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DP politician says South Korea must recognize North Korea as 'nuclear power'

Rep. Park Jie-won proposed recognizing North Korea as a nuclear state, prompting criticism from the People Power Party. The Democratic Party distanced itself from Park, calling his views personal.

2025-02-21

[Editorial] Does Moon really want to be forgotten?

The weird internal battle owes much to the former president himself.

2023-03-20

Former NIS chief, ex-defense minister indicted for deleting evidence in fisheries case

Prosecutors indicted without detention former National Intelligence Service (NIS) chief Park Ji-won, former Defense Minister Suh Wook and a former NIS staffer for allegedly deleting evidence related to the murder of a South Korean fisheries official.

2022-12-29

Former spy chief sticks to his story about murder at sea

Former spy chief Park Jie-won said Wednesday he did not receive instructions to delete documents related to the 2020 murder at sea of a South Korean fisheries official from former President Moon Jae-in or his top security adviser Suh Hoon.

2022-12-14

Moon's former chief of staff grilled about murder at sea

Prosecutors grilled Noh Young-min, a former presidential chief of staff, in their investigation into the murder at sea of a South Korean fisheries official by North Korean soldiers in 2020.

2022-12-13

Blue House bigwigs deny evidence fiddling in 2020 murder at sea

Top security officials from the Moon Jae-in administration denied deleting documents and mishandling the murder of a South Korean fisheries official by North Korea soldiers in September 2020.

2022-10-27

Yoon's ally at NIS quits for 'personal' reason

President Yoon Suk-yeol accepted the sudden resignation of Cho Sang-joon, a deputy director of the National Intelligence Service (NIS) who is considered his close ally.

2022-10-26

Raids on security bigwigs in murder, repatriation cases

Prosecutors raided the homes of two high-ranking security officials from the Moon Jae-in administration over suspicions they suppressed evidence about North Korea's 2020 killing of a South Korean official in the Yellow Sea.

2022-08-16

Spy chiefs accused of chicanery by their own agency

The country's spy agency said Wednesday it filed criminal complaints against two of its former bosses for undermining investigations into North Korea's murder of a South Korean official in 2020 and the repatriation of North Korean fishermen in 2019.

2022-07-07

[Today's Cartoon] 2022.06.14

Following his resignation as the head of the National Intelligence Service (NIS), Rep. Park Ji-won continues provoking controversy after revealing the existence of secret files on heavyweight politicians.

2022-06-13