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[News analysis] Why Yoon’s war on “vested-interest cartels” is bound to fail South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol’s persistent feud with what he refers to as “vested-interest cartels” — that is, groups that collude to monopolize government subsidies and other privileges in soc Sun, 16 Jul 2023 09:41:00 GMT
Tens of thousands of Korean health care workers go on general strike Unionized health care and medical workers in Korea went on general strike on Thursday to demand better working conditions to allow them to better care for patients. The Korean Health and Medical Worke Fri, 14 Jul 2023 17:08:45 GMT
Yoon administration mulls adding nuclear power plants, a sore subject for many After scrapping the Moon Jae-in administration’s nuclear phase-out policy, the Yoon Suk-yeol administration is now floating the possibility of building new nuclear power plants.On Monday, the Ministry Tue, 11 Jul 2023 16:35:19 GMT
Nominee for unification minister rejects Korea’s official unification policy The Hankyoreh confirmed on Monday that President Yoon Suk-yeol’s nominee for unification minister wrote negatively of the South Korean government’s official unification policy in a book he co-authored Tue, 11 Jul 2023 16:28:07 GMT
More than half of Korea opposes compulsory military service for women While some have argued that Korea needs to introduce compulsory military service for women due to a lack of male recruits owing to the country’s low birth rate, a new study finds that more than half o Mon, 10 Jul 2023 17:28:03 GMT
[Photo] Koreans protest IAEA chief’s visit While International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General Rafael Grossi visited South Korea, the group Collective Action against Japan’s Dumping of Radioactive Water into the Ocean gathered in Mon, 10 Jul 2023 16:58:43 GMT
Was Yoon the prosecutor general of “anti-state forces”? Yoon Suk-yeol is an unusual sort of president — one who is always showing more than one might ever imagine. Indeed, he was the one responsible for generating the hottest piece of political news last w Sun, 09 Jul 2023 10:34:21 GMT
Land minister scraps major expressway project after Dems allege graft for first lady’s family The Seoul-Yangpyeong Expressway development project, which has been under way for seven years, has been scrapped following allegations that the endpoint of the expressway was recently changed to a loc Fri, 07 Jul 2023 17:17:31 GMT
Veterans affairs minister whitewashes self-admitted Japanese collaborator The South Korean minister for veterans affairs said he could state with absolute certainty that the late Gen. Paik Sun-yup didn’t collaborate with the Japanese.Minister of Patriots and Veterans Affair Fri, 07 Jul 2023 17:13:11 GMT
[Interview] US should have accepted NK’s offer to shutter Yongbyon, says former SK vice foreign minister “To be honest, I didn’t really want to write it,” Choi Jong-kun said of his newly released book, “The Power of Peace.” “But as I watched the people I worked with suffer hardships with the launch of th Fri, 07 Jul 2023 17:07:42 GMT
“If the sea dies, so does Jeju”: Jeju women divers, fishers protest Fukushima water dumping “The Jeju sea grounded my life and acted as a mother to me. The sea has swallowed so many tears that I shed in the shadows. It is the best friend that has kept me alive, and the mother that has fully Fri, 07 Jul 2023 17:04:51 GMT
KCTU announces 400,000-strong general strike protesting Yoon administration The Korean Confederation of Trade Unions (KCTU) on Monday announced it will be holding a two-week general strike.In the face of attacks from the administration, the ruling People Power Party (PPP), an Tue, 04 Jul 2023 17:37:48 GMT
[Photo] A first for Korea, lesbian couple announces pregnancy at Seoul Pride Kim Kyu-jin and Kim Sae-yeon, the first openly pregnant same-sex couple in South Korea, announced that they were expecting a child together on Saturday afternoon at the 24th Seoul Queer Culture Festiv Tue, 04 Jul 2023 17:35:57 GMT
Koreans urged to take precautions on beaches amid spate of shark sightings South Koreans are being urged to show extra caution during this year’s beach season following the discovery of aggressive sharks in their surrounding waters — including great whites, a species made in Mon, 03 Jul 2023 17:18:28 GMT
Yoon’s governing by audits exposes his lack of political solutions It is becoming routine for the Yoon Suk-yeol administration in South Korea to marshal prosecutors, the Board of Audit and Inspection, the National Tax Service, and the National Intelligence Service to Mon, 03 Jul 2023 16:48:35 GMT

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