Moon's Aim to Move S. Korean Presidential Office a Security 'Headache'

Seoul. South Korea's new president has pledged to ... Moon's disgraced predecessor, Park Geun-hye. "I will leave the ... five royal palaces from South Korea's dynastic past, ... 1968, North Korean commandos attempted to assassinate then president Park Chung-hee ...

South Korea's Moon Takes Presidency of Divided Country Amid North Korea Tensions

... the removal of his predecessor, Park Geun-hye, in a corruption scandal in ... the North Korean military and South Korea's military readiness. As president, Moon ... to pay his respects to South Korean heroes. Minority in Parliament Moon ...

South Koreans Vote for New Leader After Months of Political Vacuum

... that brought down former President Park Geun-hye and shook the ... South Korean media reported. Moon, who narrowly lost to Park ... about corporate earnings after South Korean businesses did well ... – something the previous South Korean leaders have failed to ...

Can South Korea's Moon Make 'Sunshine' Again With Defiant North?

... 2016, Yoo Chang-geun and around 120 other South Korean businessmen frantically pulled ... and sanctions on Pyongyang, senior South Korean government officials said. Moon's ... KCNA news agency called former president Park Geun-hye a "prostitute" being "pimped" by ...

North Korea State Media Warns of Nuclear Strike if Provoked as US Warships Approach

... US mainland," it said. South Korean acting President Hwang Kyo-ahn warned of ... Hwang, acting leader since former president Park Geun-hye was removed amid a graft ... not immediately release details. But South Korean officials took pains to quell ...

South Korean Software Tycoon Roars Back Into Contention for President

Seoul. South Korean software mogul Ahn Cheol- ... injustice and corruption. Impeached former president Park Geun-hye was dismissed last month over ... find a new way in South Korean politics long marred by ... carried out any attacks on South Korean soil as it did ...

Japan Envoy Returning to South Korea After Recall Over 'Comfort Woman' Statue

... over a statue commemorating Korean women forced to ... consulate in the southern South Korean city of Busan, which ... the arrest of ousted President Park Geun-hye meant an ambassador needed ... in Japanese military brothels. South Korean activists estimate that there ...

South Korean Liberal Wins Party Primary, Poised to Become President

Seoul. South Korean human rights lawyer Moon Jae ... 9 election to succeed impeached Park Geun-hye, who was dismissed last month ... with the United States where President Donald Trump has pressed China ... to the arrest of ousted President Park. Moon had the backing of ...

Court Decides Whether to Arrest Ousted South Korean President Park

Seoul. A South Korean court began deliberating on ... ) whether to arrest ousted president Park Geun-hye, who was removed from ... s largest conglomerate. Park could become South Korea's third ... political and business elite. Park, South Korea's first democratically ...

If Arrested, South Korea's Park Will Be in Larger Cell Than Others, but Lights Out at 9

Seoul. If ousted South Korean president Park Geun-hye is arrested this week, she ... there, said the former president was given a bigger cell ... a bed for the former president, but the cells were ... said Park would have some benefits as a former president but no ...