A case that involved a high-level prosecutor drafting criminal complaints targeting Democratic Party figures in cooperation with a conservative lawmaker has shined a light on the omerta-like bond among powerful prosecutors, who are increasingly wading into Korea’s political scene
Han Dong-hoon, interim chief of the ruling People Power Party (PPP), condemned the main opposition party, Thursday, for joining forces with North Korean regime sympathizers and with other radical political orientations for the upcoming elections.
Cho Kuk, a former justice minister during the previous liberal Moon Jae-in administration, announced his bid to create a party and run in the April 10 general elections, despite concerns that his move may aggravate factional infighting in the main opposition Democratic Party of Korea (DPK).
South Korea s Foreign Ministry denied a media report on Friday that the government of the Netherlands had summoned its ambassador to voice concerns about Seoul s demands regarding a presidential visit to the headquarters of the semiconductor printing machine supplier ASML. The Joongang Ilbo newspaper reported that the South Korean Ambassador to the Netherlands Choe Hyoung-chan had been summoned to hear concerns over .
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