Korea Joongang Daily
- Hardcore UPP faction to pick its own leaders
- Imploding party waits to see if unions withdraw their support
- The schism in the opposition Unified Progressive Party widened yesterday after its largest faction rejected an emergency leadership appointed last weekend - and said it would form its own leadership council for the party. The pro-North Korean faction of the party, the Gyeonggi Dongbu Allliance, criticized the interim leadership of Representative Kang Ki-kab appointed over the weekend…
- Trilateral nuke talks set for Monday in Seoul
- South Korea, the United States and Japan will hold high-level tripartite talks in Seoul early next week for consultations on North Korea following its failed launch of a long-range rocket last month, a Seoul official said yesterday. The trilateral talks, set for Monday, will be led by Lim Sung-nam,
- Rhyu finds himself at odds with UPP actions
- Last week, when news spread both online and offline that members of the minor opposition Unified Progressive Party (UPP) had refused to sing the national anthem before starting the party’s formal meetings, Rhyu Si-min, former co-chair of the liberal coalition, raised more than a few questions.“May
- A prime place to abscond with embezzled cash
- HWASEONG, Gyeonggi - It was a peaceful afternoon at Gungpyeong Port in Hwaseong, Gyeonggi, last Thursday. Several fishermen were busy tending to their nets near the dock and some 20 tourists strolled along the seawall. On the other side of the port, some 30 middle-aged men were fishing, painting a t
- Bankers see gold in graying baby boomers
- When Kim Jung-tai took over as chairman and CEO of Hana Financial Group in March, he laid out his ambition of targeting retiring baby boomers - part of his stated goal of making the group, which recently swallowed up Korea Exchange Bank, a global top 50 player.“The market for products and services
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- STX stocks nosedive on liquidity scuttlebutt
- STX, a major shipbuilding group in Korea, saw its stock and the stocks of its affiliates plummet sharply yesterday on rumors that it was under an extreme liquidity crunch.STX and its affiliates STX Offshore & Shipbuilding and STX Engine plunged 11.44, 11.76 and 12.50 percent to close at 9,830 won ($