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Thu, March 4, 2021 | 21:33

'Spirit of the Constitution and the system of rule of law are falling apart'

'Spirit of the Constitution and the system of rule of law are falling apart'

Prosecutor General Yoon Seok-youl's offer to resign, following his continuing conflict with the ruling bloc over the latter's efforts for prosecutorial reform, was accepted by President Moon Jae-in only an hour after it was offered Thursday, according to Cheong Wa Dae. Yoon has claimed that the moves by the government and ruling Democratic Party of Korea (DPK) were undemocrat...

Do Je-hae | 2021-03-04 17:08

Ex-Seoul mayoral candidates return for another bid

Ex-Seoul mayoral candidates return for another bid

Political heavyweights of the liberal and opposition blocs are set to compete for the April 7 Seoul mayoral by-election, with parties announcing their final candidates who won tickets for the by-election through party primaries. The candidates of the major parties are not new faces but those who have run for the Seoul mayoral post in previous elections. In the case of the mai...

Jung Da-min | 2021-03-04 16:52

Public fury rising over LH workers' speculation

Public fury rising over LH workers' speculation

State-run Korea Land and Housing Corp. (LH) is facing mounting public anger after its employees were accused of using inside information on a residential area development project to speculate on land. The public is also skeptical of the government's plan to launch a thorough investigation on speculative land deals by public officials, given that the property purchases were ma...

Kang Seung-woo | 2021-03-04 16:21

Top prosecutor steps down

Top prosecutor steps down

Prosecutor General Yoon Seok-youl offered to resign Thursday, after strongly objecting to the ruling party's push to create a new state agency to fully take over investigative powers from the prosecution service. "I am offering to resign as of today," Yoon said at a brief press conference held in front of the Supreme Prosecutors Office in Seoul. "The spirits of the Constituti...

2021-03-04 14:03

Investigation into LH workers' speculative land buying to intensify

Investigation into LH workers' speculative land buying to intensify

President Moon Jae-in has ordered a thorough investigation into allegations of speculative illegal land purchases by employees of the state agency dealing with housing affairs, Cheong Wa Dae said Wednesday. Moon's instruction came a day after allegations emerged that 14 former and incumbent employees at the Korea Land & Housing Corp. (LH) and their family members purchased la...

Do Je-hae | 2021-03-03 17:02

Taking investigative power from prosecutors inconsistent with Constitution: top prosecutor

Taking investigative power from prosecutors inconsistent with Constitution: top prosecutor

Prosecutor General Yoon Seok-yeol strongly criticized a recent move by the ruling party to create another state investigative agency to limit the power of the prosecution service. "Taking investigative power away from the prosecution amounts to regression of democracy and destruction of the spirits of the Constitution," the top prosecutor said in an interview with Kookmin Dai...

2021-03-02 16:24

Long way to go before opposition's fielding of single candidate

Long way to go before opposition's fielding of single candidate

After minor opposition People's Party Chairman Ahn Cheol-soo was confirmed Monday as the winner of a third-party primary for the April 7 Seoul mayoral by-election, all eyes are now on whether it will be possible for Ahn and the main opposition People Power Party (PPP) to field a single candidate as he has been suggesting. But it is widely predicted the discussion to field a s...

Do Je-hae | 2021-03-02 16:03

Park Young-sun wins ruling party's Seoul mayoral bid

Park Young-sun wins ruling party's Seoul mayoral bid

Former Startups Minister Park Young-sun on Monday won the ruling Democratic Party's ticket to run in the Seoul mayoral by-election next month.

2021-03-01 20:22

Ahn taking step forward for Seoul mayoral by-election

Ahn taking step forward for Seoul mayoral by-election

Ahn taking step forward for Seoul mayoral by-election

Minor opposition People's Party leader Ahn Cheol-soo has overcome the first challenge to becoming a single unified candidate representing the opposition bloc in the April 7 Seoul mayoral by-election, winning a public favorability poll against former ruling party lawmaker Keum Tae-sup.Ahn's party and Keum's election camp announced, Monday, that Ahn gained larger support than K...

Kim Rahn | 2021-03-01 14:02

Park Young-sun wins ruling party's Seoul mayoral bid

Korea marks Independence Movement anniversary amid pandemic

Korea marks Independence Movement anniversary amid pandemic

Koreans are set to mark the 102nd anniversary of the March 1 Independence Movement with smaller, subdued commemorations on Monday as the nation is battling the coronavirus pandemic. The national holiday is usually observed with large ceremonies, processions and performances remembering the months of popular uprisings against Japan's colonial rule (1910-45), which started in S...

2021-03-01 09:20

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