Seoul, April 4 (IANS) Thousands of people took to the streets in central Seoul on Saturday, commemorating or opposing the ouster of former South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol, who was convicted of insurrection, on the first anniversary of his removal from office. Nearly 1,000 people gathered in front of the Constitutional Court in central Seoul, holding pickets reading “End insurrection, treason” and calling for “grand social reform.”The rally came on the first anniversary of the Constitutional…
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Seoul, March 28 (IANS) The foreign ministers of South Korea and Ukraine have agreed to make efforts to resolve the issue of two North Korean soldiers captured during the Russia-Ukraine war in accordance with international law and humanitarian principles, Seoul’s foreign ministry said on Saturday.Foreign Minister Cho Hyun and his Ukrainian counterpart, Andrii Sybiha, discussed the issue of North Korean prisoners of war (POWs) and other matters during their talks in France on Friday (local time) o…
Seoul, March 24 (IANS) South Korea on Tuesday approved two prosecution reform bills that would dismantle the current prosecution service later this year to separate its exclusive power to both initiate criminal probes and indict suspects.When promulgated, it would mark a sweeping overhaul of the nation’s prosecution system. Under the new laws, the prosecution office will be shut down in October, 78 years after its establishment in 1948, and two new agencies will exercise indictment and investiga…
Seoul, March 12 (IANS) South Korea’s National Assembly on Thursday passed a special bill on South Korea’s USD350 billion investment pledge to the United States under a trade deal between the two nations, around three months after it was first introduced by the ruling party. The bill was approved during a plenary session of the Assembly with support from both the ruling Democratic Party (DP) and the main opposition People Power Party (PPP).Shortly after the bill was passed, South Korean President…
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…
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…