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Sat, July 2, 2022 | 08:49

Police chief offers to resign after Yoon slams reshuffle announcement flip-flopping

National Police Agency Commissioner General Kim Chang-yong offered to resign Monday, days after President Yoon Suk-yeol strongly chastised police over a recent personnel reshuffle flip-flopping.

2022-06-27 14:17

Interior ministry's police bureau to be set up as early as July: minister

An envisioned police bureau under the interior ministry will be set up as early as next month, Minister Lee Sang-min said Monday, as it aims to increase its control of the law enforcement agency as part of reform measures.

2022-06-27 13:46

[ANALYSIS] Evolving from mediator to balancer

"What's happening in Ukraine is never irrelevant to Korea,” said President Yoon Suk-yeol during his presidential campaign. With attention globally focused on the updates of Russia's invasion of Ukraine, “There are possibilities North Korea could perform strategic provocations and we have to further strengthen deterrence to take on the North's nuclear and missile threats becau...

2022-06-27 12:58

Yoon's disapproval rating exceeds approval rating again

President Yoon Suk-yeol's disapproval rating has again exceeded his approval rating, a survey showed Monday.

2022-06-27 11:08

Yoon makes multilateral diplomacy debut at NATO summit

President Yoon Suk-yeol will take part in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) summit this week, making his debut in multilateral diplomacy, centering on defense and economics. Yoon will depart Seoul for his first official overseas trip to Madrid, Spain, Monday, to take part in the NATO summit slated for June 29 to 30, and hold a flurry of bilateral talks with major ...

2022-06-26 16:15

Yoon departs for Spain to attend NATO summit

Samsung executive-turned-lawmaker to chair Assembly semiconductor committee

Rep. Yang Hyang-ja, a Samsung Electronics executive-turned-lawmaker, said Sunday she had decided to accept an offer from the ruling People Power Party to chair an envisioned special National Assembly committee on semiconductors.

2022-06-26 12:07

On Korean War anniversary, S. Korea vows stern response to N. Korean provocations

Prime Minister Han Duck-soo vowed a stern response to any North Korean provocation, Saturday, as the nation observed the 72nd anniversary of the outbreak of the 1950-53 Korean War. In a speech during a ceremony marking the anniversary, he said the North's recent missile launches and nuclear weapon test preparations have escalated tensions beyond the Korean Peninsula and are p...

2022-06-25 14:34

Yoon to turn down resignation offers from top Coast Guard officials

President Yoon Suk-yeol plans to turn down the resignations tendered by top Coast Guard officials to take responsibility for overturning a previous announcement that a fisheries official killed by North Korea in 2020 was attempting to defect to the North, Yoon's office said.

2022-06-24 21:18

Bereaved family demands disclosure of records on ex-president's response on fisheries official case

DPK says will give judiciary committee chairmanship to PPP

The main opposition Democratic Party of Korea (DPK) agreed Friday to the ruling People Power Party taking over the chairmanship of the Legislation and Judiciary Committee, a major concession expected to speed up long-stalled negotiations on committee formations.

2022-06-24 21:13

Yoon, Bill Gates discuss pandemic response

President Yoon Suk-yeol spoke by phone with Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates, Friday, and discussed responses to the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a presidential official.

2022-06-24 17:12

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