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Sat, December 9, 2023 | 16:20
Merger has no link to 2022 poll: Ahn
Ahn Cheol-soo, chairman of the minor liberal People's Party, Tuesday, denied speculation that his push for a merger with the minor conservative Bareun Party is linked to his possible bid for the 2022 presidential election. In a radio interview, Ahn, who ran in the past election as the People’s Party candidate, emphasized that a merger with the Bareun Party is for “survival” o...
Politics | 2017-12-26 16:44
LKP chief cleared of bribery charge
Liberty Korea Party (LKP) Chairman Hong Joon-pyo was acquitted on bribery charges by the country's top court Friday, clearing the way for him to consolidate his leadership of the largest opposition party. The Supreme Court upheld a lower court verdict, which found Hong not guilty, saying the testimony against him was “vague” and “inconsistent.”
Politics | 2017-12-22 17:13
Bareun Party leader ready to negotiate merger with People's Party
Bareun Party Chairman Rep. Yoo Seong-min on Thursday welcomed People's Party Chairman Ahn Cheol-soo's decision a day earlier to put to a party-wide vote whether to merge the two parties. Yoo said he will set up a team for negotiations with the People’s Party on the proposed merger.
Politics | 2017-12-21 16:47
Mayor positive about North Korea Olympic participation
Gwangmyeong Mayor Yang Ki-dae, who recently met North Korean sports officials in Kunming, China, as part of an inter-Korean civic exchange program, said Thursday he is positive about the North's participation in the PyeongChang Winter Olympics.
North Korea | 2017-12-21 16:13
Ahn Cheol-soo proposes vote on merger with Bareun Party
People's Party Chairman Ahn Cheol-soo on Wednesday proposed a vote by all party members on whether to merge the minor center-left party with the minor conservative Bareun Party, an issue that has been at the center of a simmering factional feud. A rival faction that has opposed Ahn's idea of unifying with the Bareun Party blasted his proposal, calling it a “declaration of war...
Politics | 2017-12-20 16:23
[INTERVIEW] Film director wants to find truths behind massacres
In 2013, film director Gu Ja-hywan recalled the forgotten deaths of those who were killed during the 1950-53 Korean War, in his documentary film “Red Tomb.” Four years later, Gu is back with his new movie “Haewon,” as a follow-up. The word Haewon means resolving victims' deep sorrow. While Red Tomb focused on massacres which took place in the southern Gyeongsang area, where G...
Films | 2017-12-20 15:29
Opposition politicizes Im's UAE visit
Opposition parties are raising political offensives over a senior presidential aide's recent visit to the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The largest opposition Liberty Korea Party (LKP) called the National Assembly’s House Steering Committee to receive a briefing on the visit by Im Jong-seok, President Moon Jae-in’s chief of staff, from Dec. 9 to 12. The LKP believes Im’s visit ...
Politics | 2017-12-19 16:40
Fates of Hong, LKP hinge on Friday's verdict
The Supreme Court will deliver its verdict on a bribery case involving main opposition Liberty Korea Party (LKP) Chairman Hong Joon-pyo, Friday. Hong has been on trial for allegedly taking 100 million won ($92,000) from a late businessman and politician Sung Wan-jong. The allegation has been the conservative leader’s sticking point.
Politics | 2017-12-19 16:33
Former nuclear negotiator stresses talks with N. Korea
Robert Gallucci, the chief negotiator during the 1994 North Korean nuclear crisis, called for dialogue with the North to make a breakthrough in the crisis on the Korean Peninsula, during his speech at Seoul’s National Assembly, Monday. Gallucci, chairman of the U.S.-Korea Institute at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies in Washington, D.C., reiterated t...
North Korea | 2017-12-18 16:26
[INTERVIEW] New KOICA chief vows to redesign int'l aid
Lee Mi-kyung was one of the female activists devoted to developing women's studies in the 1970s and 80s, sponsored by official development assistance (ODA) given through a German organization, the Protestant Association for Cooperation in Development. Back in the days of authoritarianism, she and her colleagues learned women's studies are intrinsically “action-oriented,” whic...
Foreign Affairs | 2017-12-18 10:44
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