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Lawmaker withdraws request for Son Heung-min, Hwang Hee-chan to testify at KFA hearing

Lawmakers will press ahead with a July 22 hearing on Korea's World Cup failure and alleged KFA mismanagement.

2026.7.10

An underground entry to Homeplus branch in Seoul on July 5

DP pressures MBK, Meritz to provide 100 billion won in emergency funds as Homeplus faces liquidation

In response, MBK Partners reportedly requested a 200 billion won loan agreement while Meritz Financial Group insisted that legal reviews and board approval were prerequisites for the funds' release.

2026.7.9

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Parliamentary Speaker Cho Jeong-sik, center, presides over a bipartisan meeting at the National Assembly in western Seoul on June 22.

Assembly speaker presses parties to submit committee chiefs list by noon Wednesday

Speaker Cho Jeong-sik urged the Democratic Party and People Power Party to break their impasse over 18 standing committee posts and present an agreed slate by Wednesday.

2026.6.22

Workers preparing campaign vehicles in Geumsan County, South Chungcheong, on May 15. [NEWS1]

Campaigning for June 3 elections to begin on Thursday

Official campaigning for the June 3 local elections and parliamentary by-elections will begin this week, the election watchdog said Monday.

2026.5.18

People stand in front of the main building of the National Assembly in western Seoul in a photo from Feb. 27. [NEWS1]

National Assembly set to handle bill on extra budget intended to mitigate Iran war fallout

The National Assembly is set to handle an extra budget bill on Friday that is intended to mitigate the economic fallout from the Iran war.

2026.4.10

The first session of the 15th Supreme People's Assembly is held in Pyongyang on March 22. [YONHAP]

North Korea enhances parliament's role with new leadership appointments

North Korea appears to be boosting the status and role of its parliament, the Supreme People's Assembly (SPA), a move that may lead to increased legislation supporting ruling party policies, the unification ministry in Seoul said Wednesday.

2026.3.25

Kim Sang-hoon, front, head of a parliamentary special committee to advance a U.S. investment bill, attends its first plenary session at the National Assembly in Seoul on Feb. 12. [YONHAP]

Bipartisan committee on U.S. investment bill at impasse over judicial reform bills

A parliamentary special committee to fast-track legislation on Korea's investment pledges to the United States meeting was halted shortly after as rival parties clashed over unrelated judicial reform bills approved a day earlier.

2026.2.12

People Power Party (PPP) leader Jang Dong-hyeok, left, stages a hunger strike in the main rotunda of the National Assembly in western Seoul on the morning of Jan. 15, urging the Democratic Party to accept the “twin special counsel bills” on alleged political lobbying by the Unification Church and scandals involving paying for nominations. At his right is PPP floor leader Song Eon-seog. [LIM HYUN-DONG]

Opposition launches filibuster, hunger strike over DP's 'second comprehensive special counsel bill'

The National Assembly kicked off its first plenary session of the year with a dramatic escalation in tensions as the ruling and opposition parties clashed over the passage of a controversial special counsel bill.

2026.1.15

Coupang interim CEO Harold Rogers, center, takes an oath during a parliamentary hearing at the National Assembly in Yeouido, western Seoul, on Dec. 30. [NEWS1]

Intelligence service asks parliament to charge Coupang interim chief with perjury

Korea's National Intelligence Service on Tuesday requested that the National Assembly charge Coupang interim CEO Harold Rogers with perjury in a stern response to claims that the NIS meddled in the corporate investigation into a recent data leak.

2025.12.30

DP to hold multiparty hearing on Coupang data leak touching on labor, competition issues

The Democratic Party said it will hold a parliamentary hearing into a data breach at e-commerce firm Coupang, citing public concern and broader issues ranging from labor practices to fair competition.

2025.12.22