Seoul, March 12 (IANS) A set of judicial reform laws were officially proclaimed on Thursday, allowing constitutional appeals of South Korea’s Supreme Court rulings, punishment for judges who intentionally distort legal principles and an expansion of the top court.The reforms marked the first major overhaul of the current judiciary system since a constitutional amendment in 1987.The National Assembly, controlled by the ruling Democratic Party, passed the bills last month in a push for judiciary r…
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Seoul, March 10 (IANS) Former South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol on Tuesday refused to meet with representatives of a special investigation committee on the 2022 crowd crush who visited the Seoul Detention Centre to persuade him to attend a hearing.The National Commission for the Investigation of the October 29 Itaewon Disaster is scheduled to hold the hearing Thursday and Friday to uncover the truth behind the crowd accident that killed 159 people in the central Seoul district in October 2022…
Seoul, Feb 21 (IANS) Rival parties of South Korea confirmed on Saturday proceeding with remaining procedures to process the legislation on South Korea’s investment pledges to the United States as planned, regardless of the recent ruling on President Donald Trump’s sweeping tariffs.”(The ruling) does not seem to constitute a requirement that can cancel South Korea’s investments to the United States,” said Rep. Kim Sang-hoon of the opposition People Power Party (PPP), who also heads a special comm…
Seoul, Feb 20 (IANS) South Korean leader of the main opposition People Power Party (PPP) on Friday voiced regret as former President Yoon Suk Yeol was handed life in prison for leading insurrection over his short-lived imposition of martial law.Rep. Jang Dong-hyeok made the remark during a press conference at the National Assembly, in a thinly veiled indication that the conservative party may have no intention of fully severing ties with the ousted president, although the martial law crisis had …
Seoul, Feb 4 (IANS) South Korean Opposition leader Jang Dong-hyeok on Wednesday called for the launch of separate special counsel probes into the Unification Church’s alleged ties with lawmakers of the ruling Democratic Party (DP) and bribery allegations linked to the DP nominations.In a speech at the National Assembly, Jang of the main opposition People Power Party also demanded an independent investigation into the prosecution’s controversial decision last November not to appeal a land develop…
Seoul, Feb 2 (IANS) Lawmakers of South Korea’s ruling Democratic Party (DP) and the main opposition People Power Party (PPP) on Monday introduced a bill aimed at promoting the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in research and development for the defence sector. The bill, jointly proposed by PPP Representative Yu Yong-weon and DP Representative Boo Seung-chan, along with 31 other lawmakers from the rival parties, comes as AI technologies are emerging as a “key factor shaping future defence capa…
Seoul, Jan 29 (IANS) The South Korea’s main opposition People Power Party (PPP) said on Thursday that it has expelled former party chief Han Dong-hoon over his family’s posting of defamatory comments about former President Yoon Suk Yeol and his wife on a party bulletin board.The party’s supreme council finalised the decision about two weeks after its ethics committee voted to oust Han for the conduct it said had damaged the party’s image.Han’s family has been accused of posting derogatory commen…
Seoul, Jan 28 (IANS) A South Korean court is set to deliver its verdict on Wednesday on the corruption and bribery case of former first lady Kim Keon Hee, the wife of ousted former President Yoon Suk Yeol, marking the first ruling of three criminal trials she faces.The Seoul Central District Court is scheduled to hold the sentencing hearing at 2:10 p.m., which will be televised live.If found guilty, Kim and her husband would become the first former presidential couple to both be convicted. Yoon …
Seoul, Jan 27 (IANS) A South Korean court on Tuesday allowed live broadcasts of this week’s ruling on the corruption and bribery case of former first lady Kim Keon Hee. The Seoul Central District Court said it accepted broadcasters’ request to air the verdict, which will be delivered at a hearing scheduled for 2:10 p.m. Wednesday, Yonhap News Agency reported.The court typically allows live broadcasts in consideration of the public interest.Special counsel Min Joong-ki’s team has requested a 15-y…
Seoul, Jan 23 (IANS) Both ruling and main opposition parties of South Korea on Friday scolded the budget minister nominee Lee Hye-hoon at a confirmation hearing for failing to submit sufficient documents related to allegations surrounding her and her family. During the confirmation hearing, Lee came under intense scrutiny over claims that she improperly secured a pre-sale deal to buy a luxury apartment as well as questions surrounding her real estate dealings and her three sons’ college admissio…