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With the National Assembly speaker preparing to leave the country for a trip to the United States without putting to a vote under his jurisdiction several controversial bills, Park Jie-won called him “a son of bitch.”

2024.5.1

National Assembly Speaker Kim Jin-pyo, center, and other Korean lawmakers attend a signboard hanging ceremony for the Korea Interparliamentary Exchange Center in Washington on Tuesday. [YONHAP]

Korea-U.S. interparliamentary exchange center opens in Washington

South Korean and U.S. lawmakers on Tuesday celebrated the launch of a Washington-based platform dedicated to promoting cooperation between their legislatures as part of efforts to support the two countries' growing partnerships.

2024.4.17

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National Assebly Speaker Kim Jin-pyo at an event on Wednesday. [YONHAP]

National Assembly speaker sets Dec. 23 as budget deadline

The DP and the People Power Party (PPP) have failed to reach an agreement by two previous deadlines that were set by the speaker — Dec. 15 and 19 — since passing the legal deadline on Dec. 9.

2022.12.21

President Yoon Suk-yeol, left, and National Assembly Speaker Kim Jin-pyo walk out of the National Assembly building in Yeouido, western Seoul, on Oct. 25, 2022. [JOINT PRESS CORPS]

President Yoon Suk-yeol invited National Assembly Speaker Kim Jin-pyo to presidential residence

President Yoon Suk-yeol invited National Assembly Speaker Kim Jin-pyo to the presidential residence in Yongsan last Friday for a private dinner, sources revealed Tuesday.

2022.12.13

Interior Minister Lee Sang-min leaves the National Assembly in Yeouido, western Seoul on Thursday after the liberal Democratic Party presented a motion of no-confidence against him for his handling of the Oct. 29 fatal crowd crush in Itaewon. [NEWS1]

No confidence motion set against interior minister

The Democratic Party (DP) submitted a no-confidence motion against Interior Minister Lee Sang-min to a plenary session of the National Assembly Thursday, setting the stage for a floor vote on Friday.

2022.12.8

National Assembly Speaker Kim Jin-pyo, right, enters his office at the National Assembly on Friday. [YONHAP]

Parties resume negotiations over next year's budget bill

Korea's main political parties resumed negotiations Sunday over the government's budget proposal for next year, which the National Assembly failed to pass by Friday's legal deadline.

2022.12.4

National Assembly Speaker Kim Jin-pyo, left, and Ethiopian President Sahle-Work Zewde pose for a photo as they meet for talks in Addis Ababa on Sunday. [NATIONAL ASSEMBLY]

Assembly speaker, Ethiopian president discuss economic cooperation

Korea's National Assembly Speaker Kim Jin-pyo has held talks with Ethiopian President Sahle-Work Zewde in Addis Ababa to discuss ways to bolster economic cooperation between the two countries, according to Kim's office.

2022.10.10

National Assembly Speaker Kim Jin-pyo speaks to the reporters on Aug. 21. [YONHAP]

Assembly speaker Kim to promote Busan Expo in Spain, Portugal

National Assembly Speaker Kim Jin-pyo will visit Spain and Poland starting this week with a focus on promoting Korea's bid to host the 2030 World Expo and expanding energy cooperation, his office said Thursday.

2022.9.8

Welcome the consultative body

The government and the two rival parties must cooperate to improve the lives of the people after the pandemic and the Ukraine war.

2022.8.22

President Yoon Suk-yeol, right, shakes hands with Bill Gates, co-founder of Microsoft, at the presidential office in Yongsan District, central Seoul, on Tuesday afternoon. [JOINT PRESS CORPS]

Bill Gates implores Korea to step up to global health plate

Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates asked Korea to play a leadership role in combatting infectious diseases like Covid-19 in a speech to the National Assembly in Seoul Tuesday.

2022.8.16