15 en The National Assembly has passed another bill to amend the Commercial Act, with the ruling Democratic Party leading its approval despite strong opposition from the People Power Party(PPP). The bill passed during a plenary session Monday, with 180 of the 182 lawmakers present voting in favor, and two ...

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]]> KBS WORLD Radio Mon, 25 Aug 2025 11:28:21 +0900 Politics The special counsel team investigating the December 3 martial law case has raided the justice ministry, the Supreme Prosecutors’ Office and other locations, targeting former Justice Minister Park Sung-jae and former top prosecutor Shim Woo-jung. Special counsel Cho Eun-suk’s team said Monday in a press ...

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]]> KBS WORLD Radio Mon, 25 Aug 2025 11:05:48 +0900 Politics Former first lady Kim Keon-hee has appeared before special counsel Min Joong-ki’s team to undergo additional questioning over various corruption allegations.  A prison vehicle carrying Kim arrived at 9:36 a.m. Monday at Min’s office in central Seoul for the 10 a.m. session. The special counsel ...

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]]> KBS WORLD Radio Mon, 25 Aug 2025 10:50:11 +0900 Politics President Lee Jae Myung says he intends to raise a range of issues concerning North Korea during his upcoming summit with U.S. President Donald Trump. The president made the remarks on Sunday during an in-flight press conference aboard his presidential plane en route to Washington.  Asked if he was ...

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]]> KBS WORLD Radio Mon, 25 Aug 2025 10:39:18 +0900 Politics President Lee Jae Myung says it is difficult for South Korea to easily agree with the U.S. demand for “strategic flexibility” regarding U.S. Forces Korea, but that discussions about a future-oriented strategic transformation of the troop presence are necessary for South Korea as well.  The president ...

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]]> KBS WORLD Radio Mon, 25 Aug 2025 10:14:06 +0900 Politics A delegation of special envoys sent by President Lee Jae Myung met with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Sunday and delivered a personal letter from Lee to Chinese President Xi Jinping.   The delegation, led by former National Assembly Speaker Park Byeong-seug, met with Wang at the Diaoyutai State ...

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]]> KBS WORLD Radio Mon, 25 Aug 2025 09:16:33 +0900 Politics Special counsel Cho Eun-suk’s team has requested a warrant to detain former Prime Minister Han Duck-soo over allegations that he abetted former President Yoon Suk Yeol in illegally declaring martial law. Cho’s team, investigating the December 3 martial law case, said Sunday that it filed for the warrant ...

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]]> KBS WORLD Radio Mon, 25 Aug 2025 08:10:55 +0900 Politics President Lee Jae Myung has arrived in the United States for summit talks with U.S. President Donald Trump after concluding his visit to Japan. Lee’s presidential plane landed at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland on Sunday afternoon, kicking off a three-day visit to the U.S. On Monday, Lee will hold a ...

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]]> KBS WORLD Radio Mon, 25 Aug 2025 08:01:03 +0900 Politics Presidential Chief of Staff Kang Hoon-sik has departed for the United States to join President Lee Jae Myung during his official visit. Speaking to reporters at Incheon International Airport prior to his departure on Sunday, Kang stated that even the opportunity to meet one more person or persuade someone ...

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]]> KBS WORLD Radio Sun, 24 Aug 2025 14:28:31 +0900 Politics National Security Adviser Wi Sung-lac stated that Saturday's summit between President Lee Jae Myung and Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba was significant in reinforcing trilateral cooperation among South Korea, the United States and Japan. Wi, who is accompanying Lee on his official visit to ...

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]]> KBS WORLD Radio Sun, 24 Aug 2025 12:51:19 +0900 Politics The National Assembly has passed the contentious "yellow envelope" bill, aimed at bolstering labor rights, with the ruling Democratic Party (DP) leading its approval despite strong opposition from the People Power Party (PPP). The bill was passed during a plenary session on Sunday, with 183 lawmakers ...

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]]> KBS WORLD Radio Sun, 24 Aug 2025 12:43:41 +0900 Politics President Lee Jae Myung is set to conclude his visit to Japan on Sunday and travel to Washington, D.C., for summit talks with United States President Donald Trump. Lee will meet with Japanese lawmakers and politicians on Sunday, the second day of his two-day visit to Japan, before departing for the United ...

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]]> KBS WORLD Radio Sun, 24 Aug 2025 12:03:35 +0900 Politics The leaders of South Korea and Japan held a joint press event after summit talks in Tokyo that lasted nearly two hours, until around 6:50 p.m. Saturday. President Lee Jae Myung said he and Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba conducted frank discussions on various issues and agreed to release a document ...

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]]> KBS WORLD Radio Sat, 23 Aug 2025 20:53:22 +0900 Politics President Lee Jae Myung and Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba held summit talks in Tokyo on Saturday for nearly two hours and are believed to have focused on bilateral economic and security cooperation. At the start of the extended summit, Lee said the international order is fluctuating amid security ...

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]]> KBS WORLD Radio Sat, 23 Aug 2025 19:33:35 +0900 Politics Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba has stressed that a stable relationship between South Korea and Japan would not only benefit the two sides but the region as a whole. At the start of an extended summit with President Lee Jae Myung in Tokyo on Saturday, the Japanese prime minister also said it is very ...

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]]> KBS WORLD Radio Sat, 23 Aug 2025 19:15:25 +0900 Politics Anchor: President Lee Jae Myung has begun visits to Japan and the United States for summit talks. Ahead of his trip to Japan, Lee said he hopes the visit will help revive shuttle diplomacy and cement the groundwork for future-oriented cooperation with Tokyo.  Our Yun Sohyang reports. Report: President Lee ...

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]]> KBS WORLD Radio Sat, 23 Aug 2025 15:09:05 +0900 Politics Kim Moon-soo and Jang Dong-hyeok, two candidates in the main opposition People Power Party(PPP)'s leadership race, will face each other in a televised debate at 5:40 p.m. on Saturday. Both candidates, who have expressed opposition to former President Yoon Suk Yeol's impeachment over his martial law action, ...

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]]> KBS WORLD Radio Sat, 23 Aug 2025 14:57:18 +0900 Politics South Korean figure skater Huh Ji-yu, a 13-year-old prospect, won a surprise silver medal in her debut at the International Skating Union (ISU) Junior Grand Prix. Huh claimed second place in the junior women’s competition at the ISU JGP Riga Cup 2025, on Friday local time in Riga, Latvia. She scored ...

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]]> KBS WORLD Radio Sat, 23 Aug 2025 14:18:00 +0900 Politics North Korea has demanded South Korea to stop what it called "provocative acts," claiming Seoul fired warning shots against its troops working near the Military Demarcation Line(MDL). In a statement as carried by the Korean Central News Agency(KCNA) on Saturday, Ko Jong-chol, vice chief of the General Staff ...

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]]> KBS WORLD Radio Sat, 23 Aug 2025 14:06:39 +0900 Politics The special counsel team investigating the December 3 martial law case wrapped up a third round of questioning of former Prime Minister Han Duck-soo late Friday night. Han arrived at special counsel Cho Eun-suk’s office in southern Seoul at around 9:30 a.m. and left about 13 and a half hours later, at ...

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]]> KBS WORLD Radio Sat, 23 Aug 2025 13:28:04 +0900 Politics U.S. Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell has hinted that an interest rate cut could come as soon as next month, from the current range of four-point-25 to four-point-five percent. In his final annual address as Fed chair at Jackson Hole, Wyoming on Friday, Powell said the steady unemployment rate and other ...

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]]> KBS WORLD Radio Sat, 23 Aug 2025 13:21:12 +0900 Politics The National Assembly, led by the ruling Democratic Party(DP), introduced the contentious "yellow envelope" pro-labor bill at a plenary session on Saturday. In response, the main opposition People Power Party(PPP) launched a 24-hour filibuster. A final vote is expected once the filibuster ends Sunday ...

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]]> KBS WORLD Radio Sat, 23 Aug 2025 11:34:43 +0900 Politics Foreign Minister Cho Hyun met with U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio in Washington on Friday, just three days before President Lee Jae Myung’s first summit with U.S. President Donald Trump. According to Seoul's foreign ministry, Cho and Rubio checked up on the "future-oriented" agenda for the summit, ...

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]]> KBS WORLD Radio Sat, 23 Aug 2025 11:03:33 +0900 Politics President Lee Jae Myung has embarked on visits to Japan and the United States for summit talks. Lee, along with first lady Kim Hea Kyung, arrived in Japan after departing from Seoul Air Base Saturday morning, where he is set to meet with Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba in the afternoon, followed by ...

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]]> KBS WORLD Radio Sat, 23 Aug 2025 11:00:01 +0900 Politics Former first lady Kim Keon-hee has submitted a statement saying she cannot attend questioning by the special counsel on Saturday due to health problems, leading prosecutors to reschedule her appearance for August 25. Her lawyer said she suffers from hypotension and anxiety disorders, leaving her in poor ...

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]]> KBS WORLD Radio Fri, 22 Aug 2025 19:03:43 +0900 Politics Samsung Electronics Chairman Lee Jae-yong, SK Group Chairman Chey Tae-won, and HD Hyundai Vice Chairman Chung Ki-sun held separate meetings this week with Bill Gates to discuss cooperation in nuclear energy and global initiatives. Lee hosted Gates at Samsung’s Seocho office in Seoul for a luncheon, ...

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]]> KBS WORLD Radio Fri, 22 Aug 2025 18:43:29 +0900 Politics Kim Moon-soo, a former labor minister, and Rep. Jang Dong-hyuk advanced Friday to the runoff vote for leader of the main opposition People Power Party. The two were selected out of four finalists — including Ahn Cheol-soo and Cho Kyung-tae — after the first round, which combined 80 percent party member ...

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]]> KBS WORLD Radio Fri, 22 Aug 2025 18:34:25 +0900 Politics National Security Adviser Wi Sung-lac said Friday that Seoul views the modernization of the Korea-U.S. alliance as a way to strengthen security and reinforce their combined defense posture. Briefing reporters ahead of President Lee Jae Myung’s U.S. trip, Wi said the government aims to adapt the alliance ...

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]]> KBS WORLD Radio Fri, 22 Aug 2025 18:18:27 +0900 Politics South Korean Defense Minister Ahn Gyu-back met acting U.S. Ambassador Joseph Yun in Seoul on Friday, the ministry said.  Ahn thanked Yun for his efforts to bolster the alliance since taking up the post in January and stressed the importance of “deepening and advancing ties through close ...

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]]> KBS WORLD Radio Fri, 22 Aug 2025 17:25:14 +0900 Politics North Korean leader Kim Jong-un presided over a state ceremony honoring soldiers killed while fighting alongside Russia against Ukraine, state media said Friday. Kim touched portraits of the dead, embraced grieving families, and awarded the title of “Hero of the Republic” to commanders and fighters, ...

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