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Moon replaces secretary for personnel affairs

This combination of photos show new National Tax Service chief Kim Hyun-jun, left, Government Legislation Minister Kim Hyeong-yeon, center, and senior presidential secretary for personnel affairs Kim Oe-sook, Tuesday. YonhapBy Kim Yoo-chulPresident Moon Jae-in has replaced senior presidential secretary for personnel affairs Cho Hyun-ok. The replacement came 746 days after the outgoing secretary Cho was named for the post.“I've tried my best, but I felt sorry to the public that earlier personnel verification for Cabinet members failed to meet expectations,” Cho told reporters in a briefing at Cheong Wa Dae.Cho was one of the targets of opposition parties, along with senior presidential secretary for civil affairs Cho Kuk, as they were asked to step down from their positions over lax personnel verification for Cabinet members and failure to maintain discipline within the presidential office. Despite some moral issues that were found during a screening led by the two Chos, President Moon pushed through the nominations of some new Cabinet members recently, without adopting th

May 28, 2019By Kim Yoo-chul
Moon replaces secretary for personnel affairs

Speaker embarks on 10-day trip to Russia, 3 Baltic nations

National Assembly Speaker Moon Hee-sang, right, speaks during a ceremony to mark the 71st anniversary of the opening of the National Assembly, Monday. YonhapBy Park Ji-wonNational Assembly Speaker Moon Hee-sang embarked on a 10-day trip to Russia and three Baltic nations, Monday, to meet his foreign counterparts and promote parliamentary cooperation to establish peace on the Korean Peninsula, his office said.Following previous visits to the U.S. and China, Moon will visit Russia between Monday and Wednesday, to meet with Russia's lower house Duma Speaker Vyacheslav Viktorovich Volodin and upper house Federation Council Speaker Valentina Ivanovna Matviyenko on Tuesday. He will also deliver a speech on Wednesday during a general meeting of upper house. The speech will cover peace and prosperity on the Korean Peninsula and cooperation between South Korea and Russia.He will also participate in the first high-level meeting with Russian parliamentary members where they will discuss key international and local issues, as well as bilateral and inter-parliamentary cooperation in such fields a

May 27, 2019By Park Ji-won
Speaker embarks on 10-day trip to Russia, 3 Baltic nations

Spy chief in hot seat

National Intelligence Service Director Suh Hoon leaves the podium after delivering a congratulatory speech at the 2019 Global Intelligence Summit in the Westin Chosun Seoul, Monday. Conservative parties raised doubts about Suh's possible role for next year's general election after he was seen having a meeting with President Moon Jae-in's confidant Yang Jung-chul, chief of the ruling Democratic Party of Korea's Institute for Democracy, in a restaurant in Seoul. Yonhap

May 27, 2019By Park Ji-won
Spy chief in hot seat

LKP chairman blasts at Moon's economic policy

Liberty Korea Party Chairman Hwang Kyo-ahn speaks during a press conference at the party's headquarters in Seoul, Monday. YonhapBy Park Ji-wonLiberty Korea Party (LKP) Chairman Hwang Kyo-ahn blasted the Moon Jae-in government's economic policy Monday, pledging to launch the party's own economic committee to come up with proposals by the end of May.He also asked Moon for a one-on-one meeting with him to discuss the economy.“The LKP will launch an economic committee to carry out its Economy Transformation Project for 2020 by the end of May in order to stop the country's economy and people's livelihoods from becoming unrecoverable,” Hwang said during a press conference.The committee will be composed of economic experts, women and young people as well as LKP members, Hwang said.Claiming the current economic troubles were attributable to the Moon Jae-in administration's adherence to failed policies, he said, “Moon should change his economic policy and discuss this in a one-on-one meeting with me.”The remarks came after he ended a three-week long nationwide speech t

May 27, 2019By Park Ji-won
LKP chairman blasts at Moon's economic policy

US putting effort into 'parallel' North Korea approach

U.S. President Donald Trump listens to Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe during a joint press conference at the Akasaka Palace in Tokyo, May 27. AFP-YonhapNK blames Bolton as 'war monger and defective human product' By Kim Yoo-chulThe United States is looking at pursuing a “simultaneous and in parallel” approach to thew denuclearization of North Korea, a possible move toward the step-by-step approach Pyongyang has long advocated, Cheong Wa Dae sources said Monday.“To break the impasse in denuclearization talks, Washington is apparently putting more effort into pursuing a simultaneous and in parallel approach to the North Korea nuclear issue. Reaching an agreement between the leaders of the Koreas and the United States on how to define the end state of the denuclearization roadmap is worth exploring. Then, an incremental approach may follow,” one source said on condition of anonymity.Before the second U.S.-North Korea summit in February this year, U.S. officials had hinted at their openness to a phased approach, whereby North Korea dismantles its nuclear weapon

May 27, 2019By Kim Yoo-chul
US putting effort into 'parallel' North Korea approach
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Moon's approval rating rises to three-month high of 50%

 This infographic shows the ups and downs of the job approval rating for President Moon Jae-in from the third week of April to the fourth week of May, with the blue line indicating the support rate while the red indicates disapproval. The latest survey, of 2,520 adults over 19 conducted by Realmeter from May 20 to 24, said Moon's job approval rating came to 50 percent, up 0.6 percentage points from an earlier poll the week before. Courtesy of RealmeterBy Jung Da-minPresident Moon Jae-in's job approval rating rose to 50 percent this week, a poll showed Monday, the first time it has reached 50 percent since the third week of February when it recorded 51 percent. In the poll of 2,520 adults over 19 conducted by Realmeter from May 20 to 24, Moon's job approval rating came to 50 percent, up 0.6 percentage points from another Realmeter poll the week before. Some 45.6 percent disapproved of Moon's job performance in the latest poll, which has a margin of error of plus or minus 2 percentage points with a 95 percent confidence level, down 0.4 percentage points from the week before.Anothe

May 27, 2019
Moon's approval rating rises to three-month high of 50%

LKP in hot seat over leakage of Moon-Trump telephone talks

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the ruling Democratic Party of Korea are calling for punitive measures to be taken, after Rep. Khang Hyo-shang of the main opposition Liberty Korea Party disclosed the contents from a telephone conversation between leaders of Korea and the United States in early May. / YonhapBy Yi Whan-wooThe government and the ruling Democratic Party of Korea (DPK) are demanding stern punishment against a Liberty Korea Party (LKP) lawmaker who recently disclosed the contents of a classified telephone conversation between the leaders of Korea and the United States.The case troubles the main opposition party particularly because it has emphasized the Korea-U.S. alliance and national security while criticizing President Moon Jae-in's push for inter-Korean cooperation. Citing an unnamed source at the Korean Embassy in Washington, D.C., LKP lawmaker Khang Hyo-shang disclosed Moon asked U.S. President Donald Trump over the phone in early May to visit Korea immediately after his visit May 25-28 trip to Japan.The Ministry of Foreign Affairs sees the leakage as a grave cri

May 26, 2019By Yi Whan-woo
LKP in hot seat over leakage of Moon-Trump telephone talks
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Trump shrugs off concerns over NK's missile launches

U.S. President Donald Trump gives a thumbs up while playing golf with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe at the Mobara Country Club in Mobara, Chiba Prefecture, Japan, Sunday. YonhapTrump tones down Bolton's hard-line approach to NKBy Lee Min-hyungU.S. President Donald Trump has shrugged off lingering concerns over North Korea's recent missile tests, saying such “small weapons” would not disturb his confidence in North Korean leader Kim Jong-un.“North Korea fired off some small weapons, which disturbed some of my people, and others, but not me,” Trump wrote on Twitter, Sunday. “I have confidence that Kim will keep his promise to me.”The message came a day after U.S. National Security Adviser John Bolton issued a warning over the North's missile tests, saying they were a violation of United Nations Security Council resolutions.“In terms of violating Security Council resolutions, there's no doubt about that,” Bolton said only a few hours before Trump's arrival in Tokyo. Trump is in Japan for a summit with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Ab

May 26, 2019By Lee Min-hyung
Trump shrugs off concerns over NK's missile launches

Gov't urged to ask US to disclose Gwangju records

President Moon Jae-in shakes hands with main opposition Liberty Korea Party chief Hwang Kyo-ahn at the May 18 National Cemetery in Gwangju while participating in the 39th anniversary of the May 18 Gwangju Uprising. YonhapBy Lee Min-hyungCivic groups are calling on the Korean government to demand the U.S. government share its confidential documents regarding the 1980 pro-democracy uprising in Gwangju.According to the May 18 Memorial Foundation, Sunday, a group of civic organizations regarding the democratic movement are taking part in an online petition on the Cheong Wa Dae website to make this demand to the U.S. to uncover the truth behind the brutal military crackdown on civilians.They urged the government to send an official request to the U.S. government to release undisclosed documents that may possibly include detailed accounts on harsh military crackdowns such as a helicopter shooting down on pro-democracy protesters.Last week, the organizations held a joint press conference in Gwangju, prompting the Korean government to disclose 10 documents on the uprising written by major U.

May 26, 2019By Lee Min-hyung
Gov't urged to ask US to disclose Gwangju records

Kang urged to take full control of foreign ministry

Foreign Minister Kang Kyung-wha, right, speaks during a meeting with her Japanese counterpart, Taro Kono, on the sidelines of the OECD Ministerial Council Meeting in Paris, Thursday. YonhapBy Park Ji-wonForeign Minister Kang Kyung-wha is urged to take full control over the ministry as a series of tussles relating to the ethics of ministry officials and diplomats is jeopardizing her leadership.The minister is President Moon Jae-in's ambitious choice for the post as part of the President's measures to dispel the ministry's “male-oriented and bureaucratic legacy” and instill new values. Kang has an extensive career in the ministry and at the United Nations. The minister has excellent communication skills, the cornerstone of diplomacy, as she served as the official interpreter for former President Kim Dae-jung and worked for many years at the U.N. But her highest priority should be to keep the ministry system working.On Friday, the ministry said it will summon a diplomat at the South Korean Embassy in Washington, D.C., as the diplomat admitted he leaked details of a telephone

May 24, 2019By Park Ji-won
Kang urged to take full control of foreign ministry
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