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Prosecutors Declare War on Syndicates

Prosecutors have been requested to strengthen their grip on organized crime in order to minimize interference in the April 13 general election, In a conference of chief prosecutors held March 27, Park Soon-yong, public prosecutor general ordered colleagues to, "Monitor the movements of syndicate heads and clamp down on any suspect activities." Prosecutors will focus on crime syndicate's use of violent or undemocratic means to control ca…

Mar 27,2000
'DJ at the Turning Point of Democracy': FEER

With the launch of the investigation into alleged draft dodging, and probes into press tax evasion, President Kim Dae Jung's administration is accused of misusing laws to achieve its own political ends, reported the Far Eastern Economic Review. The Review says that foreign companies voice concern on the possibility of politization of legal process in the business world. The Far Eastern Economic Review, an economic magazine issued in Hong Ko…

Mar 27,2000
Suspicions Raised over Tax Records of 14 General Election Candidates

On March 27, the Citizens' Alliance for the 2000 General Election reported that, "After examining the assets and tax returns recorded in the congress report over the last seven years, we have come to suspect 14 incumbent national legislators of evading their gift taxes." The alliance went on to demand a public explanation from the legislators. Gi Eun-hee, spokesperson for the Citizens' Alliance for the 2000 General Election, revealed that, …

Mar 27,2000
Chen To Improve Taiwan-Korea Relations

Taiwanese president-elect Chen Shui-bian has hinted at plans to improve relations between Korea and Taiwan. Mr. Chen answered reporters' questions about the relationship between Korea and Taiwan with an optimistic smile. After a press conference at the CEC building in Taipei on March 23, Chen insisted that Taiwan-Korea relations will certainly improve. International Department of the Democratic Progressive Party deputy-chief Rui Se-Jung r…

Mar 27,2000
Official Campaign Kicks Off Today

Official campaigning for the April 13 General Election starts today. All registered candidates can legally begin attempting to persuade the general public to vote for them. Offical campaigning will end at 12 p.m. on April 12. All candidates of the 2000 General Election are required to report the past three year's of their tax payment history as well as their military service record. The Central Election Management Committee said they would re…

Mar 27,2000
Japanese and Korean Foreign Ministers Meet in Seoul

Minister of Foreign Affairs Lee Jung-bin March 26 held a conference with Japanese Foreign Minister Yohei Kono at the Capitol Building in Seoul. The main item on the agenda was the upcoming Japan-North Korea meeting on April 4 and related issues. The two ministers also made arrangements for President Kim's visit to Japan slated for May or June. Other points of discussion included giving voting rights to Korean residents in Japan, sett…

Mar 26,2000
Rival Parties Continue to Bicker over Draft-Dodging Investigations

Bickering between the nation's ruling and opposition political camps over the prosecution's investigations of draft dodging is escalating to involve even the current and former Presidents. The ruling Millenium Democratic Party (MDP) denounced former President Kim Young-sam and opposition leader Lee Hoi-chang Wednesday for the second consecutive day. The ruling party took issue with former President Kim's urging Hong Sa-duk, main opposition Gra…

Mar 26,2000
CEMC Asks For Restraint By Lee Hoi-chang And The Government

The Centeral Election Management Committee (CEMC) announced that it requested that both prime minister Park and Lee Hoi-chang restrain their aggressive and spiteful advertisements. The request came on the heels of a particularly vituperative newspaper article published in a Seoul daily on March 22. The article discussed how four national ministries had wasted and loss a great deal of national wealth. The CEMC sent an official letter to Lee Hoi-…

Mar 26,2000
Prosecution Gets A Taste Of Its Own Medicine in Draft-dodging Scandal

Lim Hwi of the Seoul District Public Prosecutors' Office is expected to take over the prosecution of the draft-dodging case. Lim stated that he would "make the infamous list public if the suspects, including the sons of politicians, failed to respond to the summons" despite the resistence from the Grand National Party (GNP). Faced with Lim's bullish attitude, the GNP went on the offenseive March 24. GNP party elections committee vice-spokesma…

Mar 24,2000
Seven Men Summoned for Questioning over Draft-Dodging Fail to Appear

The joint investigation team on draft-dodging announced Friday that it summoned seven young men, all of whom are sons of politicians, to appear for questioning. However, none of the young men complied with the order. One prosecutor said, "Of the seven summoned, two are currently staying overseas and asked us to postpone the questioning until next week. One man who is in Korea asked us to reschedule until the opposition Grand National Party for…

Mar 24,2000

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