Eager to appear communicative amid plunging approval, Yoon’s request for a meeting with opposition leader Lee Jae-myung with no agenda contrasts a history of Korean presidents finding an exit ramp from crises by working with their political opponents
In their first meeting ever after President Yoon Suk Yeol seized power in 2022, main opposition party leader Lee Jae-myung on Monday told the conservative president that his two years in office has been a "time of dominance and ruling with the absence of politics." Ahead of their first official one-on-one meeting held Monday afternoon behind doors, Lee kicked off the event by thanking Yoon for setting up th.
The Democratic Party of Korea, which holds majority control of the National Assembly, is set to pass a bill Thursday to appoint a special counsel to investigate first lady Kim Keon Hee over her alleged involvement in stock price manipulation that took place between 2010 and 2012. Under the previous Moon Jae-in administration, the Seoul Central District Prosecutors’ Office investigated the allegations against Ki.
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South Korean President Lee Myung-bak's April 15, 2008, trip to theU.S. is a valuable opportunity to affirm the strategic importanceof the U.S.-South Korea bilateral partnership and repair thestrains wrought by the previous South Korean administration'spolicies.