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President Lee Jae Myung speaks at a Cabinet meeting at the presidential office in Yongsan, central Seoul, on Sept. 9. [JOINT PRESS CORPS]

President Lee rhetorically focuses on 'persons,' 'economy' during first 100 days in office

As he marks his 100th day in office on Thursday, Lee has leaned heavily on one word in particular in public remarks: “person." He used the term 230 times, second only to “citizens,” which appeared 416 times as his usual way of addressing the public.

2025.9.10

U.S. President Donald Trump delivers a speech marking his 100th day in office at Macomb County Community College Sports Expo Center in Warren, Michigan, on April 29. [AFP/YONHAP]

Trump says he wants to be the next pope

U.S. President Donald Trump joked that he would like to become the next pope, as the Vatican prepares to select a new pontiff.

2025.4.30

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U.S. President Donald Trump arrives to deliver a speech marking his 100th day in office at Macomb County Community College Sports Expo Center in Warren, Michigan, on April 29. [AFP/YONHAP]

Trump touts his accomplishments at 100 days but at times falls short on the facts

In a visit Tuesday to Warren, Michigan, President Donald Trump celebrated his first 100 days back in office by touting his accomplishments, while embellishing some and misrepresenting others.

2025.4.30

U.S. President Donald Trump walks down the colonnade to the Oval Office after arriving on Marine One at the White House in Washington on April 27. [REUTERS/YONHAP]

White House focuses on border crackdown as it marks 100 days of Trump's second term

The White House on Monday opened a weeklong celebration of Donald Trump’s first 100 days in office by focusing on his border crackdown.

2025.4.29

The Olympic flame is passed from one torch to the next during a ceremony to mark the start of the 2024 Gangwon Youth Olympics torch relay at Seoul Plaza in central Seoul on Wednesday. [GANGWON YOUTH OLYMPICS ORGANIZING COMMITTEE]

Torch relay begins for 2024 Gangwon Youth Olympics

The nationwide torch relay for the 2024 Gangwon Youth Olympics started Wednesday at Seoul Plaza in central Seoul, marking 100 days before the Games begin.

2023.10.12

Big day approaches

Students at Masan Girls' High School in Changwon, South Gyeongsang, study in a classroom on Tuesday, just 100 days before they take the College Scholastic Ability Test, the annual national college entrance exam…

2023.8.8

Seoul Mayor Oh Se-hoon during an interview with the Korea JoongAng Daily on Aug. 12 [PARK SANG-MOON]

Seoul's only four-term mayor finishes 100 days

In the first 100 days, he faced challenges including record rainfall, a backlash over a new garbage incineration plant, and a shortage of late-night taxis.

2022.10.11

President Yoon Suk-yeol holds his first full press conference to mark his 100th day in office at the Yongsan presidential office in central Seoul on Wednesday. [JOINT PRESS CORPS]

Yoon Suk-yeol not looking for regime change in North Korea

President Yoon Suk-yeol said that he doesn't want regime change in North Korea but stopped short of offering security guarantees to the Kim Jong-un regime.

2022.8.17

President Yoon Suk-yeol is surrounded by reporters in his first “doorstepping” session back from summer vacation at the Yongsan presidential office in central Seoul on Aug. 8. [NEWS1]

Yoon Suk-yeol's approval rating squeaks above 30%

President Yoon Suk-yeol's approval ratings rebounded to over 30 percent for the first time in eight weeks in a recent poll, just ahead of his 100th day in office on Wednesday.

2022.8.15