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President Yoon Suk Yeol and Chinese leader Xi Jinping conversed for just three minutes without holding a formal meeting during the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit in San Francisco held in November of last year.

Rival parties are locking horns over the scheduled second vote on a bill to launch a special counsel investigation into first lady Kim Keon Hee, after it was returned to the National Assembly on Friday following President Yoon Suk Yeol’s veto.

Han Dong-hoon, the new interim leader of the ruling People Power Party (PPP), sought to strengthen the conservative party’s footing in the liberal strongholds of Gwangju and the surrounding Jeolla provinces, Thursday, promising that his party will express its gratitude to the regions through policies by using its power as the ruling party.

Koreas political landscape is shrouded in uncertainty after a shocking daytime stabbing of main opposition Democratic Party of Korea (DPK) Chairman Rep. Lee Jae-myung occurred on Tuesday. The Yoon Suk Yeol administration and rival parties have since taken a moment from their usual squabbles to take stock of the current dire political situation.

President Yoon Suk Yeol announced, Monday, that an enhanced version of the South Korea-U.S. extended deterrence scheme will be fully established within the first half of this year, enabling Seoul to more effectively counter Pyongyangs nuclear threats.

A total of 55 government officials won orders of merit, medals and commendations for their brilliant services for the public this year during an awarding ceremony, Tuesday.

Former chairman of the ruling People Power Party (PPP), Lee Jun-seok, left the party and pledged to create his own party, Wednesday, saying he will create an “agora” of responsible politicians instead of a “colosseum” where politicians wield swords against others.

Han Dong-hoon, the former justice minister who is widely viewed as the next flag bearer of the conservative bloc, took the helm of the ruling People Power Party (PPP) as its interim leader, Tuesday, vowing to launch a major offensive against the main opposition Democratic Party of Korea (DPK), whose mainstream members he accused of being weighed down by an outdated dissident mindset.

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