South Korean Political parties

[Editorial] Careful deliberation needed over Four Major Rivers budget

The ruling Grand National Party (GNP) and opposition parties have agreed to start deliberation in the National Assembly on the Four Major Rivers Restoration Project budget today. The Lee administratio..

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[Column] Lessons from the Seo Dong-gu KBS affair

At 11:40 a.m. on Apr. 2, 2003, then-President Roh Moo-hyun headed to the Cheong Wa Dae (the presidential office in South Korea or Blue House) pressroom, despite his advisers’ attempts to stop him. Aft..

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Judge says GNP partly at fault for Dec. brawl in National Assembly

Chairman’s decision to summon security guards in an attempt to unilaterally pass KORUS FTA was illegal » Officials of Democratic Party (DP) attempt to open the door to the plenary session room that had been locked by Grand...

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Lee’s new world disaster

President Lee Myung-bak stands proudly amid the new world his administration has created. Meanwhile in Seoul... Tragedy continues to hang over Yongsan as calls for justice for the loss of five civilian lives during the brutal...

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River project groundbreaking ceremonies signal launch of Lee administration propaganda war

A propaganda war for the Four Major Rivers Restoration Project has been launched by the Lee administration. The Lee administration held groundbreaking ceremonies at various sites in succession and bro..

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Cheers all round for Obama in Korea

After troublesome stopovers in Japan and China, United States President Barack Obama ended his swing through Asia on a high in South Korea, with US troops jubilant after a rousing speech. The feel-good factor was boosted by a...

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KBS Board of Directors names former Lee aide Kim In-kyu as candidate for President

Kim In-kyu, the former campaign aide for President Lee Myung-bak during his campaign for presidency, has been selected as the candidate for KBS president. Severe conflicts within KBS are expected to o..

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HFRC convenes Busan symposium on peace in Northeast Asia

The fifth annual Hakyoreh-Busan International Symposium on the subject of communication and peace in Northeast Asia organized by the Hankyoreh Foundation for Reunification and Culture (HFRC) began Thu..

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GNP may scale Four Major Rivers Restoration Project to appease opposition

With the ruling Grand National Party (GNP) and opposition parties at each others throats over the budget of the Four Major Rivers Restoration Project, which is drawing fire for being unreasonable, eve..

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[Editorial] NA's responsibility to eliminate procedural irregularities incurred during media...

An authoritative interpretation has been presented for the Constitutional Court’s ruling on the media-related legislation recently railroaded by the ruling Grand National Party (GNP). At a meeting of ..

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