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Some Local Government Officials Use Suspect Tactics to Win Over Voters

While the next local elections are a year and a half away, many local government heads have already begun campaigning using their incumbent advantage - and a few dirty tricks. Some have circulated leaflets outlining their accomplishments, while others have made early personal attacks on their presumed opponents. Several legislators have reportedly given large sums of money as gifts. The Pusan office of the National Election Commission issu…

Feb 08,2001
Powell Tells Lee, 'Seoul First' In Attempts to Draw Out North

WASHINGTON - The Bush administration reaffirmed that Washington will not rush into talks with Pyongyang and that its talks with the communist state will not outpace inter-Korean dialogue. U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell also stressed Wednesday that the North's willingness to address U.S. concerns over its missile program will set the tone for relations between the two countries. "Mr. Powell explained to us that the North's attitude in…

Feb 08,2001
Assembly Airs 2 Issues

The National Assembly opened committee hearings Thursday to tackle two major issues ?the tax audit of media companies and worries about mad cow disease possibly being introduced in Korea. At the Agriculture, Forestry, Maritime Affairs and Fisheries Committee, ruling lawmakers said that the government should conduct an inspection of some 196 tons of beef and beef byproducts imported from European countries from 1996 to 2000. Seoul banned imp…

Feb 08,2001
Hahn Offers Help to Visit the North

The ruling party asked Tuesday for the opposition's cooperation in making Kim Jong-il's Seoul visit amicable, and also proposed to broker a North Korean visit and meeting with Kim Jong-il for opposition leader Lee Hoi-chang. "We ask for the opposition's cooperation so that North Korean National Defense Commission Chairman Kim Jong-il's visit to Seoul runs smoothly," Rep. Hahn Hwa-kap, a senior member of the ruling Millennium Democratic Party s…

Feb 08,2001
President Asks Probe Of Daewoo, Hankook

President Kim Dae-jung asked senior policy makers Tuesday to get to the bottom of the two financial incidents, revealed in the past week, that go against the grain of the president's pledged reforms of the financial, corporate, labor and public sectors. "The investigation into Daewoo Group's manipulation of its financial books should provide an opportunity to get to the bottom of corrupt owners or managers so that such an incident is not repe…

Feb 06,2001
Lee Won't Oppose Kim Jong-il Visit

Opposition leader Lee Hoi-chang said Tuesday that because he also desires a true peace on the Korean Peninsula, he will not oppose North Korean leader Kim Jong-il's visit to Seoul. "But it will be hard to expect a true reconciliation between the two Koreas without North Korea's sincere apology for the Korean War, and the terrorist incidents (it committed)," the opposition Grand National Party president said, adding that he will watch carefully…

Feb 06,2001
New Ambassadors Named at 20 Posts

In a periodic reshuffle, the government appointed Tuesday former Deputy Foreign Minister Jang Jai-ryong as ambassador to France and Moon Dong-suk, research head at the Institute of Foreign Affairs and National Security, as ambassador to Switzerland. In all, 20 new envoys and three consuls general were appointed, a foreign ministry official said. Ambassador Oh Yoon-kyung, adviser on international relations at the Taejon Metropolitan Governm…

Feb 06,2001
Delay on Security Law

Prime Minister Lee Han-dong said Monday that the government will not move to revise the National Security Law in the first half of the year. Revision of the controversial law has met with strong resistance from conservative groups. "Of the three major laws up for reform, we will move most cautiously on the National Security Law," Mr. Lee said to the National Assembly. "However, we will complete work on human rights and anti-corruption bill…

Feb 05,2001
Parliament Gets 24 Extra Days

The National Assembly opens for a 24-day extra session Monday after a month-long partisan impasse over the prosecution's investigation into the alleged funneling of 119.2 billion won ($93 million) of spy agency funds into the opposition camp. During this 218th extra session, the ruling Millennium Democratic Party will attempt to forge bipartisan cooperation before the planned visit to Seoul by the North Korean leader, Kim Jong-il. And the mino…

Feb 04,2001
Revision Fight Starts

Kim Joong-kwon, chairman of the ruling Millennium Democratic Party, set out Friday to win support for its plans to revise the National Security Law, but met fierce resistance. "We cannot shake off the doubt that they are attempting to hurry and revise the law before Kim Jong-il's visit to Seoul,"?said Byun Ung-jun, spokesman for the United Liberal Democrats. "Revise the law and we will see chaos as the North Korean flag flies in Seoul while right…

Feb 03,2001

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