The Supreme Court has made its own proposal as an alternative to the hojuje ("head-of-the-household" system of family registries), which will soon be abolished. The court's idea is to have "indi.. [Jan.11,2005 06:56 KST]

President Roh Moo Hyun has decided not to accept the resignation of chief of staff Kim Woo Sik. Kim had submitted his resignation over the problematic appointment of Lee Ki Jun as Deputy Prime Mi.. [Jan.11,2005 02:25 KST]

Fatah Party candidate Mahmoud Abbas has won the election for Palestinian president. One hopes that the comfortable victory by this moderate pragmatist will mean a new opportunity for the peace ne.. [Jan.11,2005 02:23 KST]

It has been learned that the two men most synonymous with collaboration with Japanese imperialism, Yi Wan Yong and Song Byeong Jun, owned as much as 940,000 pyeong in land just in Gyeonggi and G.. [Jan.10,2005 08:53 KST]

Cheong Wa Dae chief of staff Kim Woo Sik and the rest of the president's council on high-level nominations have accepted responsibility for and submitted their resignations over the nomination a.. [Jan.10,2005 08:52 KST]

Over the weekend the country learned about the details of a story about how the vice president of Taeyoung, the main shareholder of Seoul Broadcasting System (SBS), invited the head of the news desk a.. [Jan.10,2005 02:14 KST]

There is a lot of controversy over the selection process for a top-level position at the new stock futures exchange. The union is strongly opposed to the process, saying some among those nominat.. [Jan.8,2005 06:55 KST]

Lee Ki Jun, Deputy Prime Minister for Education and Human Resources Development, has submitted his resignation after three days in office. It was bound to happen, because the suspicions about him k.. [Jan.8,2005 06:49 KST]

The Culture and Tourism Minister is causing trouble with comments that do not fit with common sense. At a recent gathering, Chung Dong Chae hinted that he would be in favor of revising the terrestrial.. [Jan.8,2005 02:32 KST]

The Fair Trade Commission (FTC) is going to open up bureau director-level positions (gukjang-geup) to internal competition and then have them sign performance agreements. A few government agenci.. [Jan.7,2005 06:53 KST]