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…
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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…
Seoul, Jan 22 (IANS) South Korean President Lee Jae Myung’s approval rating has edged down to 59 per cent, a survey showed on Thursday. In a National Barometre Survey conducted from Monday to Wednesday, the positive assessment of Lee’s performance inched down 2 percentage points from a poll conducted two weeks earlier, while the negative assessment rose 2 percentage points to 31 per cent.The approval rating for the ruling Democratic Party added 1 percentage point to 40 per cent, while support fo…
Seoul, Jan 19 (IANS) Rival parties in South Korea clashed on Monday over whether to hold a confirmation hearing for Lee Hye-hoon, nominee to lead the newly established South Korea’s Ministry of Planning and Budget, amid objections from the main opposition People Power Party (PPP). The ruling Democratic Party (DP) and the PPP had reached an agreement last week to hold the hearing, but the PPP later boycotted the move, saying the nominee failed to submit key documents requested by the lawmakers, Y…
Seoul, Jan 16 (IANS) The South Korea’s National Assembly, led by the ruling Democratic Party (DP), passed a bill on Friday to launch a new special counsel probe into former President Yoon Suk Yeol’s martial law imposition and its aftermath, as well as allegations surrounding his wife.Lawmakers voted 172 for and two against, at a plenary session as the opposition’s filibuster to block the bill ended after reaching its 24-hour limit.The bill for the second round of the comprehensive special counse…
Seoul, Jan 14 (IANS) An internal rift in the South Korea’s main opposition People Power Party (PPP) was seen to be intensifying on Wednesday after its ethics committee voted to expel former chief Han Dong-hoon over allegations his family posted defamatory comments about former South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol.The ethics panel announced the decision in a late-night meeting Tuesday, saying Han will be expelled for actions deemed “extremely damaging to the party” and for violating party rules i…
Seoul, Jan 12 (IANS) A former lawmaker of South Korea’s main opposition People Power Party (PPP), Ihn Yohan, criticised former President Yoon Suk Yeol’s martial law declaration on Monday, saying he thought Yoon had a compelling reason to impose it. Ihn expressed “deep” disappointment over the crisis in a video posted on his YouTube channel to congratulate Representative Lee So-hee, who succeeded him as a proportional representative after his resignation last month, Yonhap News Agency reported.”W…
Seoul, Jan 9 (IANS) South Korean President Lee Jae Myung’s approval rating rose to 60 per cent this week amid positive public sentiment over his diplomacy, a poll showed Friday. The survey by Gallup Korea, conducted Tuesday through Thursday on 1,000 respondents aged 18 and over, showed that the positive assessment of Lee’s overall performance climbed 5 percentage points from the previous poll in mid-December.Thirty-three per cent gave a negative view, down from the previous survey’s 36 per cent,…