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Reporter
: Jung Da-min
Sun, July 3, 2022 | 18:38
President-elect unveils final group of transition committee appointees
President-elect Yoon Suk-yeol named Shin Yong-hyun, a former lawmaker who served as chief campaign manager for Ahn Cheol-soo, as spokesperson of his presidential transition committee. Journalist-turned politician Won Il-hee and lawyer Choi Ji-hyeon also have been named as vice spokespeople of the transition team.
Politics
| 2022-03-17 17:20
Figures close to SK Group join presidential transition team
Kim Sung-han emerges as top diplomatic adviser for Yoon
Kim Sung-han, a professor at Korea University's Graduate School of International Studies, has established himself as the top diplomatic figure of the upcoming Yoon Suk-yeol administration, after being tapped to head the diplomacy and security division of the President-elect's transition committee, Tuesday. Previously a vice foreign minister under the Lee Myung-bak administrat...
Politics
| 2022-03-15 17:08
Moon, Yoon to have one-on-one meeting to discuss tricky issues
Ruling party seeks makeover after losing presidential election
The liberal ruling Democratic Party of Korea (DPK) is seeking an image makeover after its presidential election loss to the main opposition conservative People Power Party (PPP). The DPK has especially reinforced its strategies targeting young swing voters, vowing to establish an anti-discrimination law and expand the party's quotas for women as well as young members.
Politics
| 2022-03-14 17:11
Yoon to redirect Korea's diplomacy with US, China, Japan
President-elect Yoon Suk-yeol of the main opposition conservative People Power Party (PPP) said he would make the Korea-U.S. alliance stronger, improve Seoul-Beijing ties based on mutual trust and bolster future-oriented Korea-Japan ties. “I will respond decisively to the illegal and unreasonable behaviors of North Korea based on principles, while always keeping the door for ...
2022-03-10 17:00
Yoon hopes for stronger coordination with Japan
Yoon says Seoul-Beijing relations will develop further
Biden invites President-elect Yoon to White House during phone conversation
Minor progressive candidate pays tribute to late iconic leftist politician
Rep. Sim Sang-jung, the presidential candidate of the minor progressive Justice Party, pays tribute to the grave of former Rep. Roh Hoe-chan, the party's former head and an iconic leftist politician, at Moran Park in Namyangju, Gyeonggi Province, Wednesday, Election Day for the 20th presidential election. Courtesy of the Justice Party
2022-03-09 17:04
Political heavyweights, celebrities cast ballots
Political heavyweights and celebrities showed up at polling stations to cast their votes.Kim Chong-in, a veteran economist who helped President Moon Jae-in and his predecessor Park Geun-hye in their presidential campaigns, voted at a polling station in central Seoul's Jongno District.“The high early voter turnout indicates high participation by active supporters of each candi...
2022-03-09 16:44
First-time voters excited to cast their ballots, but concerned about caliber of candidates
Exit polls project Lee, Yoon in dead heat
What polls taken prior to election say
COVID-19 patients to sway presidential election
COVID-19 patients' votes have risen as a variable in what is expected to be one of the closest presidential races in Korea's history. Concerns are rising over further problems anticipated in the election agency's handling of COVID-19 patients' ballots on Election Day Wednesday, as seen during the early voting period for those who tested positive for COVID-19 by March 4.
2022-03-08 17:09
Koreans cast votes to elect new leader
Candidates make last-ditch efforts to attract swing voters
With only two days left before the March 9 presidential election, rival parties made last-ditch bids to mobilize support for their candidates and win over the hearts of swing voters whose last-minute decisions are expected to sway the final outcome of a neck-and-neck race. The parties are trying to unify their supporters, while also broadening their appeal to undecided voters...
2022-03-07 16:56
Gender divide among younger voters shapes election
Rival candidates in neck-and-neck race, but Yoon-Ahn unification effect not reflected
The two main presidential candidates, Lee Jae-myung of the ruling liberal Democratic Party of Korea (DPK) and Yoon Suk-yeol of the main opposition People Power Party (PPP), were in a neck-and-neck race in opinion polls conducted before March 2. But the effects of Yoon's unification of candidacies with Ahn Cheol-soo of the minor opposition conservative People's Party, announce...
2022-03-05 09:00
Candidates differ on how to win peace on Korean Peninsula
Rival candidates ramp up campaigns amid high early voting turnout
Tight presidential race attracting record turnout in early voting
With the two main rival parties, the ruling liberal Democratic Party of Korea (DPK) and the main opposition conservative People Power Party (PPP), actively encouraging their supporters to participate in early voting for the 20th presidential election, the turnout is expected to reach a record high. The turnout on the first day was 17.6 percent, compared with 11.7 percent from...
2022-03-04 17:38
Rival candidates in neck-and-neck race, but Yoon-Ahn unification effect not reflected
Dos and don'ts on Election Day
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Forum revisits lives of first-generation of Koreans in Hawaii
Heatwave alert issued nationwide
Korean studies and K-vibe
EV fires could hinder transition to eco-friendly vehicles
Institutional investors dump Samsung shares amid macroeconomic uncertainty
'97 group' lawmakers throw hats into DPK leadership race
Russia's messages with missiles tell West to back off
Top economic policymakers of Korea, US discuss Russian oil price cap
Shifting abortion laws cause confusion for patients, clinics
NY overhauls handgun rules in effort to preserve some limits
Afghanistan earthquake killed more than 1,000