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[2018 Local elections] Daegu offers a preview of future S. Korean politics

The fall of conservative icon Park Geun-hye changes local elections landscape

Jun 6, 2018
Politics
[2018 Local elections] Political hate crimes spike as elections near

A series of attacks on politicians have taken place in South Korea, heightening concerns about a rise in hate crimes as local elections close in. Rep. Kwon Young-jin of the Liberty Korea Party falls...

Jun 5, 2018
Politics
Watchdog urges Ahn not to violate election law

South Korea's election watchdog on Tuesday urged Ahn Cheol-soo, a Seoul mayoral candidate, to comply with election law after he was found to have illegally campaigned on a subway train. Footage show...

Jun 5, 2018
Politics
Cabinet endorses revision to minimum wage act despite labor protests

The Cabinet endorsed a revision to the minimum wage act Tuesday despite strong protests from labor groups that the law offsets the effect of a rise in the legal wage threshold by including bonuses an...

Jun 5, 2018
Politics
[2018 Local elections] Opposition chief Hong says will stay away from campaigning

Hong Joon-pyo, chairman of the main opposition Liberty Korea Party, will stay away from campaign rallies for the June 12 local elections. Citing the need for candidate-centered electioneering, Hong ...

Jun 4, 2018
Politics
Seoul mayor candidate Kim Moon-soo ignorant of comfort woman statue in front of Japanese Embassy in Seoul

Kim Moon-soo says he will be shot to death by Kim Jong-un if US troops are withdrawn from South Korea

Jun 4, 2018
Politics
[2018 Local elections] Ire grows at campaign trucks' loud noise, illegal parking

Complaints of loud noise and illegal parking by political canvassing trucks of candidates are mounting across the country as official campaigning for the upcoming local elections and parliamentary by...

Jun 4, 2018
Politics
Seoul mayor floats idea of train linking Seoul with Paris, Berlin

Incumbent Seoul City Mayor Park Won-soon has floated the idea that Seoul Station could send trains all the way to Berlin and Paris by passing through North Korea and China. Park is running for his t...

Jun 4, 2018
Politics
Over 100,000 non-Korean nationals eligible to vote in local elections

The number of non-Korean nationals eligible to vote in the June 13 local elections surpassed the 100,000 mark for the first time, the election watchdog said Monday. The number reached 106,205, more ...

Jun 4, 2018
Politics
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 b...

Jun 4, 2018
Politics
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 p...

Jun 3, 2018
Politics
[2018 Local elections] Women candidates missing in local elections

Despite public interest in gender issues, women inadequately represented at upcoming elections

Jun 3, 2018
Politics
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...

Jun 1, 2018
Politics
[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 f...

May 31, 2018
Politics
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 o...

May 31, 2018
Politics

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