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Parliamentary Committee Adopts Confirmation Hearing Report for Justice Minister Nominee

Summary by The Korea Times
A parliamentary committee on Thursday adopted a confirmation hearing report for Justice Minister nominee Kim Seung-won amid objections from the main opposition People Power Party (PPP). PPP lawmakers walked out of a plenary meeting of the parliamentary legislation and judiciary committee shortly after it began, protesting against the ruling Democratic Party of Korea's (DPK) push to adopt the report without fully addressing allegations surroundin…

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Conflict between the ruling and opposition parties is intensifying over the adoption of the confirmation hearing report for Justice Minister nominee Kim Seung-won. Political deadlock persists as the People Power Party cancels meetings of the Land, Infrastructure and Transport Committee and the Trade, Industry and Energy Committee, and decides to boycott the Judiciary Committee in protest of the Democratic Party's plan to push through the report.

(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporters Park Soo-yoon, Jo Da-woon, and No Seon-woong = As soon as the National Assembly confirmation hearings for the August 30 cabinet reshuffle concluded, the ruling and opposition parties clashed on the 17th over the adoption of the confirmation hearing reports...

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The People Power Party is boycotting some National Assembly standing committees in opposition to the push to appoint Justice Minister nominee Kim Seung-won and others following the conclusion of their confirmation hearings. The National Assembly Land, Infrastructure and Transport Committee and the Trade, Industry, Energy, and Small and Medium Enterprises Committee canceled their plenary sessions scheduled for the morning of the 17th. On this day…

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한겨레 broke the news on Thursday, September 17, 2026.
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