-
In his first press conference of the new year, President-elect Lee Myung-bak talked about “change” amidst “unity.” We think those are words that will be needed by Lee’s a
Times in English news
제주타임스
2008.01.18 17:31
-
The announcement by the presidential transition team that it will get rid of the Unification Ministry and create a “foreign affairs and unification ministry” in its place shows you exactly
Times in English news
제주타임스
2008.01.18 17:30
-
President-elect Lee Myung-bak’s presidential transition team has decided to form a task force to talk about ways to reform the National Pension. It is right to move so quickly on pension reform,
Times in English news
제주타임스
2008.01.11 18:27
-
The independent counsel for the Samsung investigation begins his work today, around 80 days after the conglomerate’s top lawyer publicly alleged that it maintains a huge slush fund in bank accou
Times in English news
제주타임스
2008.01.11 18:26
-
The Korean Peninsula faces major changes in the new year. There has been a change of government for the first time in a decade, and National Assembly elections are scheduled for April. The implementat
Times in English news
제주타임스
2008.01.04 17:16
-
It has been one month now since a barge owned by Samsung Heavy Industries and the Hong Kong-based Hebei Spirit collided in the sea off of Taean, South Chungcheong province. The 150 kilometers of coast
Times in English news
제주타임스
2008.01.04 17:14
-
Yesterday the Cabinet promulgated the bill to appoint an independent counsel on Lee Myung-bak. Lee’s party, the Grand Nationals, called on President Roh Moo-hyun to veto the bill, calling it unc
Times in English news
제주타임스
2007.12.28 17:25
-
One item on the agenda that appears without fail on the main floor of the National Assembly towards the end of each of the last few years has been bills to extend the time Korean troops are in Iraq. A
Times in English news
제주타임스
2007.12.28 17:24
-
Yesterday was International Migrants’ Day, established to celebrate the adoption of the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers on December 18, 1990. Unli
Times in English news
제주타임스
2007.12.21 16:13
-
President-elect Lee Myung-bak said Thursday that whoever alleged he was involved in the BBK stock price manipulation scandal “will have responsibility to bear” if the independent counsel o
Times in English news
제주타임스
2007.12.21 16:12
-
Regular cargo rail service on the Seoul-Sinuiju line, which connects North and South Korea, resumed yesterday for the first time in 56 years, rail traffic having come to an abrupt halt during the Kore
Times in English news
제주타임스
2007.12.14 17:11
-
Taean Marine National Park, in South Chungcheong Province, and specifically, areas like Mallipo and Mohang, is being buried under an oil slick approximately 40 to 50 meters wide, 40 kilometers in leng
Times in English news
제주타임스
2007.12.14 17:10
-
U.S. Assistant Secretary of State Christopher Hill went to North Korea yesterday, his second visit, having gone there once in June. On the same day, Blue House Secretary for Security Affairs Baek Jong
Times in English news
제주타임스
2007.12.07 17:11
-
Yesterday, Creative Korea Party presidential candidate Moon Kook-hyun officially proposed to United New Democratic Party candidate Chung Dong-young that one between the two of them be chosen to repres
Times in English news
제주타임스
2007.12.07 17:10
-
Another reckless crackdown on migrant workers is underway. Yesterday three key officers in the Migrants’ Trade Union (Iju Nodongja Nodong Johap) were taken away by immigration agents. The three
Times in English news
제주타임스
2007.11.30 16:48
-
The regular prosecution’s investigation into the BBK stock price manipulation case appears to be closing in on the key aspects of the case. While it has yet to be officially confirmed, there has
Times in English news
제주타임스
2007.11.30 16:47
-
The Grand National Party’s official position on the prosecution’s investigation into the BBK stock price manipulation case is that it should be swift and impartial. But the things you actu
Times in English news
제주타임스
2007.11.23 18:47
-
A decade has passed since Korea applied for emergency cash from the International Monetary Fund, having been hit with a financial crisis. What had happened is that the deep-rooted government habit of
Times in English news
제주타임스
2007.11.23 18:46
-
President Roh Moo-hyun has unveiled a road map that involves a four-party summit, and a declaration to end the Korean War and establish a peace regime on the Korean Peninsula. It seems that Roh has pr
Times in English news
제주타임스
2007.11.16 16:41
-
Yesterday, the National Assembly began its confirmation hearing for Lim Chae-jin, the man designated to be the country's next top prosecutor. Lim is the high-ranking prosecution official that former
Times in English news
제주타임스
2007.11.16 16:39