Yoon outlines initiatives and issues NFT based on them

A total of 110 initiative were mentioned. The transition team estimates that an additional 209 trillion won will needed, over and above the existing budget, to achieve these goals.

2022-05-03

Korea set to lift mask mandate as Sunday figure drops below 40,000

Korea will lift its outdoor mask rules from Monday, a year and six months after being implemented.

2022-05-01

Yoon Suk-yeol's government to 'fully compensate' small businesses

According to transition team estimates, small businesses lost a total of 54 trillion won ($42 billion) in revenue as a result of government social distancing regulations. Approximately 5.51 million shops and businesses will be eligible.

2022-04-28

Tug of war over outdoor mask rule

The outdoor mask-wearing rule could be lifted soon — or not so soon.

2022-04-27

'Comfort woman' survivor gets transition team cold shoulder

Lee Yong-soo, a "comfort woman" survivor, visited President-elect Yoon Suk-yeol's transition team office Thursday to recommend a resolution to the Japanese military's wartime sexual slavery issue by referring it to a UN committee on torture.

2022-04-21

Political 'bromance' between Yoon and Ahn crumbles

The alliance between President-elect Yoon Suk-yeol and software mogul-turned-politician Ahn Cheol-soo is crumbling just 36 days after the election.

2022-04-14

Transition team seeks to modify carbon neutrality plans, discard nuclear phase-out policy

The transition team's push to modify carbon neutrality plans of the current Moon Jae-in government will likely include reversal of its nuclear phase-out policy and changes in energy mix, officials said Wednesday.

2022-04-13

Yoon wants to clear confusion on Koreans' ages

President-elect Yoon Suk Yeol's transition team said Monday that it plans to change the way Koreans count ages, which generally adds at least a year to the international way of counting.

2022-04-11

Yoon takes victory lap in conservative stronghold

President-elect Yoon Suk-yeol started a two-day visit to North Gyeongsang Monday and was expected to meet with former President Park Geun-hye in her hometown of Daegu Tuesday.