Seoul, July 16 (IANS) South Korea’s police said Thursday they have applied for an arrest warrant for a woman who staged a solo blockade of a vote counting centre last month amid protests demanding a rerun of the June 3 local elections. The woman is accused of standing outside a door to the Olympic Park Handball Gymnasium in southern Seoul, which had been used as a ballot counting centre, on June 16 and preventing sports groups based at the stadium from entering.The woman had refused to move desp…
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Seoul, June 9 (IANS) South Korean Prime Minister Kim Min-seok said on Tuesday he seriously takes the shocking shortage of ballot papers at dozens of polling stations in last week’s nationwide local elections, stressing that suffrage is the foundation of democracy. Kim made the remark at the start of a youth policy meeting with related ministers, saying he was ashamed of the incident.”We should have been more sensitive to such issues and should’ve responded more quickly to come up with solutions,…
Seoul, June 8 (IANS) South Korea’s Prime Minister nominee Han Seong-sook said Monday she will put top priority on improving the people’s livelihoods if confirmed as the country’s No. 2 official. President Lee Jae Myung designated Han as successor to outgoing Prime Minister Kim Min-seok on Sunday. An information technology expert, Han has served as Lee’s first minister for medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and startups.The prime minister’s replacement comes as Kim is preparing to run for leader of …
Seoul, June 7 (IANS) President Lee Jae Myung has nominated Han Seong-sook, the incumbent minister of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), as the next prime minister, a senior presidential official said on Sunday. If confirmed by the National Assembly, Han would become the Lee government’s first female prime minister and South Korea’s second female prime minister since Han Myeong-sook, who served in the post from 2006 to 2007.Current Prime Minister Kim Min-seok, who served as the Lee admini…
Seoul, June 1 (IANS) Four people were killed and two others injured Monday in an explosion at defence company Hanwha Aerospace’s factory in the central city of Daejeon in South Korea, officials have said. Authorities received a report of the explosion at 10:59 a.m., with authorities working to confirm the exact number of casualties.Fire authorities dispatched to the scene were working to put out a blaze at the site, reports Yonhap news agencyPolice and fire officials believe the explosion occurr…
Seoul, May 26 (IANS) An ageing overpass in Seoul, which was undergoing removal, partially collapsed Tuesday, leaving three people dead and three others injured, officials said.Parts of the Seosomun Overpass, located in western Seoul, and other construction debris fell to the ground at 2:32 pm, killing two men in their 50s and 60s. One of the injured victims was later pronounced dead, raising the death toll to three.The three surviving injured workers — men in their 30s, 40s and 50s — suffered …
Seoul, May 6 (IANS) South Korean Prime Minister Kim Min-seok has instructed officials to hold discussions on demands that the prosecution’s right to conduct supplementary investigations should be kept intact even under a push to reform the prosecution, but with the stance in mind that its investigative right should be scrapped altogether, officials said Wednesday.Kim issued the instruction to a task force set up under the prime minister’s office to hash out details of the prosecution reform legi…
Seoul, April 7 (IANS) South Korean President Lee Jae Myung was set to hold a meeting with leaders of the ruling and the main opposition parties Tuesday, officials said, as they were expected to discuss measures to mitigate economic fallout from the war in the Middle East.Lee is scheduled to meet with Democratic Party (DP) leader Jung Chung-rae, DP floor leader Han Byung-do, People Power Party (PPP) leader Jang Dong-hyeok and PPP floor leader Song Eon-seog at Cheong Wa Dae later in the day.Prime …
Daejeon, March 21 (IANS) Ten people have been killed and four others are still reported missing in a large fire at a car parts plant in South Korea’s Daejeon, authorities said Saturday. Another 59 people suffered serious or slight injuries.Firefighters have been searching for the four people who were unaccounted for when the blaze started.One of the bodies was found on the second floor of the factory and nine others were found on the third floor, according to authorities.A total of 170 workers w…
Daejeon, March 20 (IANS) A fire broke out at a car parts plant in the South Korea’s central city of Daejeon on Friday, injuring at least 50 people, including 35 with serious injuries, authorities said.The fire was reported at around 1:17 p.m., prompting the National Fire Agency to issue a national firefighting mobilization order, which is given when the scale of the fire is deemed to surpass the firefighting capacity of the local government.South Korean Prime Minister Kim Min-seok gave emergency…