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National Assembly approves gov't budget bill for next year

The National Assembly approved a revised bill on the government's 2019 budget Saturday as minor parties boycotted the vote amid a row over electoral reform. Parliament passed the 469.6 trillion-won ...

Dec 8, 2018
Politics
Assembly to hold plenary session to vote on 2019 budget

The National Assembly is set to open a plenary session Friday evening to vote on a revised government budget for 2019, having postponed the vote in a bid to get minor parties to participate. The thr...

Dec 7, 2018
Politics
[Newsmaker] Court rejects arrest warrants for 2 ex-top court justices in power

A Seoul court on Friday denied prosecution requests for warrants to arrest two former Supreme Court justices in connection with a massive power abuse scandal in the judiciary. The Seoul Central Dist...

Dec 7, 2018
Politics
Major parties reach deal on government’s 2019 budget bill

The ruling and main opposition parties on Thursday reached an agreement to pass a revised bill on the government’s 2019 budget despite opposition from minor parties. The governing Democratic Party (...

Dec 6, 2018
Politics
Clash over civil affairs secretary continues

The clash over President Moon Jae-in’s civil affairs secretary and misconduct by Cheong Wa Dae officials appears set to intensify. According to a local daily, Civil Affairs Secretary Cho Kuk effecti...

Dec 6, 2018
Politics
Opposition lawmaker airs doubts about Moon’s North Korea policy

Lawmaker Hong Moon-jong from the main opposition Liberty Korea Party appeared on TV Tuesday night and expressed reservations about President Moon Jae-in’s tendency to prioritize North Korea over othe...

Dec 5, 2018
Politics
Opposition parties condemn ruling party chief’s comment Vietnamese women

Opposition parties have criticized the ruling party chief’s recent remarks on Vietnamese women, demanding an official apology. The ruling Democratic Party of Korea’s chief Lee Hae-chan was quoted as...

Dec 5, 2018
Politics
Moon orders measures to strengthen presidential officials' discipline

President Moon Jae-in has ordered a senior aide to draw up measures to strengthen presidential officials' discipline following allegations of irregularities against some officials, his spokesman said...

Dec 5, 2018
Politics
Liberty Korea Party attempts to reduce factional gap over ex-President Park’s impeachment

While the main opposition Liberty Korea Party continues to suffer from low approval ratings and factional conflicts, the party is discussing the adoption of a resolution demanding that two of the nat...

Dec 4, 2018
Politics
[Newsmaker] Moon’s Blue House under fire for discipline

The opposition parties on Monday continued raising pressure on the presidential secretary for civil affairs, as President Moon Jae-in remains silent on the recent series of misconduct by Cheong Wa Da...

Dec 3, 2018
Politics
Speaker presses rival parties to reach agreement over govt. budget proposal

South Korea's parliamentary speaker said Monday that he will open a plenary session later in the day to put the government's 2019 budget proposal up for vote, unless rival parties reach an agreement ...

Dec 3, 2018
Politics
Prosecutors seek warrants for former top court justices, first in Korean history

The prosecution on Monday filed for arrest warrants for former top court justices over their suspected involvement in a massive judiciary power abuse case. It is the first time in Korean history that...

Dec 3, 2018
Politics
Moon's approval rating dips to record low since his inauguration: poll

President Moon Jae-in's approval rating fell last week to the lowest point since he took office in May last year, amid an economic slowdown and a stall in progress toward North Korea's denuclearizati...

Dec 3, 2018
Politics
Japanese newspaper echoes Abe, discards term ‘forced labor’

A major English-language newspaper in Japan said it would no longer use the term “forced labor” when reporting on Koreans who worked in Japan before and during World War II, despite the fact that man...

Nov 30, 2018
Politics
Cho urged to step down over misconduct allegations against Blue House audit team

The main opposition Liberty Korea Party on Friday renewed its attack on Senior Secretary for Civil Affairs Cho Kuk and the presidential office over alleged misconduct by investigators on Cheong Wa Da...

Nov 30, 2018
Politics

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