Today on The Korea Times Podcast: Can the President change what people say is a “self-righteous" style while rival parties argue over an anti-graft bill? Plus SK Telecom wins a far reaching patent case and the new PM vows to get tough on incompetent bureaucrats.
With President Park Geun-hye about to start the third year of her presidency on Wednesday there is still a lingering question: can she finally change her style of governance? In order to repair her reputation, Park recently showed some intent to change, but there is skepticism over her drastic transition.
A sweeping anti-corruption bill is at a standstill in the parliament because of opposing views held by the rival parties. There is speculation that deliberation over the bill is unlikely to occur this month despite an earlier move to deal with it in a National Assembly plenary session.
SK Telecom Co., South Korea's No. 1 mobile carrier, won a patent lawsuit against global mobile messenger Viber, a court ruling that could shut out the messenger service from local smartphones.
New Prime Minister Lee Wan-koo vowed Tuesday to get tough with incompetent bureaucrats. He issued the warning at the first Cabinet meeting he presided over on behalf of President Park, and also set forth three tasks to regain public confidence in order to assure economic revival and achieve successful reforms in major sectors.
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