Articles by Kim Arin
Kim Arin
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Rocked by scandals, defector-turned-lawmaker quits party leadership post
Rep. Tae Yong-ho stepped down Wednesday from his leadership position in the ruling People Power Party amid political scandals involving one of his staffers and a senior presidential secretary. The resignation comes less than two weeks since the scandals first broke and about two months since Tae -- the first North Korean defector to be directly elected into South Korea’s National Assembly -- was chosen to serve as part of the People Power Party’s leadership at the March 9 party conve
Politics May 10, 2023
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Lawmakers weigh in on Korea-Japan summit
South Korea’s formerly distant relationship with Japan under the preceding administration is getting back to normal with Yoon Suk Yeol in office, according to a former consul general to Osaka and ruling People Power Party lawmaker Rep. Kim Seok-ki. Kim, the ruling party’s executive secretary for the National Assembly foreign affairs committee, said the country’s relations with Japan, which he assessed as having “worsened dramatically” over the five years of the libe
Politics May 9, 2023
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Kishida, South Korean lawmakers talk history, Fukushima wastewater
On the last day of his two-day Seoul trip on Monday, Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida met with South Korean member-lawmakers on the South Korea-Japan Parliamentarians’ Union. At the meeting that lasted for about 45 minutes, Kishida and the Korean lawmakers “discussed the preceding administrations’ understanding of history” and “once again reaffirmed that shared understanding,” according to Rep. Chung Jin-suk, who partook as the parliamentary union’s
Politics May 8, 2023
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北 해킹 통보 못 받았다던 선관위, 하루 만에 입장 바꿔
[코리아헤럴드=김아린 기자] 북한의 해킹 공격에 대해 국가정보원으로부터 통보를 받지 못했다던 중앙선거관리위원회가 하루 만에 입장을 번복했다. 선관위는 4일 코리아헤럴드에 “국가사이버안보센터로부터 전 부처 공통으로 제공받는 통상적인 해킹 의심메일에 대한 통보를 받은 적은 몇차례 있었지만, 국정원으로부터 북한 해킹메일과 악성코드 수신감염 사실을 통보받은 적은 없다”고 해명했다. 국가사이버안보센터는 국가 배후 해킹조직 등 사이버안보에 관한 정보 업무를 수행하는 국정원 소속 기관이다. 국정원으로부터 통보를 받은 사실이 없다고 부인한 지 하루 만에 입장을 선회한 것이다. 전날 여당 의원들은 언론을 통해 국정원이 북한 해킹 공격에 대한 사실을 알렸음에도 선관위가 보안 조치를 취하지 않았다는 의혹을 제기했다. 이에 선관위는 같은 날 보도자료를 통해 북한 해킹 공격에 대한 통보를 받거나 보안 점검 권고를 받은 사실이 없다고 부인하며 진실공방이 벌어졌다. 논란이 일자 국정원은
한국어판 May 4, 2023
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Spy service, election agency at odds over alleged North Korean hacking
South Korea’s intelligence service said it found North Korean attempts to infiltrate the country’s election system, which the state election commission has denied. The National Intelligence Service said Thursday it notified the National Election Commission of North Korean hackers trying to penetrate the state election organizer’s networks, confirming the ruling People Power Party claims a day prior. Some ruling party lawmakers suggested that while the intelligence service war
Politics May 4, 2023
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Yoon, Kishida to discuss security, tech partnership
The leaders of South Korea and Japan will discuss regional security, technology and science partnerships, as well as cultural and youth exchanges at a summit planned in Seoul on Sunday, marking the two nations’ “shuttle diplomacy” becoming fully operational, the presidential office said Thursday. According to presidential spokesperson Lee Do-woon, who quoted Japanese National Security Adviser Takeo Akiba, the decision for Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida's visit was m
Politics May 4, 2023
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Korea should not take 70-year US alliance for granted: Yoon
President Yoon Suk Yeol said on Tuesday that South Korea should be grateful to the United States for the fact that Washington has been an important ally assisting Seoul's development from the ashes of the 1950-53 Korean War, as he was speaking of his diplomatic achievements during his state visit last week. "The 70-year history of the South Korea-US alliance is not a given result, of course,” said Yoon, who presided over the first Cabinet meeting after his state visit to the US
Foreign Affairs May 2, 2023
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Yoon returns home to face contentious political front
South Korea President Yoon Suk Yeol returned to Seoul on Sunday to face a growing number of partisan challenges, in addition to criticism from the country’s main opposition party over the results of his summit with US President Joe Biden. While Yoon was away in Washington, the leadership of the Democratic Party of Korea said the party would propose a bill regulating the role of a presidential spouse, in criticism of the first lady’s public appearances in the US. “We need a bill
Politics May 1, 2023
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Rival political parties diverge on Yoon-Biden summit
South Korean rival political parties have diverged on their assessments of the gains and losses of South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol’s summit with US President Joe Biden. While political opponents at home have blasted Yoon for “returning from Washington empty-handed,” the ruling party has defended Yoon for upgrading the security alliance to a new level. Park Jie-won, who headed South Korea’s National Intelligence Service during the Moon Jae-in administration, told The
Politics April 30, 2023
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South Korea sees soaring refugee claims by Russians
More than 1,000 Russian nationals applied for refugee status in the first three months of this year in South Korea, surpassing last year’s total. According to Ministry of Justice statistics, out of the 4,057 refugee applications lodged between January and March, 26 percent, or 1,056, were made by Russians. This is more than the 1,038 received from Russians over the whole of last year. South Korea has completed a review of 1,685 applications for recognition of refugee status out of the 4,05
Politics April 30, 2023
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유상범 “文정부, 국정원 요원 北 고위급 수행에 활용”...박지원 “공안정국 시도”
[코리아헤럴드=김아린 기자] 국회 정보위원회 국민의힘 간사인 유상범 의원이 문재인 정부 시절 국가정보원이 대북 정보· 감청 대신 남북 간 대화를 위한 도구로 이용됐다고 주장했다. 유 의원은 지난 18일 서울 여의도 국회의원회관에서 진행된 본지와의 인터뷰에서 “대북 정보기관 본연의 업무는 외면하고 ‘북한 올인’ 정책을 뒷바라지하는 존재로 전락했던 것이 문재인 정부의 국정원”이라며 지난 정부가 “보이지 않는 곳에서 국가 안보를 위해 헌신해야 할 국정원 요원들을 대북 지원이나 북한 고위급 방문단 수행에 활용했다”고 말했다. 그러면서 “간첩 수사와 대북 공작을 담당했던 직원들을 ‘적폐’ 취급하며 퇴직 시키거나 일선 업무에서 배제해 조직을 무력화 시켰다”며 “‘정보 기관’을 ‘남북 대화 창구’로 변질 시킨 문재인 정부 핵
한국어판 April 27, 2023
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North Koreans souring on Kim Jong-un’s ‘beloved child’ Ju-ae: lawmaker
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un’s only publicly seen child, Ju-ae, is stirring up ire among local people there for her extravagant clothing and well-fed appearance, according to Rep. Yoo Sang-bum, the executive secretary of the National Assembly intelligence committee. South Korea's National Intelligence Service believes that Kim’s daughter, officially referred to by the North Korean government as the “most beloved child,” is becoming increasingly resented by many in
Politics April 25, 2023
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[Herald Interview] ‘No friend or foe in intelligence,’ lawmaker says on US leak
The Pentagon leak suggesting the US was eavesdropping on top South Korean officials is being overblown by the opposition for domestic political gains ahead of President Yoon Suk Yeol’s White House visit, according to the National Assembly intelligence committee’s Executive Secretary Rep. Yoo Sang-bum. Speaking to The Korea Herald at his office in Seoul’s Yeouido, Yoo of the ruling People Power Party said that a “closed-door” approach to the leak would be appropriate
Politics April 24, 2023
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Opposition slams NIS’ ‘no comment’ stance on US spying allegations
The Democratic Party of Korea lawmakers on Thursday slammed the National Intelligence Service for declining to comment on the leak of classified US documents detailing an internal conversation between top South Korean officials. The party's lawmakers used their majority to convene a plenary session on the Assembly’s intelligence committee unilaterally and accused the NIS of failing to provide an adequate explanation for the alleged US spying on the office of President Yoon Suk Yeol. R
Politics April 20, 2023
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Lawmakers blast North Korean cyberattacks in letter to Kim Jong-un
South Korea lawmakers on Wednesday condemned North Korea’s cyberattacks outside the North Korean Embassy in the UK. The member-lawmakers on the International Parliamentarians’ Coalition for Asian Human Rights -- Reps. Ha Tae-keung, Yang Jung-suk and Yun Chang-hyun -- issued an open letter to North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, read outside the embassy. “We ask Kim Jong-un to stop the hack attacks against the international community immediately. You are mobilizing all of your resou
Politics April 20, 2023
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