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Moon to vote early ahead of next week's elections
President Moon Jae-in will cast his vote early for next week's local elections as part of efforts to boost voter turnout, his spokesman said Monday.Spokesman Kim Eui-kyeom said Moon will cast his ballot on Friday, five days before the June 13 election. His three top aides and other presidential secretaries and staff will also vote in advance, the spokesman said.Moon will be the first sitting president to take part in pre-poll voting since the system was introduced in April 2013. Former President
June 4, 2018
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Bar association recommends four special prosecutor candidates
The Korean Bar Association on Sunday recommended four prosecutor-turned-lawyers for the position of independent counsel to lead an investigation into allegations that a power blogger tied to ruling party officials manipulated Internet comments for political purposes.Under the law authorizing a special investigation, the bar association is required to put forward four special prosecutor candidates before opposition parties select two of them as final candidates. President Moon Jae-in will then ap
June 3, 2018
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[2018 Local elections] Women candidates missing in local elections
The upcoming local and parliamentary by-elections, slated for June 13, is widely perceived as an assessment of the Moon Jae-in administration‘s first year.A total of 824 seats in provincial and metropolitan assemblies, 2,927 lower-level local councilors, and 17 superintendents of education will be decided. And in the parliamentary by-elections, National Assembly seats for 12 districts are up for grabs.The lack of female candidates at the upcoming elections is glaring. The ruling Democratic Party
June 3, 2018
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Moon to request opposition parties to recommend special prosecutor candidates
President Moon Jae-in plans to ask opposition parties Friday to recommend candidates for a special prosecutor charged with looking into allegations that a power blogger tied to ruling party officials manipulated Internet comments for political purposes, an official said.Under the special counsel bill that passed through the National Assembly last week, Moon has until Friday to make the candidate recommendation request. Once the request is made, the Korean Bar Association will suggest four candid
June 1, 2018
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[2018 Local elections] Seoul mayoral candidates clash over air pollution
Seoul mayoral candidates clashed on the worsening air pollution in the city during Wednesday‘s televised election debate, with the attacks directed at the current mayor Park Won-soon who is running for his third term.In the 2-hour-long televised debate hosted by local broadcaster KBS at 10 p.m., the four mayoral candidates of parliamentary negotiating groups also spoke on housing and LGBTQ issues. From left: Kim Moon-soo of main opposition Liberty Korea Party, Ahn Cheol-soo of center-left oppos
May 31, 2018
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28 complaints filed on ‘noisy’ campaign songs
North Jeolla Province saw a number of noise reports filed on the first day of official campaigning for the June 13 local elections. Twenty-eight reports on loud noise were made from 7 a.m. to noon on Thursday, according to Jeonbuk Provincial Police Agency.These reports were mostly complaints about “songs blaring in the morning from campaign vehicles.” Many of these reports concerned areas with heavy traffic, such as the crossroads near Jeonju Sports Complex. Campaign vehicles are lined up at a r
May 31, 2018
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[2018 Local elections] From subway stations to elders dance class: Seoul mayoral election heats up
Just two weeks ahead of this year’s local election slated for June 13, Seoul’s mayoral candidates are trying to meet and interact with as many voters as they can, reaching out at public spaces and on the streets. From greeting commuters in front of subway stations in the morning and evening rush hours, to visiting traditional markets and speaking in televised debates, there are not enough hours in the day for aspiring mayors. From left: Seoul Mayoral candidates Park Won-soon of ruling Democratic
May 30, 2018
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Campaigning for June 13 local elections to begin Thursday
Official campaigning for local elections and parliamentary by-elections will kick off Thursday amid predictions that the liberal ruling party will comfortably win the June 13 polls, aided by high public support for President Moon Jae-in.The 13-day campaign period will last until the eve of the elections, widely seen as a barometer for Moon's first year in office. Moon took office in May last year.Up for grabs in the quadrennial local elections are 17 chiefs of provinces and metropolises, 226 hea
May 30, 2018
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President approves independent probe into online opinion rigging case
President Moon Jae-in on Tuesday legally authorized an independent probe into allegations that a power blogger tied to ruling party officials manipulated Internet comments for political purposes.Earlier in the day the Cabinet approved the legislation on the appointment of a special counsel, which was passed by the National Assembly last week. President Moon Jae-in (Yonhap)The scandal centers on the influential blogger, known by the nickname Druking, and his accomplices who are suspected of manip
May 29, 2018
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Speaker ‘ashamed’ at parliament's failure to support Panmunjeom Declaration
Outgoing National Assembly Speaker Chung Sye-kyun said Tuesday he felt “dreadful and ashamed” at the parliament’s failure to adopt a resolution supporting last month’s inter-Korean summit agreement called the Panmunjeom Declaration.“I am perplexed beyond words. … Politics should not be self-centered,” Chung said in a CBS radio interview on the last day of his two-year term as the National Assembly speaker.“Who wouldn’t want the North Korean nuclear problem to be properly dealt with and solved?”T
May 29, 2018
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Lawmakers to review resolution on inter-Korean summit declaration
The National Assembly is set to hold a plenary session Monday to deal with contentious issues, including a resolution on the April inter-Korean summit.The final plenary meeting of the current extraordinary session is scheduled to open at 2 p.m., which will cap the first half of the 20th National Assembly's four-year term.Rival parties are expected to clash over the proposed resolution supporting the Panmunjom Declaration adopted by President Moon Jae-in and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un after
May 28, 2018
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Parties welcome results of inter-Korean summit
South Korea’s ruling party on Sunday welcomed President Moon Jae-in’s second summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, lauding it for rekindling peace-building efforts on the peninsula. The secretly arranged summit was held on the northern side of the inter-Korean truce village of Panmunjeom on Saturday afternoon at the suggestion of the North Korean leader. Kim reaffirmed his determination to give up the country’s nuclear weapons program and hold the summit with US President Donald Trump sch
May 27, 2018
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Trump says Kim summit could still go ahead June 12
One day after abruptly pulling the plug on a high-stakes summit with North Korea, US President Donald Trump said Friday the meeting with Kim Jong Un could go ahead after all -- and would "likely" happen on the originally scheduled date of June 12. The summit would be an unprecedented meeting between a sitting US president and a North Korean leader, which Washington hopes will result in the full denuclearization of the reclusive state. Trump said in a tweet that "very productive talks" were o
May 25, 2018
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S. Korea seeks to encourage direct communication between Trump, Kim
South Korea will continue with efforts to improve ties with North Korea and induce direct communication between the leaders of the United States and North Korea so as to put their scrapped talks back on track, Seoul officials said Friday.President Moon Jae-in's top security advisor Chung Eui-yong hosted a National Security Council (NSC) standing meeting, one day after U.S. President Donald Trump canceled his planned summit with the North's leader Kim Jong-un."NSC members agreed that it is import
May 25, 2018
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[Newsmaker] Opposition scuttles Moon’s Constitution amendment plan
President Moon Jae-in’s constitutional amendment bill was scuttled Thursday, after voting at the National Assembly was declared void as the quorum could not be reached due to the opposition parties’ boycott.Amid public calls to revise the Constitution that was last amended in 1987, the Moon administration announced and submitted its amendment bill to the National Assembly on March 26. Thursday was the legal deadline for lawmakers to decide whether to accept or reject the proposal.Empty seats at
May 24, 2018
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[Video] Trump declines to listen to Moon
US President Donald Trump declined to hear the translation of his South Korean counterpart Moon Jae-in’s response to a reporter at the White House on Wednesday, which may have contained crucial information.Moon and Trump held a summit to discuss collaboration for the upcoming Pyongyang-Washington talks. In the last part of the dialogue with the reporters, Moon reiterated that his role in the summit between North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and Trump was not that of a mediator but one that helps to
May 24, 2018
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Candidate registration begins for June 13 local elections
Candidate registration began Thursday for the June 13 local elections, which are widely seen as a barometer for liberal President Moon Jae-in's first year in office.At stake are 17 chiefs of provinces and metropolises, 226 chiefs of smaller administrative units, 824 seats of provincial and metropolitan assemblies, 2.927 lower-level local councilors and 17 superintendents of education.Parliamentary by-elections will also be conducted in 12 districts nationwide. It will be the first time that loca
May 24, 2018
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[Photo News] Bongha Village memorializes late Roh Moo-hyun on 9th anniversary
A memorial ceremony honoring the ninth anniversary of the passing of late President Roh Moo-hyun took place Wednesday at his grave in Bongha Village.Politicians and mourners flocked to the village, located in Gimhae, South Gyeongsang Province, to pay their respects.Prior to his presidency from 2003 to 2008, Roh advocated for student activists and human rights as a lawyer and politician. Roh died by suicide in 2009. Roh Moo-hyun's wife Kwon Yang-sookBy Rumy Doo (doo@heraldcorp.com) Photos by Yonh
May 23, 2018
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Opposition parties demand government withdraw constitutional amendment bill
Opposition parties called on the government to withdraw its constitutional amendment proposal Wednesday, a day before the deadline for a parliamentary vote.The main opposition Liberty Korea Party said it would be “right” and “rational” for the government to take back its own proposal, and announced it would not take part in Thursday’s plenary session for the voting. Floor leader Rep. Kim Sung-tae of main opposition Liberty Korea Party (Yonhap)“While the proposal contains the ideals of democracy,
May 23, 2018
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Parliament passes extra budget bill, special counsel probe
The National Assembly on Monday passed the government’s 3.83 trillion won ($3.54 billion) supplementary budget bill and a proposal to conduct a special counsel probe into an opinion-rigging scandal, after a monthslong deadlock.Motions for the arrest of two opposition lawmakers, suspected of embezzlement and abuse of power, were voted down during the plenary session. National Assembly (Yonhap)On Sunday, rival parties agreed to end the standoff that had lasted almost two months. The ruling Democra
May 21, 2018