South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol, one of the few conservatives to win a presidency anywhere in the world this year, urged the United Nations in his speech on Tuesday to “stand together in solidarity” and defend freedom from wherever a threat may arise.
North Korean state media reported on Friday that dictator Kim Jong-un signed a law making the Communist tyranny’s march to nuclear weapons “irreversible,” banning all further denuclearization talks with the outside world, and mandating an immediate nuclear attack if Kim or other top officials is harmed by foreign powers.
A Morning Consult survey released on Friday found several controversial world leaders with higher approval ratings than President Joe Biden, including Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, whose re-election bid in October is supposedly doomed.
The former head of South Korean’s National Intelligence Service (NIS), Park Jie-won, warned on Monday that North Korea would “likely” test a nuclear weapon prior to the American midterm elections in November in response to Seoul resuming military exercises with the United States.
Kim Yo-jong, the powerful and confrontational sister of North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un, on Friday scoffed at South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol’s offer of economic assistance in exchange for denuclearization as “foolish” and told Yoon to “shut his mouth.”
Conservative South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol met with billionaire Microsoft founder and vaccine advocate Bill Gates on Tuesday to discuss Seoul’s current and future plans to cooperate with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to further vaccine research and development both within South Korea and worldwide, Yonhap News Agency reported.
South Korea’s President Yoon Suk-yeol spoke to Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) for about 40 minutes on Thursday via phone – despite the fact that both are in Seoul, as Yoon declined to interrupt his vacation time to meet her.
South Korea’s Defense Minister Lee Jong-sup said in remarks to lawmakers on Monday that pop superstars BTS “should come to the military” for their mandatory service and, in turn, the military should allow them to hold concerts abroad and otherwise maintain their careers while serving.
South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol held a fiscal strategy meeting at a university near Seoul on Thursday. Yoon said it was time to “wake up from the fantasy of fiscal universalism” and realize that unlimited government spending is not the way to nourish a healthy economy.
President Joe Biden held a trilateral meeting with the leaders of Japan and South Korea – Prime Minister Kishida Fumio and President Yoon Suk-yeol, respectively – in Spain on Wednesday in which the two conservatives pressed Biden to prioritize the threat from communist North Korea.
Friday marked the fourth day of a growing strike by South Korean truckers, who are protesting over their wages and the rising cost of fuel.
South Korean military officials told reporters on Wednesday that one of three missiles launched by the communist regime in North Korea that day was likely the Hwasong-17, the most advanced of Pyongyang’s intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs).
American President Joe Biden arrived in South Korea on Friday, eliciting no response from the communist North Korean regime at press time.
South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol took office on Tuesday in a regal inauguration ceremony featuring tens of thousands of people – a jarring image compared to the barren streets under the strict coronavirus protocol of leftist predecessor Moon Jae-in – emphasizing freedom as the paramount value of the country.
The incoming government of South Korean President-elect Yoon Suk-yeol said Thursday it plans to compensate 5.51 million small business owners for losses suffered as a direct result of the previous administration’s punishing business hour curfews, imposed regularly for two years as part of Seoul’s anti-Chinese coronavirus regulations.
North Korea’s communist dictator Kim Jong-un sent “warm greetings” to outgoing South Korean President Moon Jae-in cementing a mutual “deep trust” in each other, Pyongyang’s state propaganda arms revealed on Friday.
South Korea President-elect Yoon Suk-yeol has invited 41,000 guests to attend his inauguration ceremony on May 10, Yonhap News reported on Tuesday, noting Yoon’s team recently expanded his guestlist beyond what was previously planned in light of South Korea dropping almost all Chinese coronavirus-related social gathering restrictions on Monday.
The transition committee aiding South Korean President-elect Yoon Suk-yeol was flung into unexpected controversy this week after a member claimed Yoon was mulling inviting BTS, South Korea’s most popular boy band, to perform at the inauguration May 10.
A delegation representing South Korean President-elect Yoon Suk-yeol met with U.S. National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan on Tuesday.
Kim Yo-jong, the powerful and influential sister of North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un, threatened to use nuclear weapons against South Korea on Tuesday after South Korean Defense Minister Suh Wook discussed his military’s ability to “accurately and swiftly” strike targets in the North.
North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un’s sister, Kim Yo-jong, issued a statement on Sunday condemning South Korean Defense Minister Suh Wook as a “scum-like guy” and threatening “disaster” for Pyongyang’s southern neighbor.
Communist dictator Kim Jong-un of North Korea applauded his military leaders and scientists, state media reported on Monday, for developing “overwhelming military power that cannot be stopped by anyone” during a photo session to commemorate the launch of a purported intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM).
Conservative South Korean President-elect Yoon Suk-yeol and outgoing South Korean President Moon Jae-in, a leftist, have failed to meet per tradition in recent days, reportedly due to an apparent animosity between the two sides as evidenced in public barbs against one another from respective representatives, Yonhap News Agency reported Thursday.
Government media outlets in North Korea confirmed on Friday that communist dictator Kim Jong-un had tested a “new-type” intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM), which is described as a direct threat to the United States and the latest addition to the “state nuclear force.”
South Korean President-elect Yoon Suk-yeol, narrow winner of the March 9 election, dispatched his transition team on Friday to scout two possible locations for his office and residence outside of Cheong Wa Dae, the “Blue House” where the president of the Republic of Korea traditionally resides.
South Korea’s conservative President-Elect Yoon Seok-yeol spoke directly to American President Joe Biden on Thursday following his victory in Wednesday’s election, vowing publicly to bring his country close to the United States after five years of left-wing government pushing for closer relations with China.
