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Lee Jae myung speaks at the Real Estate Policy Forum at KBS in western Seoul on July 23 as attendees watch.

Bus housing idea deepens Seoul supply backlash (KOR)

A ruling party lawmaker’s proposal to turn retired buses into youth housing has intensified criticism that the government lacks credible answers to the Seoul area housing crunch.

2026.8.10

Bus housing idea deepens Seoul supply backlash

A ruling party lawmaker’s proposal to turn retired buses into youth housing has intensified criticism that the government lacks credible answers to the Seoul area housing crunch.

2026.8.9

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K-water raided in Hwang Hee probe

The police announced a raid on K-water, a government agency overseeing water resources development, as part of a probe investigating corruption charges against Democratic Party (DP) Rep. Hwang Hee.

2022.5.12

Hwang Hee, Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism, talks to local reporters at the Seoul Government Complex in Gwanghwamun in central Seoul on Tuesday. [YONHAP]

Culture minister proposes Culture Olympics to IOC head

Culture minister Hwang Hee, who recently returned to Korea from the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympic Games, met with local reporters Tuesday and said he recommended that the International Olympic Committee (IOC) launch a Culture Olympics along with the...

2022.2.22

Seoul’s Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Hwang Hee, who will head the South Korean government delegation to the Beijing Winter Olympics which kicks off next week, attends a ceremony to launch the national team at the Olympic Hall in Songpa District, southern Seoul, Tuesday. [JOINT PRESS CORPS]

Sports minister to head Korea's delegation to Beijing Olympics

Seoul's Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Hwang Hee will head the South Korean government delegation to the Beijing Olympics which kicks off next week, despite a diplomatic boycott of the Winter Games by the United States and some of its allies

2022.1.25

Hwang Hee, the minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism, on the far left, hosted a conference about copyright issues related to music at the ministry's office in Yongsan, central Seoul. [YONHAP]

Chatting copyrights

Hwang Hee, the minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism, hosted a conference about copyright issues related to music at the ministry's office in Yongsan, central Seoul on Tuesday with seven other representatives from related associations.

2021.3.9

Hwang Hee, newly appointed minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism speaks to local press on Thursday in central Seoul. [YONHAP]

New culture minister discusses everything from kimichi to North

Hwang Hee, the newly appointed minister of Culture Sports and Tourism, met with local reporters for the first time on Thursday in central Seoul and said that promoting Korea and its culture overseas is one of the three main goals he’s set for ...

2021.2.25

Rep. Lee Dal-gon, front, of the opposition People Power Party leaves a meeting of the National Assembly's Committee on Culture, Sports and Tourism on Wednesday after protesting the ruling Democratic Party's endorsement of Rep. Hwang Hee as a new minister of culture. [YONHAP]

President pushes through his pick for culture minister

President Moon Jae-in on Wednesday appointed a two-term lawmaker as minister of culture, sports and tourism.

2021.2.10

In this file photo, Rep. Hwang Hee of the Democratic Party (DP) speaks at the Land, Infrastructure and Transport Committee's audit of the Land Ministry on Oct. 2, 2019. President Moon Jae-in named Hwang as minister of culture, sports and tourism on Wednesday. [YONHAP]

To the loyalists go the spoils in Moon administration

President Moon Jae-in on Wednesday named two ruling party lawmakers as ministers, relying on loyalists to run the cabinet.

2021.1.20