Former presidential AI secretary Ha Jung-woo is under fire after footage of him rubbing and flicking his hands after shaking hands with merchants at a Busan market, which opponents attacked as "treating voters like insects."
The ruling Democratic Party is pushing back hard after Republican lawmakers from the U.S. House of Representatives urged Korean Ambassador Kang Kyung-wha to stop pressuring Coupang, reopening political tensions between Seoul and Washington.
President Lee Jae Myung's approval rating inched down slightly for the first time in three weeks to 66 percent, a poll showed Friday.
The government and the ruling Democratic Party (DP) confirmed on Wednesday their plans to launch the country's first comprehensive survey of farmland ownership in an effort to prevent farmland from being used as a speculative asset.
The ruling and main opposition parties said Monday they agreed to pass a 25 trillion-won ($16.5 billion) extra budget bill proposed by the government by April 10.
If "objective obsession" is real, then it would be a highly desirable trait for a president, the holder of the highest power.
Questions are growing over whether the opposition party can present itself as a viable counterpoint to the dominant ruling party before the election — to the point where voters may feel compelled to worry about the party themselves.
After U.S. President Donald Trump called for Korea and others to deploy "War Ships" to the Strait of Hormuz, Seoul said such a move would require parliamentary approval — which a growing faction of the People Power Party wants to give.
Rep. Jang Kyung-tae of the ruling Democratic Party (DP), who is facing sexual harassment allegations, said Friday he will leave the party and seek to prove his innocence.
A police committee recommended Thursday that Rep. Jang Kyung-tae of the ruling Democratic Party be referred to prosecutors over allegations that he sexually harassed a female aide.
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