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Agency faces lawsuits after Ronaldo no-show

Cristiano Ronaldo leaves Seoul World Cup Stadium, Friday, after a friendly match between Juventus and the K League All-Stars. He did not play, citing muscle fatigue and exhaustion. / YonhapBy Kang Seung-wooThe non-appearance of Portuguese footballer Cristiano Ronaldo in Friday's much-heralded exhibition match between Juventus and the K League All-Stars is resulting in multiple lawsuits.The Italian club had a pre-season match against the K League team Friday in the packed 63,000-seat Seoul World Cup Stadium, but despite the advance publicity, Ronaldo, the biggest draw for the match, sat out, citing muscle fatigue and exhaustion.As a result, angered Korean football fans, who broke the bank to watch Ronaldo play, are teaming up to file a class-action lawsuit against TheFasta, the agency that organized the match, demanding a refund for tickets that cost up to 400,000 won ($338).In addition, the K League also plans to bring a suit against the agency, which is itself also reported considering suing the Italian football club for breach of contract. According to legal experts, multiple law f

Jul 29, 2019By Kang Seung-woo
Agency faces lawsuits after Ronaldo no-show
  • Cristiano Ronaldo: footballer's no-show shatters ailing fan's 'hope for life'

Ministry slammed for ethical lapses

Foreign Minister Kang Kyung-wha attends a meeting at the Government Complex in Sejong, Thursday. YonhapAlleged lack of leadership corners Kang ahead of Cabinet reshuffleBy Lee Min-hyungThe Ministry of Foreign Affairs is embroiled in yet another scandal after a ranking diplomat stationed in Japan has come under police investigation for allegedly molesting a subordinate member of staff.The diplomat in his 50s is being summoned by the Korean police after the female officer reported the case to the nation's anti-corruption authority. He is a career diplomat whose former post included a bureau chief at the ministry's headquarters in Seoul.Details of the incident have yet to be revealed as the investigation is still underway, according to the Anti-Corruption and Civil Rights Commission. The foreign ministry also declined to offer specific comments on the case as it is not the authority in charge of the investigation.“To protect the victim, we cannot reveal anything regarding the case,” an official from the commission said Monday. The latest incident comes at a crucial time when

Jul 29, 2019By Lee Min-hyung
Ministry slammed for ethical lapses

Thousands of anti-Abe protesters rally in Seoul

Citizens and activists participate in a candlelight vigil in central Seoul, Saturday, to protest Japan's export curbs on Korea. / YonhapBy Kang Seung-wooFive thousand Koreans took to the streets in central Seoul, Saturday night, denouncing the Japanese government's trade restrictions imposed on Korea. The massive rally, during which citizens and activists from 596 civic groups held up banners that read, “No Abe!” and “Apologize for forced labor,” was the second weekend candlelit protest. Last week's event drew 1,000.“We are not here to hate Japanese people. We are here to talk about justice,” Jeon Woo-yong, a historian, said. “What (Shinzo) Abe is doing is militarism and it is our responsibility to fight for world peace.”The protest is a result of worsening relations between Korea and Japan due to the Abe administration's decision to tighten export controls on three key materials that Korean companies need to make semiconductors and panels for screens ― a move seen as economic retaliation against the Korean Supreme Court's rulings last

Jul 28, 2019By Kang Seung-woo
Thousands of anti-Abe protesters rally in Seoul
  • PHOTOS Anti-Abe protest in Seoul

Moon needs strategic response to deal with Japan row

Protesters with an image of Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, bottom, stage a rally denouncing the Japanese government's decision on curbing their exports to South Korea in front of the Japanese Embassy in Seoul, July 24. Colonial-era Korean forced laborers recently launched a legal step to get court approval for the sale of local assets of their former Japanese employer Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, which has refused to compensate the former workers. AP-YonhapBy Do Je-haeAlmost a month has passed since Japan announced tightened export controls on some high-tech materials used in Korean manufacturers' chips and display panels. Cheong Was Dae's handling of the escalating trade row, which President Moon Jae-in has defined as a national emergency, has been mixed. As seen in Moon's improved job approval ratings, many Koreans are giving a positive assessment of the South Korean leader's hardline stance on Japan. In the third week of July, Moon's ratings hit 51.8 percent, the highest in eight months. Moon's public messages against Japan have become sterner in the past few weeks. Cheong Wa

Jul 26, 2019By Do Je-hae
Moon needs strategic response to deal with Japan row

Moon replaces senior aides

Cho Kuk, right, outgoing senior presidential secretary for civil affairs, gets a hug from President Moon Jae-in's chief of staff Noh Young-min during a press briefing to announce new senior secretaries at Cheong Wa Dae, Friday. Korea Times photo by Ryu Hyo-jinBy Do Je-hae President Moon Jae-in replaced three senior presidential aides, Friday, including one of his top lieutenants Cho Kuk ahead of an upcoming Cabinet reshuffle planned next month. Cheong Wa Dae said the President named Korea Aerospace Industries CEO Kim Jo-won, as Cho's replacement as senior presidential secretary for civil affairs. Kim previously served at the presidential office and the Board of Audit and Inspection after passing the civil service exam in 1978. Secretary for job creation Hwang Deok-soon was promoted to replace outgoing senior secretary for job creation Jung Tae-ho. Kim Geo-sung, former head of Transparency International-Korea, was named as senior secretary for civic and social affairs, replacing Lee Yong-sun. The media focus was on Cho as he is widely expected to be nominated as the new justice minist

Jul 26, 2019By Do Je-hae
Moon replaces senior aides

South Korea to dispatch troops to Strait of Hormuz

A rigid inflatable boat of the South Korean Navy's Cheonghae Unit, right, carries out an anti-piracy naval exercise, Friday, in waters off Geoje Island, South Gyeongsang Province. YonhapBy Lee Min-hyungSouth Korea plans to dispatch an advanced warship to the Strait of Hormuz as early as August in response to a U.S.' request to join a Washington-led maritime security initiative in the Gulf region, according to sources familiar with the issue. Seoul is planning to send its Cheonghae Unit to the region. The South Korean Navy vessel is currently conducting anti-piracy operations in waters of Somalia, near the Strait. It has escorted hundreds of South Korean and international vessels in and around the Gulf of Aden since 2009. “South Korea would send the Cheonghae unit to the Strait as the U.S. is seeking to enlist other allies for a coalition to operate in waters off Iran and Yemen to increase the safety of commercial shipping and prevent possible attacks that could harm oil supplies,” one source said. Seoul has yet to confirm the specifics over the plan, such as its timeline,

Jul 26, 2019By Lee Min-hyung
South Korea to dispatch troops to Strait of Hormuz

Opposition party chief should come up with political measures

Hwang Kyo-ahn, center, chairman of the main opposition Liberty Korea Party, fields questions from reporters during a press conference at the National Assembly, Monday. YonhapBy Park Ji-wonThe Liberty Korea Party (LKP) under the leadership of Hwang Kyo-ahn is suffering from a declining support rate, according to a survey from local pollster Realmeter. The recent survey showed that the main opposition party's approval rating has fallen to 27.1 percent, down 3.2 percentage points from last week. The current figure is similar to the approval rate the LKP had before Hwang joined the party in February.According to Realmeter, the leading Democratic Party of Korea (DPK) has seen an increase in support due to its firm stance on Japan over the country's trade restrictions on South Korea. Conversely, the LKP has been pushing for a quick negotiation with Japan from the start.Some LKP members expressed concern over the falling approval rating, suggesting it would be better to step up criticism of Japan as opposed to focusing on criticism of the government. However, Hwang appears disinterested in

Jul 25, 2019By Park Ji-won
Opposition party chief should come up with political measures

Russia under fire for denying 'apparent' aerial violation

Russian Deputy Military Attache Nikolai Marchenko and Assistant of the Military Attache Sergey A. Balazhigitov leave the Ministry of Defense headquarters in Yongsan, Seoul, after working-level talks with Korean officials, Thursday. YonhapBy Do Je-haeControversy is intensifying over Russia's inconsistent explanation on the recent violation of Korean airspace.Since a Russian aircraft entered the airspace over Korea's Dokdo during a joint Russia-China air patrol Tuesday, the country's officials have issued differing positions, triggering confusion in the media about whether or not the Russian government admitted to the violation of Korea's sovereign airspace.Amid the clash over what Seoul sees as an apparent airspace violation, the two sides held working-level talks at Korea's Ministry of National Defense Thursday. “We presented to Russia materials that can confirm the intrusion of our airspace and provided a detailed explanation about them. The Russian side said that they will deliver them to their defense ministry for urgent reference in their ongoing investigation” the mi

Jul 25, 2019By Do Je-hae
Russia under fire for denying 'apparent' aerial violation

Parties criticize North Korean firing of short-range missiles

Rep. Lee In-young, left, floor leader of the ruling Democratic Party of Korea speaks during a party meeting at the National Assembly, Thursday. YonhapBy Park Ji-wonSouth Korean political parties criticized North Korea's launch of short-range missiles into the East Sea, Thursday, urging the North to stop disturbing the peace.Rep. Lee In-young of the ruling Democratic Party of Korea (DPK) expressed regret over the launch of the missiles saying it “escalates military tensions.”“The government and ruling party strongly objects to any military provocations in any situation. We urge the north not to stop the peaceful momentum created by the historic Panmunjeom Declaration,” he added.Rep. Choi Do-ja, senior spokeswoman of the minor opposition Bareunmirae Party said in a statement; “We strongly condemn the North's firing of short-range missiles as it breaks the peaceful atmosphere on the Korean Peninsula.”Yoo Sang-jin, spokesman of the liberal Justice Party said his party is urging North Korea to stop taking any further provocative actions and to return to

Jul 25, 2019By Park Ji-won
Parties criticize North Korean firing of short-range missiles
  • North Korea fires 'new type of ballistic missiles'

Tough road ahead for Seoul's trade row with Tokyo

Prime Minister Lee Nak-yon, right, speaks in a meeting with Foreign Minister Kang Kyung-wha and other senior government officials at the Government Complex in Sejong, Thursday. YonhapBy Lee Min-hyungSouth Korea did not get the response it wanted at the World Trade Organization (WTO) General Council meeting in Geneva, with Tokyo declining to accept Seoul's proposal to have one-on-one negotiations there regarding their ongoing trade dispute.The delegation from Seoul focused on raising awareness of Tokyo's “unilateral and unfair” trade restrictions during the WTO session, Wednesday (KST). The South Korean delegation was seeking international consensus on Japan's "unfair" trade acts.But WTO member countries, including the United States, did not express any particular reactions. Since the trade friction erupted earlier this month, Seoul has requested Washington's “active intervention” in the dispute, as Korea and Japan continue to fail to narrow their differences on the issue.Deputy Foreign Minister for Political Affairs Yoon Soon-gu said Thursday President Moon Ja

Jul 25, 2019By Lee Min-hyung
Tough road ahead for Seoul's trade row with Tokyo
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