President Yoon Suk Yeol is expected to name a new presidential chief of staff, Sunday at the earliest, in what would be his first move to overhaul state affairs after a resounding defeat in last week s General Election, sources at the presidential office said Saturday.
All attention is on President Yoon Suk Yeol s pick to replace Prime Minister Han Duck-soo, who offered to resign as a gesture of accountability for the ruling People Power Party s (PPP) crushing defeat in the general elections on Wednesday.
Opposition lawmakers called on President Yoon Suk Yeol on Friday to personally apologize for his party s defeat in this week s parliamentary elections and hold a meeting with oppos.
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Clouds are hovering over the government’s attempts to seek a breakthrough with medical circles, a week after it left the door open for talks, as doctors refuse to bend and as the government locks horns within the ruling bloc over the expansion plan. An emergency response committee comprising medical professors from 20 schools on Saturday demanded that Second Vice Health Minister Park Min-soo be excluded from ma.