All posts tagged "Park Geun-hye"

  • Mark-Park1
    Park makes surprise visit to hospitalized US envoy

    SEOUL, March 9 (Yonhap) — President Park Geun-hye on Monday made a surprise visit to the hospital where the top U.S. envoy has been recovering from wounds he sustained in a knife attack last week. The visit...

    • Posted March 9, 2015
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  • People watch a live television program airing South Korean President Park Geun-hye's New Year's press conference at the Seoul Railway Station in Seoul, Monday, an. 12, 2015. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)
    Park’s approval rating hits new low of 30 pct: poll

    SEOUL (Yonhap) — President Park Geun-hye’s approval rating hit a new low of 30 percent this week amid public backlash over the government’s new tax settlement scheme, a survey showed Friday. The survey on 1,001 adults nationwide...

    • Posted January 23, 2015
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  • Family members attempt to hold on to each others’ hands as North Koreans board the bus to part from their South Korean relatives after holding their final reunions at Mt. Geumgang in North Korea’s east coast.
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    Park proposes to hold inter-Korean family reunions around Lunar New Year’s Day

    SEOUL (Yonhap) — President Park Geun-hye pressed North Korea Monday to come forward for talks with South Korea to arrange the reunion of families separated by the 1950-53 Korean War. “North Korea should come forward for dialogue...

    • Posted January 12, 2015
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    Park offers to meet with Kim Jong-un unconditionally

    SEOUL (Yonhap) — South Korean President Park Geun-hye on Monday held out the prospect of an unconditional summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un in a rare exchange of optimism on the divided Korean Peninsula. “I can...

    • Posted January 12, 2015
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  • South Korean President Park Geun-hye.
    Park’s approval rating hits record low: poll

    SEOUL (Yonhap) — President Park Geun-hye’s approval rating has hit a record low amid a high-profile influence-peddling scandal involving some key presidential officials, a poll showed Friday. The survey of 1,006 adults nationwide by Gallup Korea showed...

    • Posted December 20, 2014
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  • Park and Cho
    ‘Nut case’ eases tension on ‘memogate’

    Is the president letting out sigh of relief at Cho’s expense? By Jun Ji-hye Which woman is now more in the spotlight — President Park Geun-hye or former Korean Air Vice President Heather (Korean name Cho Hyun-ah)?...

    • Posted December 18, 2014
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    President Park’s brother faces summons over document leak: sources

    SEOUL (Yonhap) — The younger brother of President Park Geun-hye will likely be summoned by prosecutors next week for questioning over a leaked presidential document alleging that one of her former aides meddled in state affairs behind...

    • Posted December 12, 2014
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