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Bae Hyun-jung

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Judges to propose study into potential unfairness of U.S. FTA

Social affairsDec 2, 2011

Some 170 judges joined hands Friday to press the Supreme Court to launch a study into whether the free trade agreement with the U.S. is skewed in favor of Americans.The rare move came amid mushrooming public discontent over parliamentary approval last week of the trade pact. The deal, first signed i
N.K. shows signs of cutting in on overseas voting

PoliticsOct 20, 2011

National security officials detected signs that North Korea has attempted to influence overseas voting in next year’s general and presidential elections by sending out agents into overseas Korean societies, according to a local newspaper Thursday.The communist state especially targeted Japan, where
SNS battle rages in mayoral race

PoliticsOct 20, 2011

Park ahead of Na in cyber campaign; Twitter users criticize online crackdownWith the Seoul mayoral by-election looming next Wednesday, the online campaigns are heating up, with independent candidate Park Won-soon taking a visible lead over Na Kyung-won of the ruling Grand National Party.The SNS batt
Mayoral runners strive for public poll lead

PoliticsOct 19, 2011

Rival camps battled on Wednesday to take the lead in the last public polls for the Oct. 26 Seoul mayoral by-election.According to the election law, public survey results may not be made public during the last six days of campaigning, which is next Wednesday.Also, the increasing number of swing votes
Park hits back at Na and GNP

PoliticsOct 18, 2011

Change of stance seen as move to make up for image tarnished by attacksThe race for Seoul mayor is to intensify this week as liberal candidate Park Won-soon launched an aggressive counterattack against the ruling party’s negative campaigning.The liberal bloc’s unified candidate, together with the ma
Park counterattacks Na and GNP

PoliticsOct 18, 2011

Change of stance seen as move to make up for image tarnished by mudslingingThe race for Seoul mayor is to intensify this week as liberal candidate Park Won-soon set to launch aggressive counterattacks against the ruling party’s negative campaigning.The liberal bloc’s unified candidate, together with
DP digs in heels over U.S. FTA bill

PoliticsOct 17, 2011

Opposition leader calls trade deals more difficult to change than ConstitutionThe ruling and opposition parties once again clashed on Monday over the Korea-U.S. Free Trade Agreement.Following the U.S. Congress’ ratification of the bill last week, the ruling Grand National Party urged the parliamenta
Reaching out to ethnic Koreans in Central Asia

Social affairsOct 17, 2011

Kim Dai-sik visits Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan to launch ombudsman outreach program in Central AsiaThe Anti-Corruption and Civil Rights Commission, a leading governmental panel promoting citizens’ rights, plans to reach out to Korean firms and ethnic Koreans in Central Asia through a wide-ran
Ex-lawmaker Yang from Jeju passes away

PoliticsOct 13, 2011

Yang Jung-kyu, 79, chairman of the Republic of Korea Parliamentary Society and former six-term lawmaker, passed away late on Wednesday. He had been suffering from a chronic illness.Born in Jeju in 1933, Yang joined officialdom as a secretary to the prime minister in 1964 and moved into politics by w
Parties brace for battle over U.S. FTA

PoliticsOct 13, 2011

GNP stresses that further delay will cause losses; DP calls for protective measuresThe Korea-U.S. Free Trade Agreement now awaits Korean ratification after the U.S. Congress passed the bill on Wednesday, but parties here saw last-minute conflicts looming over the issue.On Thursday morning, following
Mayoral race becomes mud-slinging match

PoliticsOct 12, 2011

Major candidates tout policy blueprints on welfare, environment, child careParties stepped up their mud-slinging attacks against rival mayoral candidates Wednesday, a day before official by-election campaigning began.The ruling Grand National Party continued questioning the qualifications of the lib
GNP urges ratification of U.S. FTA

PoliticsOct 12, 2011

As the Korea-U.S. Free Trade Agreement awaits the parliamentary panel discussion on Wednesday, the ruling party leader once again urged parties to ratify it by the end of the month.“The U.S. Congress is expected to pass their bill this week, and in order to move in step, we should also wrap up the i
Parties dispute ethics of mayoral candidates

PoliticsOct 11, 2011

Parties clashed Tuesday over the ethical records of Seoul mayoral candidates Na Kyung-won of the Grand National Party and unified liberal Park Won-soon.The GNP focused its attacks on Park’s family registration records, denouncing him for allegedly evading military duty through false family records.P
Attacks get personal in first mayoral debate

PoliticsOct 10, 2011

Park garners 45.5% of support to Na’s 37.2% in latest surveyThe first official debate for the upcoming Seoul mayoral race was a bruising affair, as an agreement to restrict the debate to policies failed to last.The ruling Grand National Party’s Na Kyung-won and the liberal bloc’s Park Won-soon
Committee to discuss U.S. FTA bill Thursday

PoliticsOct 10, 2011

The National Assembly’s foreign affairs committee will discuss the long-disputed Korea-U.S. Free Trade Agreement bill in its general meeting on Thursday, according to its chairman.“The U.S. Congress is expected to pass its bill within the week, and parties have agreed to follow suit,” said Grand Nat