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President Lee Jae-myung Appoints Seong Gihong as Senior Secretary for Public Affairs, Han Chansik as Senior Secretary for Civil Affairs President Lee Jae-myung has carried out a partial reshuffle of his senior presidential secretaries as he enters his second year in office. SBS Jun 21, 2026 12:26 PM
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Rebuilding Korea Party Proposes 'One-Team Platform' for State Affairs to Democratic Party, Says Merger Is an Option ▲ Shin Jang-sik, acting leader of the Rebuilding Korea Party, holds a press conf… SBS Jun 21, 2026 11:27 AM
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DP Claims 'Salmon Drinking Party' Perjury Ruling Is 'Substantively Innocent,' Expects Acquittal on Appeal The Democratic Party of Korea argued today that while the court ruled the so-called "salmon drinking party" allegations raised by Lee Hwa-young, former Vice Governor for Peace of Gyeonggi Province, to be false, the ruling is "substantively innocent." Lawmakers from the DP who served on the National Assembly's "Special Committee on Truth-Finding for Fabricated Prosecution Cases by the Yoon Suk Yeol Administration's Political Prosecutors" made the statement during a press conference at the National Assembly earlier today. SBS Jun 21, 2026 11:25 AM
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President Lee Jae-myung Appoints New Senior Presidential Secretaries for Public Relations, Civil Affairs, and Social Affairs President Lee Jae-myung has carried out a reshuffle, appointing new senior presidential secretaries for public relations, civil affairs, and social affairs, as well as the first and third deputy directors of the National Security Office. SBS Jun 21, 2026 10:59 AM
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Seong Gihong Named Senior Presidential Secretary for Public Communication; Han Chan-sik for Civil Affairs, Kim Kyung-ja for Social Affairs Seong Gihong, former CEO of Yonhap News Agency, has been appointed as the second Senior Presidential Secretary for Public Communication under the Lee Jae-myung administration. SBS Jun 21, 2026 10:30 AM
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"Salmon Drinking Party Was False Propaganda"... "Prosecution Engaged in Illegal Investigation" The ruling and opposition parties have expressed polar opposite positions following the first-instance sentencing of former Vice Governor Lee Hwa-young to four months in prison. SBS Jun 21, 2026 7:17 AM
