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Colossal government revamp is needed (KOR)

If personal connections are involved in the recruitment for the presidential office, it must be stopped immediately as President Yoon championed the value of fairness more than anyone else.

2022.7.29

Colossal government revamp is needed

If personal connections are involved in the recruitment for the presidential office, it must be stopped immediately as President Yoon championed the value of fairness more than anyone else.

2022.7.28

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Yoon Suk-yeol of the conservative People Power Party (PPP) holds up bouquets after he was confirmed president-elect early Thursday at the National Assembly in Yeouido, western Seoul. [YONHAP]

In victory's flush, Yoon promises national unity

Yoon Suk-yeol of the conservative People Power Party (PPP) emphasized a message of national unity after being elected Korea's president for the next five years.

2022.3.10

No more political vendetta (KOR)

It was inappropriate for Yoon Suk-yeol, presidential candidate of the main opposition People Power Party (PPP), to stress the need for an investigation of the so-called wrongdoings committed under the Moon Jae-in government. When...

2022.2.14

No more political vendetta

2022.2.13

Opposition People Power Party’s presidential candidate Yoon Seok-youl stands at a distance from the memorial altar inside the May 18 National Cemetery on Wednesday, his way blocked by protesters and members of the May Mothers Association. [NEWS1]

[THINK ENGLISH] 반대자들에 가로 막힌 윤석열의 5.18묘지 참배

Physical clashes occurred at the May 18 National Cemetery ahead of a Wednesday visit to Gwangju by main opposition People Power Party (PPP) presidential candidate Yoon Seok-youl. The former prosecutor general visited the cemetery to pay respects to..

2021.11.16

Will investigations continue?

NHK airs one historical drama every year in Japan. The historical figure that becomes the main character normally makes the news, and their popularity tends to boom. The fierce — and lonely — struggle of Prosecutor General Yoon...

2020.12.2

Justice Minister Choo Mi-ae attends a ceremony at the National Assembly on Friday to launch a committee to pick the first chief of the country's new Corruption Investigation Office for High-Ranking Officials. [YONHAP]

Prosecutors join criticism of justice minister

Tensions between the Moon Jae-in administration and state prosecution service are reaching a boiling point as a growing number of prosecutors openly speak out against Minister of Justice Choo Mi-ae’s prosecutorial reform drive.

2020.11.1

A statue symbolizing victims of Japanese wartime sexual slavery in Jongno District, central Seoul, on Monday is seen with a sign calling for the imprisonment of lawmaker-elect Yoon Mee-hyang, who has been questioned over her financial transparency by Lee Yong-soo, a 'comfort woman' survivor. Two youth groups clashed over the placement of the sign that day. [YONHAP]

Prosecutor general orders 'speedy' probe of civic group

Prosecutor General Yoon Seok-yeol has ordered the Supreme Prosecutors' Office to quickly investigate allegations of financial fraud against an advocacy group for victims of Japan's wartime sexual slavery.

2020.5.26