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President Moon pledges to implement 'regulatory sandbox' for new innovative industries
(KOREAN) "The launch of the Committee on the Fourth Industrial Revolution will be the starting point of a blueprint for innovative growth and for discovering new growth engines." ( 4 , .) A day after President Moon appointed the chair of his new committee on the 4th Ind...
2017-10-12 10:01:19 KST -
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First parliamentary audit since launch of Moon administration to begin
The first parliamentary audit since President Moon Jae-in took office, begins today. The National Assembly's 16 standing committees will conduct sweeping inspections on more than 700 state organs over the next 20-days-- through the end of the month. The Supreme Court, as well as the defense, education and foreign m...
2017-10-12 04:51:54 KST -
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National Assembly seeking to vote on constitutional revision proposal next May
The National Assembly plans to draw up a proposal to revise the constitution by February. The goal is to have the bill prepared for submission to parliament by next March and ready for a full floor vote in May. The amendment will focus on limiting presidential authority. Part of efforts to ensure executive power i...
2017-10-11 20:24:54 KST -
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S. Korea-U.S. to hold high-level talks next week to discuss N. Korea, Trump's Seoul visit
Senior diplomats from South Korea and the United States will meet next Wednesday in Seoul to discuss North Korea's nuclear program and President Trump's visit to South Korea set for next month. Seoul's foreign ministry says First Vice Foreign Minister Lim Sung-nam and U.S. Deputy Secretary of State John Sullivan w...
2017-10-11 13:59:25 KST -
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Pres. Moon pledges to fulfill proposed reforms, has lunch with 'five next-in-command'
During the meeting with his top aides, President Moon Jae-in pledged to improve the livelihoods of the people and implement the social and economic reforms promised by his administration. (KOREAN) "Our drive to reform and to clear away deep-rooted ills is aimed at changing old practices that permeate the gov...
2017-10-11 07:27:28 KST -
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Seoul warns N. Korea restarting operations in industrial complex violates property rights
South Korea's unification ministry sent a warning to North Korea: Factories, machines and facilities at the inter-Korean Kaesong Industrial Complex belong to South Korean firms and therefore North Korea's use of them violates the property rights of South Korean firms. The message comes in response to recent r...
2017-10-11 07:27:27 KST -
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Rival parties bicker over renegotiations to Korea-U.S. free trade deal
Political wrangling among rival parties continued at the National Assembly on Tuesday with changes to the Korea-U.S. free trade deal appearing imminent. Seoul and Washington agreed last week to start renegotiating their five-year-old trade pact, following talks between the countries' trade chiefs. The Korean gove...
2017-10-10 19:59:42 KST -
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Seoul court to review whether to extend former President Park's detention
The Seoul Central District Court is in the final stages of reviewing a possible extension of Park Geun-hye's detention as the six-month period expires next Monday. The first ever democratically elected South Korean president to be impeached has been linked to one of the biggest corruption scandals in the nation's h...
2017-10-10 19:59:42 KST -
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Seoul court to review whether to extend former President Park's detention
The Seoul Central District Court is set to review whether or not former President Park Geun-hye deserves more jail time as her six-month detention period expires next Monday. The ousted former leader, currently on trial for charges on one of the largest corruption scandal in Korean history, could see another six-mo...
2017-10-10 11:56:05 KST -
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Pres. Moon pledges to fulfill proposed reforms, has lunch with 'five next-in-command'
Back from the 10-day long Chuseok holiday, President Moon Jae-in's first item on the agenda was a semi-weekly meeting with his top aides. During the meeting, President Moon pledged to improve the livelihoods of the people and implement social and economic reforms promised by his administration. He also emphasized t...
2017-10-10 10:04:34 KST -
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Korea's Prime Minister calls on peace on the Korean Peninsula at his Hangeul Day congratulatory speech
Commemorating the 5-hundred-and-71st anniversary of the invention of the Korean alphabet, Prime Minister Lee Nak-yon gave a speech during a ceremony at the Sejong Center for the Performing Arts in Seoul on Monday. During the speech, he highlighted the intentions of King Sejong the Great, who created 'Hangeul' in t...
2017-10-10 04:04:22 KST -
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S. Korean President Moon praises excellence of Korean alphabet on Hangul Day
President Moon Jae-in also had a Hangeul Day message. In his Facebook post on Monday, the liberal leader noted the greatest thing about the Korean alphabet is that it was created so that ordinary people could express their thoughts and communicate more easily. In that sense, the pioneering move by King Sejong is i...
2017-10-09 18:10:51 KST
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