Motion for FM dismissal; US VP Harris plans DMZ visit; Stock indices slightly rebound; Suicide-Cancer top 2 causes of deaths; Blackpink’s another feat
News happening now in Korea Motion for FM dismissal; US VP Harris plans DMZ visit; Stock indices slightly rebound; Suicide-Cancer top 2 causes of deaths; Blackpink’s another feat Tuesday, September 27, 2022 I’m summing up some of the news happening now in South Korea. The Democratic Party (DP) decided to submit a motion calling for the dismissal of Foreign Minister Park Jin over what the main opposition party claimed was his failed responsibility to support President Yoon Suk-yeol’s recent overseas trip. Yoon has been at the center of controversy after he was caught on a “hot mic” saying vulgar words allegedly insulting U.S. Congress at a fundraiser in New York in addition to the failure to pay respect to the coffin of Queen Elizabeth II in London and the lack of a tangible outcome from a summit with Japan. The dismissal motion is all but certain to pass through the plenary session at the National Assembly, as the DP holds 169 out of 299 seats. But the move may remain a symbolic offe