Minor Justice Party leader Lee Jeong-mi has proposed the prioritization of a partial constitutional amendment to adopt a runoff system in presidential elections.In a New Year’s press conference at the National Assembly on Tuesday, Lee said there is no …
Continue ReadingSEOUL– Former four-term lawmaker Na Kyung-won tendered her written resignation as vice chair of the presidential committee on low birthrates Friday, giving rise to widespread views that she is likely to declare a run for leader of the ruling People Po…
Continue ReadingSEOUL– The Supreme Court has finalized a ruling that ordered damages payment totaling 251.4 million won (US$202,400) to investors over a service outage at the country’s largest cryptocurrency exchange Bithumb, officials said Friday.Transaction service…
Continue ReadingSEOUL– A former official of McDonald’s Korea and two others were acquitted Friday on charges of lying about the amount of tainted patties in its inventory in an attempt to avoid administrative measures.An appellate division of the Seoul Central Distri…
Continue ReadingSEOUL– An appellate court on Thursday ordered additional compensation to be paid to the bereaved families of those killed in the 2014 sinking of the Sewol ferry, acknowledging their privacy rights were infringed by a state body’s surveillance of them….
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