Just 24 percent of people said they approved of President Yoon Suk Yeol’s performance in a survey released on Friday, the day after the president held a press conference to mark the second anniversary of his taking office.
The liberal Democratic Party's landslide victory in the recent general election does not guarantee its success in the 2027 presidential election, according to political analyst Park Sung-min.
President Yoon Suk Yeol’s mother-in-law Choi Eun-soon, who has been in prison for forging documents, was determined eligible for parole by the Ministry of Justice on Wednesday.
President Yoon Suk Yeol on Tuesday revived the position of senior presidential secretary for civil affairs, personally naming former Vice Justice Minister Kim Joo-hyun to the post he had previously scrapped.
The presidential office will launch two task forces to handle price control measures and support national strategic industries such as semiconductors and automobiles in order to maintain economic growth.
Democratic Party (DP) leader Lee Jae-myung called on President Yoon Suk Yeol to support his party's economic stimulus proposals and consult with the DP-controlled National Assembly in the pair's first official meeting on Monday.
We should not vote for an overnight sensation, as it means a roller coaster ride.
Empowered by their landslide victory in the recent general election, hardline voices within the liberal Democratic Party (DP) are calling on leader Lee Jae-myung to raise contentious issues during his proposed meeting with President Yoon Suk Yeol.
A parole for President Yoon Suk Yeol’s mother-in-law Choi Eun-soon, who was sentenced to a one-year prison sentence for forging documents, was put on hold on Tuesday.
Yoon’s approval rating dipped to a historic low of 23 percent, dropping by 11 percentage points compared to the previous rating from the last week of March.
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