Lee Jong-sup, the former minister of national defense who was recently appointed as ambassador to Australia, faced protests by opposition parties as he arrived at the airport on Sunday to depart for Brisbane. Rep. Hong Ihk-pyo, the Democratic Party of Korea floor leader, held a protest at the Incheon Airport terminal for international flights and said that Lee being sent abroad as an ambassador was a demonstration of.
A case that involved a high-level prosecutor drafting criminal complaints targeting Democratic Party figures in cooperation with a conservative lawmaker has shined a light on the omerta-like bond among powerful prosecutors, who are increasingly wading into Korea’s political scene
Kim Seong-jin, a former presidential secretary under the previous Moon Jae-in administration, is seeking a seat in the National Assembly in the upcoming April 10 general elections, saying President Yoon Suk Yeol s economic policies are not improving people s livelihoods.
During the time that a high-ranking prosecutor conspired to file criminal complaints against political figures, Yoon was serving as head of the prosecution service and his close ally Han Dong-hoon was exchanging messages with the prosecutor in question