South Korea s Defense Minister Lee Jong-sup will leave for Singapore later this week to attend an annual security forum, his ministry said Thursday, in an effort to rally international support for Seoul s efforts to address evolving North Korean threats.
One of the biggest changes since President Yoon Suk Yeol took office on May 10 last year was the relocation of the presidential office from Cheong Wa Dae to what used to be the def.
The presidential office on Friday expressed its gratitude to families of Japan s wartime forced labor victims, who agreed to receive compensation from a South Korean public fund.
President Yoon Suk-yeol is struggling with setting a balance in his tense relationship with the press. He is trying to style himself as a president encouraging reporters role of monitoring and checking his power, but at the same time he invites controversy by introducing unpredictable measures to dispel what he believes to be “fake news.” During the first six months of his presidency, Yoon has been keeping a routine of taking thorny questions from reporters on his way to the presidential office almost every day, a practice not employed by any of his predecessors.
The future of former ruling People Power Party (PPP) Chairman Lee Jun-seok, once regarded as a promising young politician, is at a crossroads following the party s decision to suspend him from party affairs for an additional year. The added punishment suspending the 37-year-old s party membership until January 2024 means that it will be impossible for Lee to run for the party leadership again at its national convention expected to take place early next year.