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Sun, May 29, 2022 | 04:40

Early voting for local elections ends with 20.62% turnout

Two-day early voting for next week's local elections ended with a turnout of 20.62 percent on Saturday, the highest for any local elections, the election watchdog said.

2022-05-28 21:49

Plenary session for extra budget canceled, expected to be held Sunday

The ruling and main opposition parties agreed Saturday to cancel a National Assembly plenary session initially expected to be held later in the day to deal with the new government's extra budget bill.

2022-05-28 14:09

Koreans hit polls on last day of early voting for local elections

Koreans headed to the polls Saturday on the second and last day of early voting for next week's nationwide local elections and National Assembly by-elections as the ruling and main opposition parties made last-minute pitches for support.

2022-05-28 12:21

Yoon gov't not considering privatizing state-run firms

The presidential office said Friday that it is not considering privatizing state-run companies such as Incheon International Airport Corporation (IIAC), dismissing controversies that have stemmed from the presidential chief of staff's remark about unloading the IIAC's stake in the airport company on the market. During a meeting with reporters, an official at the presidential ...

Nam Hyun-woo | 2022-05-27 17:54

Korea begins early voting for June 1 local elections

Early voting started Friday for the June 1 local elections, which will select 4,125 candidates for elected posts across the country, including 17 metropolitan mayors and provincial governors. The election will be an early barometer gauging President Yoon Suk-yeol's performance less than a month after his inauguration, as well as determining whether the ruling People Power Par...

Nam Hyun-woo | 2022-05-27 16:56

Yoon, first lady cast ballots in early voting for local elections

Yoon, first lady cast ballots in early voting for local elections

President Yoon Suk-yeol and first lady Kim Keon-hee visited a polling station together Friday and cast their ballots in early voting for the June 1 local elections. Yoon and Kim went to the polling station near the presidential office in Yongsan District, central Seoul, and marked their ballots in separate booths before dropping them in the same box.

2022-05-27 15:10

Yoon appoints his first spy chief

President Yoon Suk-yeol appointed Kim Kyou-hyun, a former deputy national security adviser and career diplomat, as his first spy chief Friday. Yoon presented Kim with a letter of appointment a day after the National Assembly approved him as director of the National Intelligence Service.

2022-05-27 11:19

Early voting for local elections kicks off

Early voting opened Friday for next week's local elections and National Assembly by-elections that could significantly strengthen or undermine the mandate of the new government of President Yoon Suk-yeol less than a month after its launch. Eligible voters can cast ballots at 3,551 polling stations nationwide from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. until Saturday, according to the National Elec...

2022-05-27 09:11

President Yoon fills two remaining Cabinet minister positions with women

President Yoon Suk-yeol nominated two women as the education and health ministers, amid criticisms that his Cabinet is male-dominated. The presidential office announced Thursday that Yoon has named Park Soon-ae as the deputy prime minister and minister of education and Kim Seung-hee as the minister of health and welfare. Yoon also nominated Oh Yu-kyoung as the minister of foo...

Nam Hyun-woo | 2022-05-26 17:15

DPK interim leader's push for 586 Generation politicians to step aside meets resistance

Park Ji-hyun, the co-interim leader of the liberal Democratic Party of Korea (DPK), is seeking to bring change in the giant main opposition party by proposing that senior lawmakers - members of the “586 Generation” - step aside to make room for the young generation, but her attempt has sparked discord as she has faced resistance from within.

Nam Hyun-woo | 2022-05-26 16:54

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