Posted : 2021-02-05 09:07
Updated : 2021-02-07 19:17
Justice Party chairman Kim Jong-cheol speaks during a New Year press conference at the National Assembly in Yeouido, Seoul. Jan. 20. He was expelled and stripped of his party membership for sexually harassing a fellow lawmaker on Jan. 15. It was the first time the head of an established political party was removed due to sexual misconduct. Yonhap
By Yi Whan-woo
The latest sexual harassment allegations involving former Justice Party Chairman Kim Jong-cheol raise questions over why sexual violence is being repeated in politics, despite campaigns to prevent it.
Last month, Kim admitted to sexually harassing Jang Hye-young, a female lawmaker, after having dinner together on Jan. 15. He was dismissed from his leadership post and stripped of his party membership.
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SEOUL (Reuters) - A swarm of online traders in South Korea is taking a leaf from the Reddit horde in the United States to quash a government plan to lift a pandemic-imposed ban on short-selling, triggering a rally in the most shorted-stocks such as Celltrion on Monday.
FILE PHOTO: The logo of Celltrion is seen at company s headquarters in Incheon, South Korea, October 28, 2016. REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji
Almost 30,000 investors of the Korea Stockholders Alliance have come together at a membership-based forum at naver.com, signing online petitions and staging downtown demonstrations calling for permanent ban on short selling of shares.
Political row intensifies over suspicions of North Korea s nuclear plant plan
Posted : 2021-01-31 16:04
Updated : 2021-02-01 11:11
Na Kyung-won, third from left, a Seoul mayoral by-election hopeful of the main opposition People Power Party, joins civic activists advocating nuclear energy during a protest in front of Cheong Wa Dae, Sunday. Na asked President Moon Jae-in and his government to clarify allegations that they attempted to help North Korea build a nuclear power plant, countering Moon s nuclear energy phase-out policy. Yonhap
By Yi Whan-woo
Controversy is escalating over whether the government clandestinely attempted to help North Korea build a nuclear power plant in 2018 during a short-lived reconciliatory mood between the two Koreas.
Political row intensifies over suspicions of North Korea s nuclear plant plan
Posted : 2021-01-31 16:04
Updated : 2021-02-01 11:11
Na Kyung-won, third from left, a Seoul mayoral by-election hopeful of the main opposition People Power Party, joins civic activists advocating nuclear energy during a protest in front of Cheong Wa Dae, Sunday. Na asked President Moon Jae-in and his government to clarify allegations that they attempted to help North Korea build a nuclear power plant, countering Moon s nuclear energy phase-out policy. Yonhap
By Yi Whan-woo
Controversy is escalating over whether the government clandestinely attempted to help North Korea build a nuclear power plant in 2018 during a short-lived reconciliatory mood between the two Koreas.
Moon seeks turnaround with New Year press conference
Posted : 2021-01-17 16:08
Updated : 2021-01-17 20:30
Media staff set up a stage in Cheong Wa Dae, Friday, for President Moon Jae-in s New Year press conference to be broadcast live at 10 a.m. Monday. Yonhap
By Yi Whan-woo
President Moon Jae-in will hold a New Year press conference, Monday, seeking a turnaround in his sinking approval ratings, according to political analysts.
The conference comes less than three months before the mayoral by-elections in Seoul and Busan, which are considered a major litmus test for the 2022 presidential election.
Moon s approval ratings have remained at a record-low 38 percent for two consecutive weeks, according to a Gallup Korea poll released Friday.