Monday
January 20, 2020
Gangnam-gu, South Korea
Fine Dust :
President Moon Jae-in’s approval ratings were bound to fall. Every policy from minimum wages to real estate, nuclear power phase-out, prosecutorial reforms and North Korean issues caused controversy. He pushed the public’s...
A charge has been made with the Anti-Corruption & Civil Rights Commission against a prosecutor for fabricating a state document to stop Kim Hak-eui, who briefly served as vice justice minister under former President Park...
The photo with a hand stretched out of a prison window with “SOS” written on it from the Dongbu Detention Center in Seoul, where Covid-19 patients were segregated or crammed into one room, reminded me of the desperate call for...
In spring, my college-aged daughter suggested we invest in stocks. The Kospi, which fell as low as 1,300 in March, was recovering and in the range of 2,000. I advised against it, citing downside risks from a global slump and...
PARK JIN-SEOKAustrian writer Stefan Zweig famously said it was more common for those in power to fear the victims more than the other way around. He described the nature of power as desiring an enemy’s sacrifice but fearing...
President Moon Jae-in on Wednesday nominated Park Beom-kye, a senior lawmaker from the ruling party, as minister of justice, replacing the embattled Choo Mi-ae.
More than 3,000 people, mostly convicted of petty crimes, will receive presidential pardons ahead of New Year’s Day, the Ministry of Justice said Tuesday.
President Moon Jae-in met with ruling Democratic Party (DP) leader Lee Nak-yon over the weekend. On Monday, he held a luncheon with Prime Minster Chung Sye-kyun at the Blue House. Though details of the meetings have not been...
One hopeful improvement at the end of 2020 compared with a year ago is the upset in the ruling front’s attempt to pardon — and undo — the offenses committed by those in power under the pretext of prosecution reforms. There is an...
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