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LKP floor leader hit for asking US not to hold summit around elections

Liberty Korea Party floor leader Na Kyung-won speaks during a meeting for the party's supreme council at the National Assembly, Thursday. YonhapBy Jung Da-min Na Kyung-won, floor leader of the main opposition Liberty Korea Party (LKP), has come under fire for allegedly asking Washington not to initiate a plan to hold another U.S.-North Korea summit around the time of next year's general elections in South Korea.Na said she was just explaining that North Korea-related policies could have a strong influence on voters, but other lawmakers from the ruling Democratic Party of Korea (DPK) and other minor parties have strongly criticized Na for putting her party's interests before national security and the broader goal of achieving peace on the Korean Peninsula. Na made the remarks on Nov. 20 when she met U.S. Special Representative for North Korea Stephen Biegun, while was visiting Washington with other lawmakers to meet U.S. officials and call for fair negotiations in the ongoing defense cost-sharing talks between the two countries. The DPK and minor parties said Na does not deserve a sea

Nov 28, 2019
LKP floor leader hit for asking US not to hold summit around elections

Speaker Moon's compromise deal faces strong backlash

National Assembly Speaker Moon Hee-sang looks pensive at his office in the National Assembly, Nov. 12, during a meeting with the floor leaders of the ruling Democratic Party of Korea, the main opposition Liberty Korea Party and the minor opposition Bareunmirae Party. Korea Times photo by Oh Dae-geunBy Jung Da-min Preparatory work is underway to try and arrange a one-on-one meeting between President Moon Jae-in and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe at the 6th China-Japan-South Korea Trilateral Summit to be held in Sichuan, China, next month. The moves come after Seoul decided to conditionally renew an intelligence-sharing pact with Tokyo.National Assembly Speaker Moon Hee-sang is at the forefront after he proposed a bill to be presented to the National Assembly to articulate a possible compromise deal to close a compensation issue on surviving South Korean victims of forced labor during Japan's occupation of the peninsula. While some lawmakers have expressed support for Moon's bill, claiming it was needed to establish a “future-oriented” relationship between the two count

Nov 28, 2019
Speaker Moon's compromise deal faces strong backlash
  • Speaker's compensation proposal may draw lukewarm response
  • Seoul, Tokyo seek 'exit strategy' over trade row

'US doubts Korea's reliability as ally': Revere

Evans Revere, Brookings senior fellow and former acting U.S. assistant secretary of state for East Asian and Pacific affairs, says the U.S. has raised serious questions about South Korea as an alliance partner after it threatened to pull out of the Korea-Japan General Security of Military Information Agreement (GSOMIA), an intelligence-sharing pact that the U.S. sees as integral to its efforts to contain China. The following is a written interview with him. ― ED. By Oh Young-jin Evans RevereHighlights: 1) U.S. confidence shaken by GSOMIA row 2) Supporters of U.S.-ROK alliance win for now 3) U.S. plays reluctant mediator for Korea, Japan4) Trump sees little need for USFK5) U.S. should reassure Korea of America's nuclear umbrella 6) U.S. failing to enlist allies on China-containing Indo-Pacific Strategy Q) How bad has the ROK-U.S. alliance become since the GSOMIA dispute?A) Seoul's reversal on GSOMIA was an important and necessary step that should limit further damage to the U.S.-ROK alliance. However, considerable damage has already been done because the Blue House (Cheong Wa Dae) had

Nov 28, 2019By Oh Young-jin
'US doubts Korea's reliability as ally': Revere
  • S. Korea conditionally extends military pact with Japan
  • Cheong Wa Dae criticizes Abe remarks on GSOMIA

Opposition leader regains consciousness after being taken to hospital due to hunger strike

Liberty Korea Party spokesman Kim Myeong-yeon speaks about the party chairman Hwang Kyo-ahn's health condition in front of Severance Hospital's emergency ward in Seoul's Seodaemun District, Wednesday night. Hwang was taken to the hospital after losing consciousness on his eighth day of hunger strike in front of Cheong Wa Dae. YonhapThe chief of South Korea's main opposition party regained consciousness Thursday after he was taken to a hospital a day earlier following eight days of hunger strike, officials said.Liberty Korea Party (LKP) chairman Hwang Kyo-ahn lost consciousness on Wednesday night while fasting in protest of controversial bills on election reform and a corruption probe unit. He was immediately sent to Severance Hospital in west Seoul, according to party officials."His vital signs such as breathing and pulse have stabilized. He appears to have passed the worst, but it is not a situation we can relax," Rep. Kim Myung-yeon told reporters.Hwang began his fast on Nov. 20, demanding that President Moon Jae-in revoke his decision not to renew Seoul's military intelligence-sha

Nov 28, 2019
Opposition leader regains consciousness after being taken to hospital due to hunger strike

South Korea to step up economic partnership with Mekong nations

Scenes from the Korea-Mekong summit YonhapBy Do Je-hae BUSAN ― The inaugural Korea-Mekong Summit took place in Busan, Wednesday, on the heels of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations-Republic of Korea Commemorative Summit, to explore ways to enhance cooperation between Korea and five countries that border the Mekong River. The Mekong-Han River Declaration was announced after the meeting between President Moon Jae-in and Laotian Prime Minister Thongloun Sisoulith, Myanmar State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi, Thai Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha, Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc and Cambodian Deputy Prime Minister Prak Sokhonn. "Today, which will be remembered as the first year of Korea-Mekong cooperation, we have laid the groundwork for a dramatic development in Korea-Mekong relations," President Moon said at the summit. "The Mekong-Han River Declaration, adopted following the summit, will serve as a milestone toward a people-centered partnership for peace and prosperity beyond economic cooperation."Moon said Korea's own experience in its national development can serve a

Nov 27, 2019By Do Je-hae
South Korea to step up economic partnership with Mekong nations
  • Moon's 'golden rule' with ASEAN
  • Korea, Thailand sign MOU to curb flow of illegal migrant workers
  • S. Korea, Mekong nations pick 7 priority cooperation sectors in Busan summit
  • Moon eyes ASEAN over US, China's protectionism, isolationism

INTERVIEW Manila aims to attract 2 mil. Korean tourists next year

Philippine Tourism Secretary Bernadette Romulo-Puyat speaks during an interview with The Korea Times at BEXCO, Busan, Tuesday. Korea and the Philippines signed the implementation program of a 2006 memorandum of understanding (MOU), Monday, on the sidelines of the ASEAN-Korea Commemorative Summit, aiming to boost the tourism industries of both countries. Korea Times photo by Shim Hyun-chulBy Park Ji-wonBUSAN ― Philippine Tourism Secretary Bernadette Romulo-Puyat said Manila was aiming to attract at least 2 million South Korean tourists next year, as the tourism deal between the Philippines and South Korea would further boost bilateral relations.“We want to have more direct flights, not only from Incheon but also from Busan… We are talking to the different airlines. It is a private session. We are encouraging … low-cost carriers, to have more direct flights to the Philippines. We hope by next year to exceed 2 million [South Korean tourists or] more,” Puyat said during an interview with The Korea Times at BEXCO Convention Center, Busan, Tuesday. She also noted

Nov 27, 2019By Park Ji-won
[INTERVIEW] Manila aims to attract 2 mil. Korean tourists next year

Unification minister to discuss deportation issue

Unification Minister Kim Yeon-chul listens over the phone at the start of National Assembly Diplomacy and Unification Committee session, Yeouido, Seoul, Wednesday. YonhapBy Kim Yoo-chulUnification Minister Kim Yeon-chul will address issues raised after South Korea recently expelled two North Korean fishermen, who allegedly killed 16 of their fellow crew members, in a forum to be held at the National Press Club, Dec. 2, the forum organizer Kwanhoon Club said, Wednesday.“Minister Kim will present the latest updates on several inter-Korean issues. He will share details with the participants of Seoul's assessment of inter-Korean relations, and the outlook for the denuclearization talks between the United States and North Korea. But he is expected focus on the issue of the deportation of two North Korean fishermen,” a club official said.Kim, who recently returned from Washington D.C. following closed-door meetings with Special Representative for North Korea Stephen Biegun and other senior U.S. officials, is also expected to discuss how improvements in relations between the U.S

Nov 27, 2019By Kim Yoo-chul
Unification minister to discuss deportation issue

No money, no hope: South Korea's 'Dirt Spoons' turn against Moon

Kim Jae-hoon drinks water as he sits in his cubicle, called a goshi-won, where he lives in Suwon, South Korea, November 7, 2019. REUTERS/Kim Hong-JiHwang Hyeon-dong lives in a 6.6-square-metre (71-square-foot) cubicle near his university campus in Seoul, which comes with a shared bathroom and kitchen plus all the rice he can eat, that he rents for 350,000 won ($302) a month.The sparsely furnished rooms, in premises called goshi-won, were previously mostly used by less well-off students to temporarily cut themselves off from the outside world while they studied for civil service job tests.Now they are increasingly becoming permanent homes to young people like Hwang, who identifies himself among the “dirt spoons”, those born to low-income families who have all but given up on social mobility.“If I try hard enough and get a good job, will I ever be able to afford a house?” said the 25-year-old, who lives in his small, cluttered room where clothes were piled on the bed. “Will I ever be able to narrow the gap that's already so big?”The concept of dirt s

Nov 27, 2019
No money, no hope: South Korea's 'Dirt Spoons' turn against Moon
  • Jobless rate hits 19-year high
  • Koreans become more skeptical about upward social mobility

Diverse events lighten up ASEAN-Korea summit

First lady Kim Jung-sook buys a bowl of nasi katok, Brunei's delicacy, at the ASEAN-ROK Food Street event in Jeonpo-dong, Busan, Friday. Korea Times photo by Ryu Hyo-jinBy Park Ji-wonBUSAN ― Even though the rain and the chilly weather continued throughout the ASEAN-Korea Commemorative Summit, diverse events were held to in time for the rare international event where visitors enjoyed the exotic foods and cultures of ASEAN member nations and Korea, as well as various new technologies.Busan citizens visited the ASEAN-ROK Food Street where chefs from 10 countries have been selling their food since Nov. 15 in the central neighborhood of Jeonpo-dong. Visitors could buy foods there and also enjoy various events ranging from small concerts by artists from Busan and ASEAN countries to exhibition programs promoting food and tourism of the 10 Southeast Asian countries and Korea. On Friday, first lady Kim Jung-sook visited the event and took part in a cooking contest. An unmanned HR-Sherpa security car patrols around BEXCO where the ASEAN-Korea Commemorative Summit is being held, Busan, Monday.

Nov 26, 2019By Park Ji-won
Diverse events lighten up ASEAN-Korea summit
  • Busan tourism appealing to ASEAN

Moon to spur Indo-Pacific cooperation

In this photo provided by ASEAN-ROK Commemorative Summit, from left, Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad, Myanmar's leader Aung San Suu Kyi, Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte, Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, Thai Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha, South Korean President Moon Jae-in, Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc, Brunei's Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah, Cambodian Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Prak Sokhonn, Indonesian President Joko Widodo and Laos Prime Minister Thongloun Sisoulith pose during the ASEAN-Republic of Korea Commemorative Summit in Busan, Tuesday. AP-YonhapLeaders adopt joint statement on final day of summit By Do Je-hae BUSAN ― President Moon Jae-in stressed Seoul will cooperate closely with ASEAN partners to bolster regional stability by developing an ASEAN-centered Indo-Pacific cooperation. “South Korea welcomes the June announcement of the ASEAN Outlook on the Indo-Pacific. South Korea will cooperate with ASEAN member nations on regional stability by embracing such ASEAN-centric initiatives,” the President said

Nov 26, 2019By Do Je-hae
Moon to spur Indo-Pacific cooperation
  • South Korea, Indonesia boost defense industry cooperation on ASEAN summit
  • FM Kang boasts presence at ASEAN summit
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