Busan mayor acquitted of election law violations
BUSAN-- A district court on Friday delivered a not-guilty verdict to Busan Mayor Park Heong-joon indicted on charges of making a false statement in the run-up to last year's by-election,…
August 19, 2022
Yoon vows to enhance treatment of police, guarantee police neutrality
SEOUL-- President Yoon Suk-yeol vowed Friday to improve working conditions for the police and guarantee their neutrality as he attended the graduation ceremony of a new batch of police officers.Yoon…
Rights watchdog opposed to loosening 52-hour workweek
SEOUL-- The National Human Rights Commission has voiced objections to the government's push to loosen the 52-hour limit on weekly work hours, a report showed Friday.The Yoon Suk-yeol government is…
Assembly to conduct annual parliamentary audit in Oct.
SEOUL-- The ruling and main opposition parties agreed Friday to conduct this year's parliamentary audit of the government and state agencies in October as they penciled in a detailed schedule…
Presidential Archives raided again by prosecutors probing 2019 repatriation of 2 N.K. fishermen
SEOUL-- Prosecutors investigating the controversial repatriation of two North Korean fishermen during the preceding Moon Jae-in government raided the Presidential Archives on Friday to search for documents related to the…
Assembly speaker meets with U.S. ambassador
SEOUL-- National Assembly Speaker Kim Jin-pyo met with U.S. Ambassador to South Korea Philip Goldberg on Friday and discussed relations between the two countries."I believe the ambassador will play a…