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Parties celebrate 100th anniversary of colonial-era provisional government in Shanghai

A Lawmakers and Assembly delegation poses for a group photo in department store Wing On in Shanghai, Thursday, where the Provisional Assembly and its members had taken a group photo in 1921. / YonhapBy Park Ji-wonThe floor leaders of five political parties held ceremonial events in Shanghai, Thursday, to mark the centenary of the establishment of the provisional legislative body during Japan's 1910-45 occupation of the Korean Peninsula. The Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea opened its Provisional Assembly there on April 10, 1919. On Wednesday, the first day of a four-day trip to China, floor leaders of the political parties and the delegation re-enacted the first meeting of the Provisional Assembly at the Korean Culture Center which was held in Shanghai 100 years earlier.On Thursday, they reportedly held several ceremonial events including planting trees with descendants of independence fighters and Chinese government officials.The five parties are the ruling Democratic Party of Korea (DPK), the main opposition Liberty Korea Party, the minor opposition Bareunmirae Party

Apr 11, 2019By Park Ji-won
Parties celebrate 100th anniversary of colonial-era provisional government in Shanghai

Kim to tighten grip on power with constitutional amendment

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un speaks during a meeting of the ruling Workers' Party in Pyongyang, Wednesday. YonhapRubber-stamp Assembly may revise Constitution for KimBy Lee Min-hyungNorth Korea held the first session of its top legislative body Thursday to carry out a major reshuffle of ranking officials and approve its latest economic policy drives.As of Thursday, the North's propaganda media outlets have yet to release official statements for the session. But the regime's Supreme People's Assembly (SPA) is expected to have possibly endorsed a series of agendas with a focus on its economic growth.They include a constitutional amendment to make North Korean leader Kim Jong-un the formal head of state. The SPA is also expected to have brought the regime's recent “self-reliant” economic growth plans to the session agenda.On Wednesday, the North's young dictator underlined the importance of establishing a “self-reliant” independent economy, in a bid to tackle heavy sanctions imposed by the international society.“We need to deal a severe blow to any hosti

Apr 11, 2019By Lee Min-hyung
Kim to tighten grip on power with constitutional amendment
  • NK leader reelected as chairman of State Affairs Commission

Moon to ask Trump for 'sanctions easing' on North Korea

President Moon Jae-in, left, and first lady Kim Jung-sook walk down from a South Korean presidential plane upon their arrival to Andrews Air Force Base near Washington D.C., late Wednesday (KST), for a summit with U.S. President Donald Trump YonhapBy Kim Yoo-chulFearing a total breakdown in denuclearization talks between the United States and North Korea, President Moon Jae-in may deliver an “urgent plea” to U.S. President Donald Trump at their summit early Friday (KST) to “advance” the negotiations.Cheong Wa Dae sources and political analysts said President Moon hopes to persuade Trump to adopt a “sanctions easing” approach, and possibly a third summit between him and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un to bridge their differences.“The primary goal of President Moon's summit with Trump is to keep the momentum for the denuclearization talks going,” said Park Cheol-hee, an international relations professor at Seoul National University. “Another central point could be Moon's request to ease up on some sanctions that affect the lives of

Apr 11, 2019By Kim Yoo-chul
Moon to ask Trump for 'sanctions easing' on North Korea

Moon arrives in US to meet Trump

President Moon Jae-in and first lady Kim Jung-sook wave hands at Andrews Air Force Base in Washington D.C. on Wednesday (local time). Moon will meet with U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday to discuss North Korea's denuclearization. YonhapSouth Korean President Moon Jae-in arrived in the United States on Wednesday for talks with U.S. President Donald Trump that will focus on ways to bring North Korea back to the dialogue table.Moon's visit follows Trump's second meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, held in Hanoi in late February.Talks between Washington and Pyongyang have since stalled as the second U.S.-North Korea summit ended abruptly and without a deal.The U.S. president has asked his South Korean counterpart to help facilitate his future dialogue with Kim. Moon has so far held three bilateral meetings with the North Korean leader and is now pushing for a fourth one.The Moon-Trump summit will be held Thursday following talks between the South Korean president and key U.S. players in the denuclearization talks with North Korea that include Secretary of State Mike Pomp

Apr 11, 2019
Moon arrives in US to meet Trump
  • Moon may push for inter-Korean summit after Trump meeting

Moon may push for inter-Korean summit after Trump meeting

President Moon Jae-in waves his hands before departing a military airbase in Seongnam near Seoul for his summit with U.S. President Donald Trump at the White House, Washington D.C., Thursday (KST). YonhapBy Kim Yoo-chulPresident Moon Jae-in may push for another summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un after his meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump in Washington, D.C., Thursday.Sources at Cheong Wa Dae said Wednesday that Moon will seek U.S. approval to send a special envoy to Pyongyang to arrange such a meeting.National Security Office head Chung Eui-yong hinted recently that the presidential office would send an envoy to the North to prepare for an inter-Korean summit. Chung declined to give any details such as who the envoy would be, though political experts have suggested that it would be National Intelligence Service chief Suh Hoon.“Sending an envoy to Pyongyang after the Moon-Trump summit is viewed as a precursor to a third meeting between Trump and Kim later this year,” one source said requesting anonymity. He added that any upcoming inter-Korean summit would

Apr 10, 2019By Kim Yoo-chul
Moon may push for inter-Korean summit after Trump meeting
  • Moon arrives in US to meet Trump

BMP internal strife deepens over by-election results

The minor opposition Bareunmirae Party holds a party meeting at the National Assembly, Wednesday, without its three Supreme Council members ― Rep. Ha Tae-keung, Lee Jun-seok and Kwon Eun-hee ― who are boycotting the meeting calling for a confidence vote on the leadership body following the defeat in the April 3 by-elections. / YonhapBy Park Ji-wonBareunmirae Party (BMP) Chairman Sohn Hak-kyu is facing calls to resign from his post as a factional feud is deepening inside the third-largest party over disappointing results from the April 3 by-election.Three Supreme Council members ― Rep. Ha Tae-keung, Lee Jun-seok and Kwon Eun-hee ― began boycotting party meetings on Sunday, demanding a confidence vote on Sohn. The chairman led campaigns for the party's candidate Lee Jae-hwan in Seongsan-gu, Changwon, South Gyeongsang Province, but he gained only 3.57 percent of the votes. The three members are asking Sohn to take responsibility for the defeat, but Sohn has instead called for unity to ensure a smooth transition to next year's general election.“It took 10 months since the current l

Apr 10, 2019By Park Ji-won
BMP internal strife deepens over by-election results

Kim Jong-un stresses 'self-reliance' amid stalled US talks

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un speaks during an enlarged meeting of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the ruling Workers' Party in Pyongyang, Tuesday. YonhapBy Lee Min-hyungNorth Korean leader Kim Jong-un has underlined the need for self-reliance as part of efforts to deal with political tension on the Korean Peninsula, a propaganda media outlet from the North said Wednesday.“Kim urged ranking officials of the regime's ruling party to follow its new strategic line with a strong sense of responsibility and revolutionary spirit,” the North's Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) reported.The remark came Tuesday at a meeting of the ruling Workers' Party, two days before the North's planned parliamentary meeting.The strategic line refers to the regime's economic development plan to achieve major economic growth without reliance on external support.The continued emphasis on the economic drive came in response to the deadlocked nuclear talks with the United States.Starting last year, the North has sought a lifting of heavy economic sanctions from international socie

Apr 10, 2019By Lee Min-hyung
Kim Jong-un stresses 'self-reliance' amid stalled US talks

Moon to leave for US today for crucial summit

Kim Hyun-chong, deputy chief of the presidential office's security council speaks in a press conference for specifics of President Moon Jae-in's visit to Washington D.C. for his summit with U.S. President Donald Trump on North Korean nuclear issues at Cheong Wa Dae, Tuesday. YonhapBy Kim Yoo-chulPresident Moon Jae-in will continue to support the “top-down” diplomacy of U.S. President Donald Trump in handling North Korea's denuclearization, a senior presidential aide said Tuesday, a day ahead of Moon's departure for a summit with Trump.“Moon will tell Trump why rapprochement matters in achieving the denuclearization of North Korea, when they meet at the White House, April 11 (KST),” National Security Office deputy chief Kim Hyun-chong told reporters.“Moon will have candid and deep discussions with Trump on key topics, which were determined in earlier working-level talks by negotiators from Seoul and Washington. The summit follows a consensus that the two countries can get nuclear diplomacy back on track.”President Moon and first lady Kim Jung-sook a

Apr 9, 2019By Kim Yoo-chul
Moon to leave for US today for crucial summit
  • LKP raises offensives against President

Lawmakers look into sex abuse case involving late actress

Yoon Ji-oh, third from right, a key witness to late actress Jang Ja-yeon's sex abuse case, speaks during a meeting with lawmakers at the National Assembly, Monday. Ruling and opposition party lawmakers pledged to form a lawmakers' group to help her with Jang's case involving high-profile figures and defined the case as sexual abuse. / Korea Times file Oh Dae-geunBy Park Ji-wonA group of lawmakers have formed a fact-finding panel to look into a high-profile sex abuse case surrounding late actress Jang Ja-yeon.The lawmakers met with Jang's friend and key witness Yoon Ji-oh at the National Assembly, Monday.“We will work with Yoon to discover the truth behind Jang's suicide,” Rep. An Min-suk, chairman of the National Assembly Culture, Sports and Tourism Committee and a member of the fact-finding panel, told reporters after meeting Yoon.“We, as members of the Public Administration and Security Committee and the Legislation and Judiciary Committee, will do our part to punish all those responsible for Jang's death.”On April 14, the lawmakers will hold a publishing ev

Apr 9, 2019By Park Ji-won
Lawmakers look into sex abuse case involving late actress

LKP raises offensives against President

Rep. Na Kyung-won, third from right, floor leader of the main opposition Liberty Korea Party (LKP) speaks during an emergency meeting with party members near Cheong Wa Dae, Tuesday. The LKP called for an apology from President Moon Jae-in for appointing ministers without consent from the Assembly. Korea Times photo by Choi Won-sukBy Park Ji-wonThe main opposition Liberty Korea Party (LKP) stepped up political offensives against President Moon Jae-in, Tuesday, over his recent appointments of ministers whose nominations it opposes.The party's lawmakers held a rally in front of Cheong Wa Dae, demanding an apology from Moon, one day before he was scheduled to depart for the U.S. for a summit with President Donald Trump.Describing Moon as an “evil” politician, LKP floor leader Rep. Na Kyung-won said Moon and Cheong Wa Dae are “ruining” the country. “Cheong Wa Dae has been under fire for lax screening on ministerial nominees and a lack of discipline in the public offices. However, Moon didn't take responsibility for it,” Na said.“We ask for reform

Apr 9, 2019By Park Ji-won
LKP raises offensives against President
  • Moon appoints disputed nominees as ministers
  • Moon to leave for US today for crucial summit
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