Committee approves bill on Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership

The National Assembly’s committee on foreign affairs approved the bill to ratify the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) on Wednesday. The bill will have to be passed at the Assembly’s plenary session…

2021-12-01

National Assembly speaker asks Oman for help with urea shortage

National Assembly Speaker Park Byeong-seug called on Oman to export its urea to Korea, after the country went through a nationwide shortage last month. “Korea has temporarily suffered from a supply and demand problem with regard to urea,” Park...

2021-11-28

Korea may become global hub for biomanufacturing training: WHO

Korea is a “strong candidate” to become a global hub for biomanufacturing training to allow countries more equitable access to vaccines, the World Health Organization (WHO) chief told National Assembly Speaker Park Byeong-seug in Geneva on Tuesday.

2021-11-25

Legislators waffle on military exemption for BTS

The question of whether the members of BTS will have to go into the military will remain open a bit longer after a legislative committee failed to reach a decision on exemptions for the superstars. “We couldn’t reach a consensus within the...

2021-11-25

Korea may take another shot at big tech with 'platform' bill

“Platform companies” could soon be more tightly regulated. A bill regulating these companies was put forward by the government earlier this year. The National Assembly is to vote on it in the coming days. Platform companies are ...

2021-11-22

Moon promises normalcy in final budget speech

President Moon Jae-in stressed he will use the remainder of his term to return Korea to normal life and help the economy recover from the pandemic Monday in a budget speech at the National Assembly.

2021-10-25

A weird investigation (KOR)

In the National Assembly’s audit of the Gyeonggi provincial government on Monday, opposition lawmakers vehemently attacked the prosecution for its half-baked investigation into the grave Daejang-dong land development scandal....

2021-10-18

A weird investigation