Lee Jin-sook, nominee for education minister and deputy prime minister for social affairs, apologized for her daughter's alleged illegal study abroad but defended herself against allegations that she'd wrongly put her name on papers.
The Korean Teachers and Education Workers Union (KTU) called for Lee Jin-sook to immediately withdraw her candidacy for education minister, condemning her as fundamentally unqualified to lead the nation’s education system.
Education Minister nominee Lee Jin-sook apologized for unlawfully sending her daughter abroad for studies, citing ignorance of the law. Allegations of academic misconduct also emerged during her confirmation hearings.
President Lee Jae Myung has decided to exclude Korea Communications Commission Chairperson Lee Jin-sook from future Cabinet meetings based on a conclusion by the Board of Audit and Inspection that found she made "politically biased remarks."
The conservative People Power Party (PPP) on Tuesday criticized a court's decision to grant an injunction against the appointment of six new members of the foundation that controls public broadcaster MBC as a "stain on the history of the judiciary."
Opposition parties proposed an impeachment motion against Lee Jin-sook, the new chief of the state broadcasting watchdog, on Thursday. President Yoon Suk Yeol, however, seems to be at peace, showing no signs of talks or hints for political...
The liberal Democratic Party (DP) vowed on Thursday to resist what it characterized as the Yoon Suk Yeol administration’s attempts to “take control over” the country’s media after the president appointed seven board members of public broadcaster KBS.
The liberal Democratic Party (DP) said it plans to impeach Lee Jin-sook, the new chief of the state broadcasting watchdog, hours after she took office on Wednesday.
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