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Members of the diplomatic corps in Korea pose with keynote speakers at the 2024 Korea JoongAng Daily Forum organized by the Korea JoongAng Daily held at the Westin Josun Seoul on Wednesday. [PARK SANG-MOON]

Deregulation at heart of reform for top office in face of precarious future

The presidential regulatory reform committee will focus on cutting red tape, said its chair, while a political analyst broke down the impending landscape domestically.

2024.5.8

Rep. Park Chan-dae gives an acceptance speech after his election as the new floor leader of the Democratic Party in Seoul on Friday. [YONHAP]

Rep. Park Chan-dae elected as new DP floor leader

The majority-holding Democratic Party elected Rep. Park Chan-dae to guide the party into the 22nd National Assembly.

2024.5.3

Prosecutors send YouTuber to trial for installing election spy cameras

Prosecutors indicted a YouTuber under charges of installing spy cameras at early voting sites nationwide ahead of the April 10 general election, Incheon District Prosecutors’ Office said Tuesday.

2024.4.23

A classroom at Kangnam University in Yongin, Gyeonggi, where lawmaker-elect Kang Yu-jung used to have her classes is seen open on Wednesday. A new professor began filling in for the class the same day Kang won a proportional representative seat for the Democratic United Party. [PARK JONG-SUH]

Professors abandon students after winning seats in general election

Nine full-time professors are expected to take leave or quit their jobs after winning seats in the latest general election, leaving many university students dumbfounded at seeing a new lecturer suddenly showing up to class.

2024.4.19

President Yoon Suk Yeol, left, and Democratic Party leader Lee Jae-myung [YONHAP]

President Yoon invites DP leader Lee Jae-myung to Yongsan

President Yoon Suk Yeol on Friday called the liberal Democratic Party leader Lee Jae-myung to invite him to the presidential office next week, the presidential office said.

2024.4.19

President Yoon Suk Yeol speaks in a Cabinet meeting held at the presidential office in Yongsan, central Seoul, on Tuesday. [YONHAP]

Yoon's approval rating hits all-time low following PPP's crushing defeat

President Yoon Suk Yeol’s approval rating hit a historic low following his conservative party’s election loss last week.

2024.4.18

A stalwart dog stands guard outside a polling station set up at a book cafe in Gangdong District in eastern Seoul as voters cast their ballots for the Korean general election on April 10. [NEWS1]

Dogs at Korean election polling stations — in pictures

Meet the diligent dogs that showed up to the polls to carry out their civic duties, accompanying millions of Korean voters casting their ballots.

2024.4.18

Democratic Party leader Lee Jae-myung leaves after attending the party's supreme council meeting at the National Assembly in Yeouido, western Seoul, on Wednesday. [NEWS1]

DP chief Lee Jae-myung rejects 'populist' label over proposed cash subsidies

Democratic Party (DP) leader Lee Jae-myung on Wednesday proposed providing cash subsidies to revive people’s livelihoods, as promised during his recent election campaign, denying that the policy was "populist."

2024.4.17

Democratic Party leader Lee Jae-myung speaks during an election committee disbandment ceremony at the party's headquarters in western Seoul on last Thursday, a day after April 10 general election. [NEWS1]

First-time lawmakers mostly align with DP leader Lee

First-time lawmakers aligned with Democratic Party (DP) leader Lee Jae-myung are emerging as the party’s new mainstream following last week’s general election. Of the parliamentary debutantes, 39 lawmaker-elects have political kinship with Lee.

2024.4.16

President Yoon Suk Yeol, center, speaks on the results of last week's general election for the first time during a Cabinet meeting at the Yongsan presidential office in central Seoul on Tuesday. [PRESIDENTIAL OFFICE]

Yoon apologizes for election defeat, accepts public sentiment

President Yoon Suk Yeol "humbly accepted" the results of Wednesday's election in his first remarks on the outcome in a Cabinet meeting on Tuesday, promising to better communicate with the public.