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Yoon Chang-jung Even before his dismissal amid allegations of sexual assault last week, former Cheong Wa Dae spokesman Yoon Chang-jung was a controversial figure for his unreserved and often vulgar ...
Updated : 2013.05.12 20:28
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Lee Nam-ki, senior presidential secretary for public relations, offered to step down Friday, taking responsibility for a burgeoning sexual assault scandal involving the now-fired spokesperson Yoon Ch...
Updated : 2013.05.12 14:37
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The main opposition Democratic Party (DP) demanded Sunday that the presidential chief of staff and all senior secretaries resign en masse to take responsibility for sexual abuse allegations involving...
Updated : 2013.05.12 13:20
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About 10 military officers were found to have played golf in breach of their obligation to remain close to their units in early March when tensions with North Korea were running high, a government of...
Updated : 2013.05.12 10:55
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Seoul has launched a government-wide effort to draw up plans for establishing an international park within the Demilitarized Zone, as suggested by President Park Geun-hye during her recent visit to t...
Updated : 2013.05.12 10:30
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The former presidential spokesman, who was fired after becoming embroiled in a sex scandal while accompanying President Park Geun-hye on her first trip to the U.S., denied allegations Saturday of hav...
Updated : 2013.05.11 10:56
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The presidential office Cheong Wa Dae offered a public apology Friday over allegations that the now-fired spokesman for President Park Geun-hye sexually assaulted a woman while accompanying Park on h...
Updated : 2013.05.11 10:20
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President Park Geun-hye on Thursday dismissed her spokesman Yoon Chang-jung over allegations that he sexually abused a woman during the delegation’s stay in Washington. The incident dealt a fresh b...
Updated : 2013.05.10 21:09
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President Park Geun-hye returned home Friday evening after completing a six-day visit to the United States, where she reaffirmed her robust alliance with President Barack Obama and promised closer co...
Updated : 2013.05.10 20:58
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Former presidential spokesman Yoon Chang-jung (Yonhap News) LOS ANGELES -- President Park Geun-hye on Thursday (Friday Korea time) dismissed her spokesman Yoon Chang-jung as rumors spread that he en...
Updated : 2013.05.10 04:21
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WASHINGTON ― President Park Geun-hye on Wednesday (Thursday Korea time) met with prominent business leaders in Washington, D.C. and stressed the attractiveness of Korea as an investment destination ...
Updated : 2013.05.09 19:56
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The National Assembly’s secretariat will review independent lawmaker Ahn Cheol-soo’s plan to serve on the parliamentary committee for health and welfare affairs, officials said Thursday, casting doub...
Updated : 2013.05.09 19:48
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LOS ANGELES ― President Park Geun-hye wrapped up her U.S. trip on Thursday (Friday morning Korea time) on a mission to promulgate key security initiatives and pitch for wider investment to Korea. Th...
Updated : 2013.05.09 19:48
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An opposition party lawmaker, who criticized President Park Geun-hye on Twitter for making a speech in English while in the United States, deleted the message after it began stirring up controversy o...
Updated : 2013.05.09 18:42
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(Yonhap) President Park Geun-hye’s English proficiency in her address to a joint meeting of the U.S. Congress Wednesday in Washington is getting positive responses on the Internet. Web users poste...
Updated : 2013.05.09 16:37
