Rep. Na Kyung-won of the People Power Party dismissed President Lee Jae Myung's trip to the San Francisco AI Summit as "piggyback diplomacy," saying that he exploited the trip to take political credit for deals secured by Korean companies. The meeting, hosted by the Ministry of Science and ICT, brought together Lee and the chiefs of prominent global technology companies to San Francisco. This included the heads of Anthropic, OpenAI, Nvidia and Broadcom, as well as those of domestic firms such as

The People Power Party on Saturday raised the pressure on the ruling bloc, claiming Justice Minister Jung Sung-ho's recent offer to resign marked the beginning of the Lee Jae Myung administration's "lame duck phase." "The lame duck era of Lee's administration has begun," People Power Party Floor Leader Rep. Jeong Jeom-sig wrote in a Facebook post, after Jung reportedly offered to resign. Jung offered to step down after the Democratic Party decided to adopt the abolition of prosecutors' supplemen

Reform Party Floor Leader Rep. Chun Ha-ram on Tuesday upped the attack against Defense Minister Ahn Gyu-back, raising questions over Ahn's military service and against military reform measures. According to Chun, the Defense Counterintelligence Command denied his request of information regarding allegations of irregularities in Ahn's military service. Writing on his Facebook account, Chun said that the DCC cited lack of personnel to handle the request as all available employees were engaged in p

Rep. Ahn Cheol-soo of the main opposition People Power Party on Tuesday accused President Lee Jae Myung of using an irregular real estate trading method, comparing him to the invasive bluegill fish. Ahn's statement, written on his Facebook page, came after Lee officially sold his house located in Bundang-gu, Seongnam, Gyeonggi Province, for 2.9 billion won ($1.97 million). According to the property's certificate of registry information, around 1.78 billion won is financed with debt held by Lee a

The government must lay the grounds for the spread of AI across sectors, approaching the technology as a "basic right," Presidential Chief of Staff for Policy Kim Yong-beom said Tuesday. Writing on his Facebook page, Kim said the artificial intelligence market is still not fully unlocked, and applications in hospitals, schools and public administration remain elusive. Kim cited conflicting stakes as the cause: hospitals wait for regulations to be eased, regulators wait for successful precedents

The main opposition People Power Party on Monday continued its attack on leveraged single-stock exchange-traded funds, with its floor leader accusing the government of fanning speculative investing. Speaking at the party's Supreme Council meeting on Monday, People Power Party floor leader Rep. Jeong Jeom-sig referred to the ETFs as "government-led 'leading rooms' targeting the public." The term "leading rooms" refers to stock tip chat rooms that provide advice on stock investments, often in exc

Rep. Ahn Cheol-soo of the main opposition People Power Party on Monday slammed KB Kookmin Bank for lowering the cap on mortgage lending, accusing it of following government policies at the cost of harming the public. “KB has cut off the people’s financial lifeline and betrayed them. It doesn’t deserve to carry the name ‘Kookmin,’” Ahn wrote on his Facebook page. “It would not be unreasonable for the bank to change its sign to ‘JM Jae-myung Bank’ instead.” The Korean word “kookmin” literally tran

Internal friction in the main opposition People Power Party continues to escalate as more calls for a leadership overhaul are met with pointed fingers. Former lawmaker Yang Hyang-ja — who now sits on the People Power Party’s supreme council — called for the party’s leadership to take responsibility for the local election results and to resign. “The majority of the public and (party’s) supporters likely expected all leadership to step down after the election results,” Yang said at a People Power

President Lee Jae Myung on Monday warned that prosecution reform should be carried out with precision, cautioning against attempts that “burn down the house to get rid of bedbugs,” in remarks widely seen as directed at hard-line lawmakers within the ruling Democratic Party of Korea. “To solve a problem, one must accurately identify its cause and clearly distinguish what should and should not be addressed,” Lee wrote in a post on X. “In carrying out necessary reforms, caution is needed to avoid b

In online forums, Godwin's Law holds that the longer a discussion continues, the more inevitable Nazi comparisons become. In Korean politics, it appears that neither an online forum or a long time is necessary. The National Assembly's most recent example was made over proposed revision to the Referendum Act. The revision, passed at the Legislation and Judiciary Committee on Tuesday, includes clauses strengthening the National Election Commission’s authority and penalties for interfering with its