feeling that he is the President of China, not South Korea.”This is a phrase from a lengthy online petition to President Moon, titled “Call for impeachment of President Moon Jae-in.” It was posted on Feb. 4 on the petition section of the president's office website and has garnered over 800,000 supporting signatures as of 9:30 a.m. Wednesday, passing the minimum threshold of 200,000 signatures at which Moon's office has promised to give an answer to all qualified petitions. “The primary role of the President is keeping citizens safe and doing everything to protect them,” the petition reads. “If he has this in mind, why doesn't he ban the entry of people coming from China? The government's measures to counter (the crisis) are ineffective and useless, and devoid of a fundamental countermeasure, which is an entry ban from ground-zero.” The petitioner also criticized the government for being loose in controlling export

Feb 26, 2020
Moon OUT: Over 800,000 Koreans call for President's impeachment
  • Moon under mounting criticism over coronavirus responses

Moon under mounting criticism over coronavirus responses

President Moon Jae-in, right, during a visit to Daegu on Feb. 25, 2020 YonhapBy Do Je-hae The national health emergency unleashed by COVID-19 has dealt a crushing blow to President Moon Jae-in, with public criticism on his poor crisis management capacity and leadership growing as the epidemic is far from being contained.A huge part of the criticism is about the government's decision to ban the entry of foreigners only from China's Hubei Province, the epicenter of the new coronavirus, instead of the entire country. Many believe that the government's failure to do so, despite calls for the complete entry ban in the early stages of the epidemic, was one of the biggest reasons for the rapid spread of COVID-19 here. Korea now has the largest number of infections after China.A petition posted on Cheong Wa Dae's website calling for President Moon's impeachment has gained tens of thousands of signatures.Posted on Feb. 4 when the country had less than 20 confirmed cases before seeing a sudden hike in infections, the petitioner said the government only banned the entry of people from Hubei, be

Feb 26, 2020By Do Je-hae
Moon under mounting criticism over coronavirus responses
  • Korea's coronavirus cases may peak at 10,000 in mid-March: JP Morgan
  • Laws revised to better prevent COVID-19 spread
  • Moon OUT: Over 800,000 Koreans call for President's impeachment

Laws revised to better prevent COVID-19 spread

National Assembly Speaker Moon Hee-sang bangs the gavel to announce the start of a plenary session at the National Assembly, Wednesday, wearing a facial mask to protect against COVID-2019 infection. The Assembly reopened earlier in the day after a 24-hour temporary shutdown to allow for disinfection operations. YonhapBy Jung Da-min The National Assembly passed revision bills relating to epidemic prevention and quarantine laws at a plenary session Wednesday in order to better facilitate the ongoing fight against the spread of the COVID-19 virus.The bills' passage came just hours after the Assembly reopened, having temporarily shut down for 24 hours after a man who had attended a parliamentary forum there last week later tested positive for the coronavirus.The bills amend three legal acts ― the Infectious Disease Control and Prevention Act, the Quarantine Act and the Medical Services Act.According to the revisions, those vulnerable to infectious diseases such as children or elderly citizens housed at welfare facilities must be provided with facial masks when the nation's health alert l

Feb 26, 2020
Laws revised to better prevent COVID-19 spread
  • Moon under mounting criticism over coronavirus responses

National Assembly disinfected

Quarantine officials spray disinfectant inside the plenary chamber at the National Assembly, Monday night. The buildings of the Assembly compound were temporarily shut down for 24 hours from Monday evening to allow for the disinfection work to be carried out after it was found that a man who had taken part in an event there last week later tested positive for COVID-19. The National Assembly Secretariat announced Tuesday that the Assembly will return to normal operations starting 9 a.m., Wednesday. Courtesy of National Assembly Secretariat

Feb 25, 2020
National Assembly disinfected

Moon visits virus-hit Daegu

President Moon Jae-in visits the Daegu Medical Center on Feb. 25, 2020. YonhapBy Do Je-hae President Moon Jae-in visited the southeastern city of Daegu to check on its response to COVID-19, Tuesday, and vowed strong support for the city and adjacent areas that have been hit hardest by the virus.Moon presided over a government meeting held at the Daegu City Hall to discuss support measures for the city, where hundreds of confirmed cases have generated widespread public fear. Concerns have also been rising over the economic impact of the epidemic on the sagging local economy. The President's visit was aimed at assuaging the mounting public concerns and ensure the people that the government will take effective steps to contain the virus at an early date, according to the presidential office. In particular, he called on the need for noticeable progress in containing the virus by the end of this week. “We must see a turnaround this week,” Moon said. “The government has been operating a pan-national support system by deploying the military and police forces and also getti

Feb 25, 2020By Do Je-hae
Moon visits virus-hit Daegu
  • Parents of preschoolers at loss over delayed spring semester
  • Consumer sentiment suffers steepest drop since MERS outbreak
  • Gov't vows all-out quarantine for Daegu, North Gyeongsang Province

Moon calls for extra budget for fighting coronavirus

President Moon Jae-in at a meeting at Cheong Wa Dae on Feb. 24, 2020 YonhapBy Do Je-hae President Moon Jae-in ordered some bold fiscal measures Monday, including an extra budget, to overcome the impact of the COVID-19 virus on businesses. His remark came a day after the government raised its health alert to the highest level during an emergency meeting presided over by the President following the snowballing number of new infections.“In order to minimize damage to businesses, increase consumption and revive the sagging local economy, a bold fiscal injection is necessary. In addition to expediting the use of reserve funds, if necessary, we should also consider drawing up an extra budget with the help of the National Assembly,” the President said during a weekly meeting with his senior aides, according to press pool reports. “International organizations, including the International Monetary Fund (IMF), and other finance institutions have advised governments to act in order to respond to the pressing economic uncertainty from the COVID-19,” Moon said. “Many

Feb 24, 2020By Do Je-hae
Moon calls for extra budget for fighting coronavirus
  • Government seeks to bring extra budget into fight against economic slump
  • Moon stresses need for 'clear turning point' in fight against coronavirus

'Stigmatizing would drive Shincheonji believers into ground'

The branch of Shincheonji Church of Jesus in Ulsan is closed after one confirmed case was found to have attended a service there, Sunday. YonhapBy Oh Young-jin 1) Are we correct about the two-week incubation period of the Wuhan pneumonia virus? 2) Are we making a mistake by stigmatizing members of Shincheonji Church of Jesus, the origin of clusters of coronavirus cases in Taegu? 3) Are Jeju cases isolated? 4) Is self-imposed quarantine working? 5) What is the worst-case scenario? I went over these questions with Dr. Hakim Djaballah, an American virology expert based in New York, Monday morning. Djaballah said that our assumption of the two-week incubation period proved less tenable now because of reported cases that remained contagious past the due time. This means we may have to change our approach, especially with suspected cases. The scientist, who was head of Institut Pasteur Korea at the height of the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) outbreak in 2015, said the COVID-19 was more contagious than MERS. This was because the 19 thrived in the upper lungs, mouth and throat, whi

Feb 24, 2020By Oh Young-jin
'Stigmatizing would drive Shincheonji believers into ground'
  • Shincheonji stokes public anger for 'acting as victim'

Lotte Shopping to overcome slump through largest-scale restructuring

A number of people shop at Lotte Super store in Siheung, Gyeonggi Province, in this 2019 file photo. / Courtesy of Lotte ShoppingBy Kim Jae-heunLotte Shopping Vice Chairman and CEO Kang Hee-taeLotte Shopping Co., will carry out its largest restructuring project since its inception in 1970, following the deteriorating performance of its subsidiaries. In the last two years, its business profits have plunged nearly 50 percent from 801 billion won in 2017 to 4279 billion won in 2019. The retail giant also experienced a net loss of 853.6 billion won. Lotte Group Chairman Shin Dong-bin vowed during last month's presidential board meeting that he will close down all businesses that do not generate profits.The retail unit's headquarters announced Thursday it will shut down 30 percent of its stores across the country. Lotte Super, in particular, will close 70 of its 412 supermarkets starting with those located on the outskirts of Seoul, where business performance was the worst. Due to tightening government regulations, Lotte Supers' growth rate has stagnated. The government blocking the openi

Feb 23, 2020By Kim Jae-heun
Lotte Shopping to overcome slump through largest-scale restructuring
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