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Kakao vice president says rollback of KakaoTalk update is 'technically impossible'

Kakao Vice President Woo Young-kyu said it is "technically impossible" to roll back the recent KakaoTalk update that sparked backlash among users.

2025.10.15

Lawmakers conduct an audit into the foreign ministry at the National Assembly in Seoul on Oct. 13, 2025. [YONHAP]

Korean National Assembly to hold audit in Cambodia, requests briefing from local investigators

A Korean parliamentary committee plans to conduct an on-site audit in Cambodia next week following the tragic death of a Korean student in the Southeast Asian country, lawmakers said Monday.

2025.10.14

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Chief Justice Jo Hee-de walks into the Supreme Court building in Seocho District, southern Seoul, on Oct. 10. [YONHAP]

Lee's first audit to start amid PPP calls for Jo to attend as witness

Korea’s first parliamentary audit under President Lee Jae Myung’s administration begins Monday and will continue through Nov. 6, covering 17 standing committees. It will address both Lee’s policies and those from the previous administration.

2025.10.13

President Lee Jae Myung speaks at a senior officials meeting at the Presidential Office in Yongsan District, central Seoul, on Oct. 2. [JOINT PRESS CORPS]

Lee urges complete audit cooperation from both sides

President Lee Jae Myung on Sunday ordered all government ministries and agencies to actively cooperate with the upcoming National Assembly audit, regardless of political affiliation.

2025.10.12

Kim Jung-joong, head of the Adidas Korea store owners' committee, speaks while holding an Adidas shoe at a parliamentary audit hearing held at the National Assembly building on Monday. Adidas Korea general manager Peter Kwak, far right, also attended to give a testimony on the Korean branch's alleged unfair practices toward its franchise stores. [YONHAP]

Lawmakers blast Adidas Korea chief for unsporting conduct in unfair practices audit

Adidas Korea general manager Peter Kwak faced accusations of time wasting for communicating through a translator in a parliamentary audit on alleged unfair practices.

2024.10.22

National Election Commission (NEC) Chairman Rho Tae-ak, left, takes questions during a parliamentary audit from lawmakers of the Public Administration and Security Committee at the National Assembly in western Seoul on Friday. [NEWS1]

Rival parties clash over alleged hacking vulnerabilities in election watchdog

The rival parties locked horns over alleged cybersecurity vulnerabilities in the state-run election watchdog's voting and ballot counting systems during a parliamentary audit of the National Election Commission (NEC) Friday.

2023.10.13

Final call

Government officials prepare for a parliamentary audit at the National Assembly in Yeouido, western Seoul, Tuesday. The National Assembly began its last annual audit before the general elections slated for April next year.

2023.10.10

Heads of Kakao, Naver and SK C&C swear to tell the truth before answering questions from lawmakers over a recent fire that broke out at an SK C&C data center and knocked out Kakao services for over 13 hours, during an audit held at the National Assembly on Monday. From left are: Kakao founder Kim Beom-su; Naver CEO Choi Soo-yeon; Naver founder Lee Hae-jin; and SK C&C CEO Park Sung-ha. [JOINT PRESS CORPS]

Kakao admits mistakes in server outage and shifts blame

Kakao's CEO described to the National Assembly on Monday the rookie mistake that took down 32,000 of the company's servers and with them what has become critical national infrastructure. He also shifted blame for the outage to SK C&C, operator of ...

2022.10.24

Kim Beom-su, chairman of Kakao, takes a vow before answering questions from lawmakers during an audit held at the National Assembly on Tuesday. Kim was summoned on Tuesday for the audit held by the National Policy Committee of the National Assembly, along with Joh Sung-wook, chairperson of the Fair Trade Commission (FTC), and the CEOs of tech companies such as Yanolja. Kang Han-seung, representative director of Coupang, did not take part due to “health issues.” [JOINT PRESS CORPS]

Kakao chairman apologies for aggressive expansion

Kakao Chairman Kim Beom-su apologized for recent controversies surrounding his company K Cube Holdings and Kakao’s aggressive expansion into businesses previously dominated by smaller companies during a parliamentary audit held Tuesday. “We ...

2021.10.5

Audit time

The corridors are bustling as the annual parliamentary audit takes place Wednesday at the National Assembly in Yeouido, western Seoul. The 20-day audit period runs through Oct. 26. [YONHAP]

2020.10.7