Marking the 74th anniversary of the death of Homer B. Hulbert, an American who helped Korea s independence movement in its struggle against Japanese colonization, on Thursday, Hulbert Memorial Society president Kim Dong-jin reiterated his call to the Korean government and the public to pay more attention to foreign independence fighters.
President Yoon Suk Yeol instructed the government Friday to provide unlimited air-conditioned buses and refrigerator trucks to protect young participants of the World Scout Jambore.
The main opposition Democratic Party (DP) could submit a motion next week demanding a parliamentary probe into allegations the government changed the route of an expressway project to help the family of first lady Kim Keon Hee profit from it, an official said Friday.
Korean, Japanese opposition to join to protest water release plan Asia News Network (ANN) is the leading regional alliance of news titles striving to bring the region closer, through an active sharing of editorial content on happenings in the region.
Lawmakers from South Korea's opposition flew to Japan on Monday to join forces with their Japanese counterparts in a show of protest against Tokyo's plan to dispose of some 1.33 million metric tons of radioactive wastewater accumulated and stored in the destroyed Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant. On Tuesday, 11 lawmakers of the liberal opposition bloc nine from the main opposition Democratic Party o.