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‘He was from Daegu’: DP lawmaker muses about relationship with late North Korean statesman

A claim has surfaced that late Kim Yong-nam, the former president of the Presidium of the Supreme People’s Assembly of North Korea, was an alumnus of Kyeongbuk High School in Daegu.

2025-11-05

DP lawmaker asks to be sent as envoy to North parliamentary leader's funeral

Following the death of Kim Yong-nam, the former chairman of North Korea's Standing Committee of the Supreme People's Assembly, Democratic Party Rep. Park Jie-won asked the South Korean government to send him as a special envoy to offer condolences.

2025-11-04

Rep. Park Jie-won says Kim Jong-un ignored his greeting at China’s Victory Day parade

Rep. Park Jie-won of the Democratic Party said he attempted to greet North Korean leader Kim Jong-un at China’s Victory Day military parade earlier this week but was snubbed.

2025-09-06

'Entirely my fault': Attorney Kim Ye-won apologizes for remark about DP rep's disability

Attorney Kim Ye-won issued a public apology on Thursday for referencing Democratic Party Rep. Park Jie-won’s disability, saying the mistake was “entirely my fault.”

2025-07-11

DP politician says South Korea must recognize North Korea as 'nuclear power'

Rep. Park Jie-won proposed recognizing North Korea as a nuclear state, prompting criticism from the People Power Party. The Democratic Party distanced itself from Park, calling his views personal.

2025-02-21

[Editorial] Does Moon really want to be forgotten?

The weird internal battle owes much to the former president himself.

2023-03-20

Former NIS chief, ex-defense minister indicted for deleting evidence in fisheries case

Prosecutors indicted without detention former National Intelligence Service (NIS) chief Park Ji-won, former Defense Minister Suh Wook and a former NIS staffer for allegedly deleting evidence related to the murder of a South Korean fisheries official.

2022-12-29

Former spy chief sticks to his story about murder at sea

Former spy chief Park Jie-won said Wednesday he did not receive instructions to delete documents related to the 2020 murder at sea of a South Korean fisheries official from former President Moon Jae-in or his top security adviser Suh Hoon.

2022-12-14

Moon's former chief of staff grilled about murder at sea

Prosecutors grilled Noh Young-min, a former presidential chief of staff, in their investigation into the murder at sea of a South Korean fisheries official by North Korean soldiers in 2020.

2022-12-13

Blue House bigwigs deny evidence fiddling in 2020 murder at sea

Top security officials from the Moon Jae-in administration denied deleting documents and mishandling the murder of a South Korean fisheries official by North Korea soldiers in September 2020.

2022-10-27