Rep. Yoo Jee-young, a leader of the National Assembly Gender Equality and Family Committee. Rep. Yoo Jee-young, leader of the National Assembly Gender Equality and Family Committee, has proposed a revision bill to boost the economic activities of former career women.   The government has offe…

Rep. Yoo Sungkull of the ruling Saenuri Party.Rep. Yoo is in a National Assembly session here. He called for the issuance of national bonds to supplement government treasury, instead of raising taxes.(Photos:Rep. Yoo Sungkull’s office) Rep. Yoo Sungkull of the ruling Saenuri Party said the only op…

Chairman Yim Jong-yong of the Financial Services Commission.(Photo:FSC) On April 23, Chairman Yim Jong-yong of the Financial Services Commission said the FSC will monitor the issuance of the equity linked securities(ELS) and other financial products for investments as they have been increasing too …

Korean National Assembly Speaker Chung Ui-wha and other parliamentary leaders of the MIKTA member countries hold a joint news conference at the Chosun Hotel in Seoul on July 2 after issuing the Seoul Statement on the MIKTA Speakers’ Consultation 2015. Also seen are Mexican Senate Speaker Miguel…

Rep. Yoo Jee-young, a leader of the National Assembly Gender Equality and Family Committee, has proposed a revision bill to boost former career women’s economic activities.   The government has offered support to help former career women find jobs again as Korea is grappling with a de…

Korean National Assembly Speaker Jung Ui-hwa speaks at the MIKTA Speakers’ Consultation 2015 that gets under way in Seoul.   Parliamentary leaders of four middle powers -- so-called MIKTA -- participate in the MIKTA Speakers' Consulttion 2015 that opened for a five-day run in Seou…

Rep. Kim Eul-dong of the ruling Saenuri PartyRep. Kim Eul-dong of the ruling Saenuri Party called for legislative action on the protection of the rights for the vendors, especially, SMEs by amending the laws dealing with the conflicts involving large firms and vendors and the negotiations on the pri…

Rep. Yoo Sungkull of the ruling Saenuri PartyRep. Yoo Sungkull of the ruling Saenuri Party said only option we have in securing supplemental budget now is to issue national bonds. During the interpellation of the government on economic policies at the National Assembly on June 22, the legislato…

Rep. Yu Eui-dong of the ruling Saenuri PartyRep. Yu Eui-dong of the ruling Saenuri Party from Pyeongtaek-B District in Gyeonggi Province, declared that he will continue to put all he has into expanding the farm infrastructure in the Pyeongtaek area by securing enough budget for the project with the …