A total of over 20 former prime ministers, National Assembly speakers and other top leaders of the Republic of Korea had an emergency meeting at the Lotte Hotel in Seoul on Nov. 27, 2016, and urged President Park Geun-hye to step down as President within the next four months.Then they urged the Nati

“Chairmen of Korea’s top jaebeol business groups are trembling with extreme fear,” said Chosun Ilbo, a leading Korean-language daily said this morning (Nov. 9). Trembling are the big bosses of the top Korean jaebeol business groups, including Samsung, SK, Lotte, POSCO, KT and a number others.It said

President Park Geun-hye agreed on Nov. 8, 2016 that she would cancel her appointment of Kim Byong-joon as prime minister and appoint one whomever is recommended by the National Assembly. This was reported by Korean-language daily, Dong-A Ilbo, this morning. She had appointed Kim as prime minister si

The opposition camp now no longer wants the withdrawal of President Park Geun-hye from active duty to the ‘second line’ but to step down altogether as President.According to the Korean-language daily, Chosun Ilbo, on Nov. 7, 2016, now the opposition leaders want President Park ‘out of the office.’ F

“I will use my power 100% and form an all-party cabinet,” disclosed newly appointed Prime Minister Kim Byong-joon at an informal meeting with reporters yesterday. According to Korean-language newspapers this morning (Nov. 4, 2016), including Hankyoreh, Kim stated that he will wield to the fullest po

Newly appointed Prime Kim Byong-joon served as a policy secretary to the late President Roh Mu-hyeon's, a liberal figure who is still admired by many people in the opposition camp. The 62-year-old new prime minister graduated from Yeungnam University in southern Korea and served as a professor a

President Park Geun-hye appointed yesterday Prof. Kim Byong-joon of Kook University as new prime minister to succeed former PM Hwang Kyo-ahn.President Park also reshuffled the deputy prime minister for economic affairs appointing former Chairman Yim Jong-yong of the Financial Commission as new DPM.

The Korean-language newspapers editorially questioned the existence of merit in the statements made by President Park Geun-hye following the news on the inappropriate behaviors of Mrs. Choi Sun-sil.The mass-circulated Korean-language daily newspaper, Dong-A Ilbo, questioned on Oct. 26, 2016: “Is the

President Park Geun-hye made an apology on Oct. 25, 2016 concerning the leaking of confidential documents including key Presidential speeches to Mrs. Choi Soon-sil. Excerpts from her apology follow:Since the last National Assembly elections, Mrs. Choi has offered me her opinion on how my election sp

By Lee Kyung-sikPublisher, The Korea Post Korean government officials, journalists, school teachers and other people in public services are in a state of Jeon-jeon Geung-geung (“fear-stricken and trebling”). This is because the so-called Kim Young-ran anti-graft law came in effect on Sept. 28, 2016.

On January 22, 2013, the Philippines, as a member of the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), filed a lawsuit against China to the Arbitral Tribunal, constituted under Annex VII to the UNCLOS. According to the lawsuit, China’s claims and activities in the South China Sea ar

Ahn Cheol-soo quit the second opposition People’s Party as its co-chairman yesterday (June 30). What is he really up to? Does he really mean to quit politics altogether?It appears that he won’t.In the eyes of many objective political observers in Korea, Ahn did well when he gave up the chairmanship

Co-Chairman Ahn Cheol-soo and Chun Jung-bae of the second opposition People’s Party announced today (June 29) that they were quitting the party’s co-chairmanship in assumption of the recent scandal involving some of the party lawmakers.According to a Korean-language daily Chosun Ilbo report this mor

In many latest public opinion polls on the Presidential hopefuls in Korea, Secretary General Ban Ki-moon of the United Nations leads the race as the possible Presidential candidate of the ruling Saenuri Party. However, the margin is not that large these days compared with the past polls where Ban ha

President Park Geun-hye returned to Korea on May 4, 2016 from her official state visit to Iran reportedly achieving a huge success in her economic diplomacy. According to an article contributed by Minister of Foreign Affairs Yun Byung-se to Maeil Kyungje business daily on May 5, 2016, during her vis

The following article was contributed to The Korea Post by Shan Shilei, chief of the Seoul Bureau of the Legal Daily of China, for publication by The Korea Post. Views expressed in the article are the author’s own and in no way represent the views or position of The Korea Post media.?Ed.The relative

Major Korean news media have recently published their estimates of the results of the general elections slated for April 13, 2016. They varied from one another although not very substantially. They figures were 150 seats for the ruling Saenuri Party, 110 seats for the Minjoo Party and 40 seats for t

The Republic of Korea (ROK) in the south, the United States, the People’s Republic of China and almost all the other countries of the world appear to be determined to discourage Chairman Kim Jong-un of North Korea from continuing nuclear armament and blackmailing. ▲Publisher-Chariman Lee Kyung-sik o

Who is the wealthiest National Assembly member in Korea? The wealthiest lawmaker in Korea is Rep. Ahn Cheol-soo of the People’s Party with properties valued at a total of some 162.9 billion won, which represented an increase of abpit 84.17 billion won. This was disclosed by the National Assembly Eth

By Lee Kyung-sik,Publisher, The Korea Post.The National Assembly general elections are only a little over three weeks away and Korea Gallup has recently disclosed an opinion survey on the prospects of the winning parties on the decisive day of April 13, 2016.The results of the polls taken on March 1