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Politician Charged with Son's Suspicious Exemption from Military Service

Kim Tae-ho, candidate for the Grand National Party(GNP) and present congressional incumbent for Ulsan, is under suspicion for arranging his son's exemption from military service. Government officials and the Prosecutors office summoned Kim to appear March 5 at either the Seoul Prosecutors office by 10 am or the Ulsan Prosecutors office by 5 pm, but failed to appear. This is the first summons to be given to the 27 politicians suspected of ill…

Apr 07,2000
Parties Bickering Over Economy

The ruling and opposition parties have been arguing over the possibility of another economic crisis as well as illegal election practices. These reports of political discord came on April 6, just one week before the April 13 general election. At a press conference Millennium Democratic Party (MDP) representative Suh Young-hoon claimed that if the Grand National Party (GNP) becomes the ruling party, foreigners will reduce their investments in K…

Apr 07,2000
CEMC List Creates Stirs in the Political World

The Central Election Management Committee (CEMC), for the first time in Korean history, has made public an infamous list of candidates with criminal records who are running in the 16th General Election. The records showed for some candidates a severe history with imprisonment or more. Concerned with the likely sensation caused by the disclosure, apart from their not so proud tax and military records, both the ruling and oppostion parties are stri…

Apr 06,2000
Candidates' Criminal Records to be Released by April 7

The Supreme Prosecutor's Office has almost completed its report dealing with the criminal records of candidates in the upcoming general election. Of the 53 prosecutor's offices that are compiling the records, 34 had released the records by March 5, and the remaining 19, which include Seoul, Pusan, Taegu, and Inchon, plan to release them by April 7. Sources from the prosecutor's office said, "As there are one or two unidentifiable records at f…

Apr 06,2000
Election Candidates' Shoddy Credit Histories

Election candidates, 141 of the nation's 1,040 candidates, have bad credit histories and are restricted because of long-standing debts and failure to meet loans. Joongang Ilbo has discovered with the help of a credit-research bureau that 69 candidates were 'unreliable' or people with 'red warnings' meaning they could not deal with banks and were ineligible for any loans or credit cards. Seventeen of the candidates were marked with a 'yell…

Apr 06,2000
CEMC to Take Direct Action against Candidate Misconduct

The Central Election Management Committee has decided to refer election candidates who violate election laws directly to the court, in the case that the prosecution fails to proceed with charges. A high-ranking official within the CEMC said that "the decision was made to invalidate the election of candidates who have violated election laws," on April 4. He added that "the CEMC will only refer candidates to the court when there is clear …

Apr 05,2000
Sun Joun-yung Korean Ambassador to UN to Visit Cuba

Korean Ambassador to the United Nations Sun Joun Yung, will visit Havana at the invitation of the Cuban government next week. This is the first time that a high-ranking official has visited Cuba, which still does not have diplomatic relations with South Korea. According to a Korean UN representative, ambassador Sun will participate in a summit of developing nations as a guest. The summit, which will be attended by representatives of some 130…

Apr 04,2000
Pupyong Candidate Stirs up Controversy over Sale of Daewoo Motors

The national assembly election in Pupyong is heating up over the candidate's stance over the sale of Daewoo Motors. All four candidates running for seats in the area oppose the disposal of Daewoo Motors by selling it to a foreign automobile manufacturer. Employees of Daewoo Motors, most of whom dwell in Pupyong, recently went on strike, insisting on the nationalization of their company instead of disposal by sale abroad. Candidates are very …

Apr 04,2000
More Than an Eighth of All Candidates Suspected of Criminal Past

The ever-busy Central Election Management Committee is to release information exposing some election candidates having criminal records. Preliminary rumors have 15 percent of the total 1,040 candidates with criminal pasts. The Public Prosecutors Office has on record 54 to 57 candidates with "serious criminal offences" from the areas of Pusan, Kwangju, Inchon, Taejon, Ulsan, Changwon, Suwon, and Cheju. Of the list of convictions include viol…

Apr 04,2000
Kim Dae-jung Wishs Obuchi a Quick Recovery

Korean President Kim Dae-jung sent Japanese Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi a message wishing him a quick recovery from his illness. Prime Minister Obuchi was urgently hospitalized on April 3, due to the strains of work. by Kim Jin-kook…

Apr 03,2000

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