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Shin Ji-hye
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Yoon administration vows to uncover truth of 2019 repatriation of NK fishermen
After photos showing the North Korean fishermen being repatriated in 2019 were released by the Unification Ministry on Tuesday, the presidential office vowed it will “uncover the truth in detail.” The Democratic Party of Korea immediately denounced President Yoon Suk-yeol‘s office, saying it has a political motivation to attack the former Moon Jae-in administration. On Tuesday, the Ministry of Unification released 10 photos of a“ North Korean defectors’ repatria
North Korea July 13, 2022
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Yoon suffers yet another personnel controversy
A sister of a far-right YouTuber staging abusive protests in front of former President Moon Jae-in’s residence offered to resign from the presidential office, adding yet another controversy to President Yoon Suk-yeol’s personnel management track record. According to the presidential office on Wednesday, the official, surnamed Ahn, tendered her resignation shortly after her previous experience and connection to a YouTuber were revealed. She formerly worked on Vellado, a video pl
Politics July 13, 2022
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Yoon pays respects to Abe in Seoul
President Yoon Suk-yeol on Tuesday visited the Japanese Embassy in Seoul to pay his respects to late former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. President Yoon arrived at the Japanese Embassy‘s public information and cultural center at 4 p.m. and entered the memorial altar under the guidance of Japanese Ambassador to Korea Koichi Aiboshi, according to the presidential office. President Yoon wrote in the guest book, “I pray for the repose of the late former Prime Minister Shinzo Ab
Foreign Affairs July 12, 2022
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Yoon resumes in-office interviews after just one day -- at a distance
President Yoon Suk-yeol resumed his morning press briefing after suspending it just a day earlier, hinting at a possible miscommunication within his office. When reporters greeted Yoon at a distance of about seven or eight meters in the lobby of the presidential building on his way to his office on Tuesday morning, he stopped and said, “I heard you (some reporters) were confirmed as having COVID-19, so we recommend that you work from home as much as possible. But you all still came.&
Politics July 12, 2022
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Controversies cut short Yoon administration ‘honeymoon’
The first few months of a new president’s term can often be referred to as the “honeymoon” period, in which the new leader usually enjoys the benefit of high public support. But that no longer seems to apply to President Yoon Suk-yeol, as his constant blunders, controversies surrounding his spouse, personnel failures and issues within the ruling party continue to weaken his public support base. Yoon’s approval rating plunged again, a survey showed Monday, with negat
Politics July 11, 2022
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Yoon's symbolic in-office interviews put on pause. Why?
President Yoon Suk-yeol‘s symbolic efforts to communicate with the press every morning have been temporarily suspended. The presidential office said the halt is due to coronavirus resurge, but some critics say the recent plunge in Yoon’s approval ratings and his unprepared remarks could have affected the decision. On Monday, Yoon went to his office without talking to the press for the first time since his inauguration. The presidential office said, “It is inevitable to adj
Politics July 11, 2022
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NSC chief monitors S. Korea’s military readiness after NK fires artillery shots
National Security Adviser Kim Sung-han was briefed on North Korea's firing of a rocket launcher and monitored South Korea's military's readiness, the presidential office said Sunday night. “From 7 p.m. to 8:08 p.m, Kim received a report from the Joint Chiefs of Staff at the National Crisis Management Center regarding North Korea's estimated launch of a rocket launcher into the Yellow Sea and checked the South Korean military's readiness,” the office said in a press statement.&
North Korea July 11, 2022
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Yoon to pay tribute at Abe’s memorial altar in Korea
President Yoon Suk-yeol will soon visit a memorial altar set up by the Japanese Embassy in Korea to pay his respects to Japan’s former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, the presidential office said Sunday. Prime Minister Han Duck-soo and Foreign Minister Park Jin are expected to accompany Yoon. The Japanese Embassy in Seoul is preparing to run a memorial altar for former Prime Minister Abe early this week. President Yoon also plans to send a delegation of condolences to Japan when an offici
Foreign Affairs July 10, 2022
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Govt. should tighten its belt to overcome financial crisis: Yoon
President Yoon Suk-yeol said the nation’s financial situation has deteriorated significantly over the past five years and that the government should tighten its belt to overcome the financial crisis, ordering ministries to conduct a thorough investigation of public sector assets. Yoon presided over the 2022 National Fiscal Strategy Meeting on Thursday at Chungbuk National University in North Chungcheong Province to discuss the direction of the new government’s five-year fiscal ma
Politics July 7, 2022
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Controversy continues over Yoon’s acquaintances’ involvement in state affairs
The presidential office is facing mounting criticism over President Yoon Suk-yeol’s personal acquaintances’ involvement in public affairs, following revelations that a relative of the president is working at the presidential office, days after the first lady drew fire for taking an acquaintance to the NATO summit. According to local news reports, Yoon’s relative, surnamed Choi, is working as a senior administrator equivalent to a post held by a grade three civil servant in
Politics July 7, 2022
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Military to establish ‘strategic command’ by 2024 to control three-axis system
The South Korean military will establish a new command in response to missile and nuclear threats from North Korea, the Ministry of National Defense said Wednesday, while President Yoon Suk-yeol called for prompt and firm punishment in respond to North Korean provocations. “It is the military’s mission to protect the lives, property, territory and sovereignty of the people at any cost, and we must firmly show our will to do so,” President Yoon said at a meeting of all milit
Defense July 6, 2022
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Korea to open the era of space economy: Yoon
President Yoon Suk-yeol has declared that South Korea will open the era of the “space economy,” aiming to develop a lunar lander by 2031 and expand its participation in the Artemis program during his visit on Wednesday to the Korea Aerospace Research Institute in Daejeon to congratulate the second successful launch of the Nuri. The OECD defines the space economy as the full range of activities and the use of resources that create value and benefit to human beings in exploring, rese
Social Affairs July 6, 2022
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First lady under fire again for taking acquaintance to NATO summit
Controversy is again brewing over the first lady, as an acquaintance of hers was found to have been among the president’s retinue at the NATO summit last week. The presidential office denied any wrongdoing. According to local news media reports that broke late Tuesday and into Wednesday, a person not belonging to the presidential office was part of President Yoon Suk-yeol’s delegation in Madrid. The person, surnamed Shin, left for Spain five days earlier than the president and re
Politics July 6, 2022
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Yoon appoints JCS chief, Education Minister without hearing
President Yoon Suk-yeol on Monday appointed the chair of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and minister of education without the parliamentary confirmation process, and nominated a new antitrust watchdog chief. The presidential office announced that Yoon approved Army Gen. Kim Seung-kyum as the chair of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and former professor Park Soon-ae to head the Ministry of Education. He also nominated Song Ok-rial, a professor of law at Seoul National University, as the first chairman
Politics July 4, 2022
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Yoon shrugs off latest polls, but should he?
President Yoon Suk-yeol says he “pays no attention to” approval ratings, calling them “meaningless,” but some critics say he should take the poll more seriously and devise measures to dispel public worries. Disapproval ratings for Yoon’s handling of state affairs continued to outperform his approval ratings on Monday despite last week’s trip to the NATO summit in Madrid, Spain, during which the administration focused on building security and economic ties
Politics July 4, 2022
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