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JD Vance went kayaking for his birthday. Secret Service had the river level raised

Vice President JD Vance's security detail had an Ohio river's water level raised last weekend to accommodate a kayaking trip he and his family took to celebrate his 41st birthday.

2025-08-08

Lay down your privileges, lawmakers

Lawmakers must vow to relinquish all of the 186 benefits so that there are no political aspirants like Chung who has eyes on the perks rather than the responsibilities.

2024-03-28

Time to end the weird privilege of lawmakers

The majority party must take the lead in devising measures against the abuse of the privilege.

2023-10-25

That's too harsh

The DP says it will just not vote down an arrest warrant from the prosecution collectively, as in the past.

2023-06-28

Adhering to the privilege

Former Democratic Party (DP) leader Song Young-gil on Wednesday demanded that the party hold firm to protecting lawmakers from being arrested while a legislative session is underway.

2023-06-21

Belated abandonment of the privilege

The majority party must cooperate with enacting a bill on fiscal guidelines to ensure fiscal integrity instead of turning to the easy stimuli card.

2023-06-20

Arrest me if you can

Rep. Lee Jae-myung surprisingly vowed to take off the shield — the privilege protecting lawmakers from arrest while a legislative session is underway — in a speech at the National Assembly on Monday.

2023-06-19

[The Fountain] The privilege of immunity went too far (KOR)

I hope Lee Jae-myung would voluntarily go to a court to determine whether to arrest him or not, instead of waiting for his peers to vote down a motion to be submitted by the Justice Department next week on behalf of the court.

2023-02-20

[Today's Cartoon] 2023.02.20

Reversing his previous position in support of depriving lawmakers of their privilege of immunity from arrest, Lee Jae-myung now holds on to the privilege after the prosecution requested an arrest warrant for him.

2023-02-19

[The Fountain] The privilege of immunity went too far

I hope Lee Jae-myung would voluntarily go to a court to determine whether to arrest him or not, instead of waiting for his peers to vote down a motion to be submitted by the Justice Department next week on behalf of the court.

2023-02-19