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Consultative group on Japan’s trade curbs to launch this week amid parliamentary stalemate

Five South Korean political parties agreed to launch a consultative body on Japan’s export regulations this week, made up of officials from the government, private and public sectors, officials said ...

Jul 29, 2019
Politics
NPS invested W5.6 trillion in Japanese companies linked to forced wartime labor

The National Pension Service invested some 5.6 trillion won ($4.73 billion) between 2014 and 2018 in Japanese companies linked to Japan’s forced wartime labor, raising questions about the service’s i...

Jul 26, 2019
Politics
Moon reshuffles three top secretaries

Cheong Wa Dae on Friday named new senior presidential secretaries for civil affairs, job creation and civic society, with a wider Cabinet reshuffle expected next month. “Kim Jo-won is an administrat...

Jul 26, 2019
Politics
[News Focus] Moon’s approval ratings slide in Seoul, Sejong: poll

Large portion of Koreans in 20s drop support for president over last year

Jul 25, 2019
Politics
Arrested North Korean spy suspect under investigation

A suspected North Korean spy, who was sent to the South and allegedly lived here as a Buddhist monk since last year, has been arrested, marking the first such case in nine years, authorities said Thu...

Jul 25, 2019
Politics
Moon calls for 'fundamental change' of state prosecution

President Moon Jae-in stressed Thursday that the South Korean people want a "fundamental change" of the state prosecution accused of having been often politically swayed, as the new chief prosecutor ...

Jul 25, 2019
Politics
S. Korea nationalizes 90 b won worth of colonial-era Japanese property

South Korea has completed the nationalization of land worth an estimated 90 billion won ($76.40 million) across the country that should have reverted to the state but was still registered under Japan...

Jul 25, 2019
Politics
[Newsmaker] National Assembly delegation leaves for US to discuss Japan trade curbs

A bipartisan delegation representing South Korea’s National Assembly left for Washington on Wednesday morning to meet with US and Japanese counterparts in hopes of finding a breakthrough in Japan’s l...

Jul 24, 2019
Politics
Cho Kuk could be replaced as early as Thursday

President Moon Jae-in was expected to replace his top aides, including senior presidential secretary for civil affairs Cho Kuk, as early as Thursday. Cho, the longest serving senior presidential sec...

Jul 24, 2019
Politics
[Newsmaker] Moon’s civil affairs secretary at center of yet another political feud

Cho Kuk, senior secretary to the president for civil affairs and justice, is once again in the spotlight, drawing fire from conservatives and fueling a feud between the ruling and opposition blocs. ...

Jul 23, 2019
Politics
Ruling party, main opposition spar over diplomatic approach to Tokyo’s trade restrictions

The ongoing dispute between the ruling Democratic Party of Korea and the main opposition Liberty Korea Party on Tuesday spilled over to the government’s diplomatic approach in handling trade restrict...

Jul 23, 2019
Politics
Former top justice Yang released on bail

Former Supreme Court Chief Justice Yang Sung-tae was released on bail Monday after 179 days of detention over his role in a judiciary power abuse scandal. The Seoul Central District Court approved Y...

Jul 22, 2019
Politics
Parliamentary panel set to adopt resolution against Japan's export curbs

The parliamentary foreign affairs committee on Monday adopted a parliamentary resolution calling on Japan to withdraw its curbs on exports to South Korea of key high-tech materials. In a bipartisan ...

Jul 22, 2019
Politics
Assembly session ends without results

Days after the June extraordinary parliamentary session ended without addressing key bills, all eyes are on whether a July plenary session will be convened, amid a widening rift between the ruling an...

Jul 21, 2019
Politics
Parties fail to reach deal on June plenary meeting

Rival parties failed to reach a deal Friday to discuss conditions for a plenary meeting, effectively scuttling the passage of an extra budget bill during the June extraordinary parliamentary session....

Jul 19, 2019
Politics

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