South Korean Political parties

Cheers all round for Obama in Korea

After troublesome stopovers in Japan and China, United States President Barack Obama ended his swing through Asia on a high in South Korea, with US troops jubilant after a rousing speech. The feel-good factor was boosted by a...

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KBS Board of Directors names former Lee aide Kim In-kyu as candidate for President

Kim In-kyu, the former campaign aide for President Lee Myung-bak during his campaign for presidency, has been selected as the candidate for KBS president. Severe conflicts within KBS are expected to o..

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HFRC convenes Busan symposium on peace in Northeast Asia

The fifth annual Hakyoreh-Busan International Symposium on the subject of communication and peace in Northeast Asia organized by the Hankyoreh Foundation for Reunification and Culture (HFRC) began Thu..

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GNP may scale Four Major Rivers Restoration Project to appease opposition

With the ruling Grand National Party (GNP) and opposition parties at each others throats over the budget of the Four Major Rivers Restoration Project, which is drawing fire for being unreasonable, eve..

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[Editorial] NA's responsibility to eliminate procedural irregularities incurred during media...

An authoritative interpretation has been presented for the Constitutional Court’s ruling on the media-related legislation recently railroaded by the ruling Grand National Party (GNP). At a meeting of ..

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SKorean Farmers Protest Against Free Trade With US

SKorean Farmers Protest Against Free Trade With US, More than twenty thousand South Korean farmers rallied on Tuesday to denounce free trade with the United States, ahead of US President Barack Obama’s visit to the country. In...

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Democratic Party officially opposes Afghanistan troop redeployment

As President Lee Myung-bak continued to stress the need on Monday for redeploying South Korean troops to Afghanistan in a gesture of becoming a “Global Korea,” the Democratic Party (DP) reached a form..

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Adoption reform in South Korea as though children mattered

Democratic Party (DP) Lawmaker Choi Young-hee is sponsoring a bill to amend the Special Act Relating to the Promotion and Procedure of Adoption that has been co-authored by a coalition of adoptees and..

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Lee administration begins second stage of broadcast media takeover

Although the Lee Myung-bak government’s attempts to control the media have been subject to a string of unfavorable court rulings, administration authorities remain resolute in their efforts to tame th..

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Catching the Media Control Bug

A new type of influenza called the “Media Control Influenza” has begun to spread through South Korea. Experts are saying the influenza may have likely originated in the Cheong Wa Dae (the presidential office in South Korea or...

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