SEOUL– The leader of the main opposition Democratic Party (DP), Lee Jae-myung, said Monday he cannot attend a prosecution questioning over bribery allegations surrounding corporate donations to a football club later this week but will arrange another date to respond to the probe. Last week, the Suwon District Prosecutors Office asked Lee to appear … Read more
SEOUL– Prime Minister Han Duck-soo canceled his weekly meeting with President Yoon Suk Yeol on Monday after one of his aides tested positive for COVID-19, the Prime Minister’s Office said. The president and prime minister meet at the presidential office every Monday to discuss state affairs, usually over lunch. An aide to Han … Read more
SEOUL– South Korea plans to sell 10.5 trillion won (US$8.2 billion) in state bonds next month, the finance ministry said Monday. The ministry will issue 1.9 trillion won in Treasurys with a maturity of three years and another 1.8 trillion won in five-year government bonds in January, according to the Ministry of Economy and … Read more
SEOUL– A court on Monday temporarily suspended a disciplinary measure to demote an Air Force brigadier general by one rank to colonel for mishandling a sexual assault case that led to the suicide death of a female soldier. The Seoul Administrative Court ruled in favor of an appeal by Jeon Ik-soo, the chief legal … Read more
SEOUL/HOENGSEONG– Five North Korean drones intruded across the inter-Korean border with one of them having flown over northern Seoul on Monday, officials here said, prompting South Korea to send its own unmanned vehicles into the North in a “corresponding” step. The South’s military detected the unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) in border areas of Gyeonggi … Read more
SEOUL– Yongsan Ward office chief Park Hee-young was arrested Monday on charges of failing to take steps to prevent and promptly respond to the deadly crowd crush in Seoul’s Itaewon neighborhood. The Seoul Western District Court issued an arrest warrant for Park, who is accused of professional negligence resulting in death for failing to … Read more