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U.S. Ambassador to South Korea Michelle Steel speaks at the opening ceremony of the Korea-U.S. Shipbuilding Cooperation Center held at the Mayflower Hotel in Washington, D.C., on the 23rd (local time)
President Yoon, regarding the first-instance ruling on the Public Official Election Act: “An excessive political verdict that distorts the facts… We will appeal immediately.”
The first-instance sentencing hearing for President Yoon Suk Yeol regarding violations of the Public Official Election Act is being broadcast live at Seoul Station on the 27th. [Photo=Yonhap News]Pres
Fire at Hyundai Motor Group Battery Research Facility in Uiwang… Ignited in Waste Storage Room
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Famous Japanese mystery novelist Keigo Higashino [AFP=Yonhap News]It has been belatedly reported that Keigo Higashino, the "godfather of Japanese mystery novels" and author of bestsellers such as "The
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About 500 civic groups with centrist and conservative leanings, including the Pan-Citizen Civil Society Organizations Federation and Freedom Solidarity, held a press conference at the National Assembly Communication Center on the morning of the 8th and urged the discontinuation of the so-called 'Fabricated Prosecution Special Prosecutor Act.' [Provided by the Civic Society Joint Conference]
The Civic Society Joint Conference, comprised of centrist and conservative civic groups such as the Pan-Citizen Civil Society Organizations Federation and Freedom Solidarity, held a press conference at the National Assembly Communication Center on the 7th and urged the discontinuation of the so-called 'Fabricated Prosecution Special Prosecutor Act.'
They argued, "Attempting to abolish the criminal trial of a sitting president through legislation is an attempt to suffocate the rule of law and a declaration of war on the constitutional order itself."
They added, "A structure where a special prosecutor appointed by the defendant eliminates the defendant's trial is judicial destruction disguised as law. If this precedent becomes entrenched, South Korea will not be a state governed by the rule of law, but a country where the majority can destroy the law through popular vote," expressing their concern.
These organizations demanded that the Democratic Party of Korea withdraw the bill and urged the judiciary to proceed with the eight trials related to President Lee Jae-myung normally.
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