Fred Hiatt
election results: ROH Moo-hyun elected president; percent of vote - ROH Moo-hyun (MDP) 48.9%; LEE Hoi-chang (GNP) 46.6%; other 4.5% Legislative branch: unicameral National Assembly or Kukhoe (299 seats - members elected for four-year terms; 243 in single-seat constituencies, 56 by ...
international: country code - 82; 10 fiber-optic submarine cables - 1 Korea-Russia-Japan, 1 Korea-Japan-Hong Kong, 3 Korea-Japan-China, 1 Korea-Japan-China-Europe, 1 Korea-Japan-China-US-Taiwan, 1 Korea-Japan-China, 1 Korea-Japan-Hong Kong-Taiwan, 1 Korea-Japan; satellite earth statio...
South Korea's acting leader resigns amid reports he will run for president South Korea’s acting leader, Prime Minister Han Duck-soo, says he is resigning amid reports he will run in next month’s presidential election April 30, 2025 at 3:14 PM About 4,700 North Korean soldiers have bee...
SOUTH KOREA FIN MIN CHOI SAYS SOUTH KOREA IS 'ABSOLUTELY NOT' TRYING TO CONCLUDE TARIFF TALKS WITH U.S. BEFORE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION. 09:55, 30-Apr-2025 South Korea sets June 3 for snap presidential election Asia 09:30, 08-Apr-2025 SOUTH KOREA CONSTITUTIONAL COURT JUSTICE ...
The final voter turnout for South Korea’s 44 million eligible voters was tentatively estimated at 67%, the highest for a parliamentary election since 1992, according to the election commission. READ: The 10 Oldest U.S. Presidents Regardless of the results, ...
In 2024, South Korea's corruption perception index (CPI) score was 64 out of 100, similarly to the previous year.
South Korea also began expanding its network of free trade agreements to help bolster exports, and has since implemented 16 free trade agreements covering 58 countries—including the United State and China—that collectively cover more than three-quarters of global GDP.In 2017, the election of ...
SEOUL--South Korea’s prime minister and senior presidential officials offered to resign en masse on Thursday, media reports said, after their conservative ruling party suffered a crushing defeat in parliamentary elections. The results of Wednesday’s election posed a huge political blow to President...