The travel ban announcement came just before thousands rallied in Yeouido, western Seoul, to protest the government’s plan to increase the medical school admissions quota by 2,000 spots next year.
People Power Party interim leader Han Dong-hoon, left, greets former Democratic Party lawmaker Lee Sang-min on Monday. Lee, a five-time lawmaker, had been with the Democratic Party (DP) for 20 years.
After the PPP’s innovation committee chair Ihn Yo-han points to a DP lawmaker jumping ship from the majority party citing the tyranny of Lee Jae-myung, Lee Nak-yon points to the DP lawmaker leaving the party led by Lee Jae-myung.
A five-term lawmaker quit the liberal Democratic Party (DP) on Sunday, claiming the DP has become a personal party of leader Lee Jae-myung with pro-Lee extremist members exercising too much influence.
The government needs a chief technology officer (CTO) as in the private sector, if it is really serious about the digital drive.
After a string of administrative network breakdowns, the Ministry of the Interior and Safety led by Lee Sang-min announced Saturday that the failures were caused by a problem with routers. But citizens do not seem to believe what the minister said.
We hope the ministry lives up to the promise on its homepage to deliver a digital platform that can provide government services anywhere and at any time.
Minister of the Interior and Safety, Lee Sang-min, faces a crisis again after the nationwide administrative computer networks stopped working from Friday.
Almost every public safety crisis in Korea has led to finger-pointing, and the 25th World Scout Jamboree will likely be no exception as politicians on both sides began drawing knives over disastrous preparations for the event.
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