This is what the Korean left has wanted to acheive for years, a rubber stamp national assembly:

Concerns are growing over the frequent railroading of controversial bills by the ruling Democratic Party of Korea (DPK) without enough time for them to be discussed at the National Assembly, with the ruling party giving the excuse that the bills are related to “urgent issues.”

Calling such moves “autocratic,” opposition parties claim the ruling bloc is ruining democracy by taking advantage of its supermajority status, holding 176 among the Assembly’s 300 seats.

At a plenary session of the Assembly, Thursday, the DPK passed two of three real estate bills, which are aimed at enhancing tenants’ rights in the wake of soaring housing prices, with the remaining one likely to be passed at an upcoming plenary session to be held next Tuesday. 

Korea Times

You can read more at the link, but this issue is just another example of the unintended brilliance of the filibuster concept in the U.S. Senate that forces a large consensus to get bills passed. Maybe Korea needs a filibuster rule added to their National Assembly.

Here is where South Korea is going to fit in during the Presidential campaign:

Democratic Party has accused President Donald Trump of “extorting” South Korea by pressuring the Asian ally to pay more to keep American soldiers stationed on the Korean peninsula. The allegation was written in the Democratic Party’s election platform, and marks the opening salvo in the 2020 U.S. presidential race. South Korea now finds itself caught in the middle of the political slugfest.
Sam Len reports. 

KBS World Radio

You can read more at the link, but notice that the Democratic response does not offer how much South Korea should be paying.

Here is what the Moon administration is claiming in response to the UFP providing a document showing that new National Security Advisor Park Jie-won signed a secret agreement before the 2000 Intra-Korean summit to offer the Kim regime a $3 billion payday:

Cheong Wa Dae said Wednesday the government has no document related to an alleged under-the-table agreement with North Korea in 2000 signed by Park Jie-won, newly appointed head of South Korea’s state spy agency.

It was countering political attacks made by the main opposition United Future Party (UFP) that Park had signed the accord, ahead of the inter-Korean summit talks, to offer US$3 billion in financial support to Pyongyang. Park was one of the closest aides to then President Kim Dae-jung, who had a historic meeting with the North’s leader Kim Jong-il.

The UFP made public a copy of what it claims to be a secret agreement. Park has flatly denied that he had signed such a document.

Yonhap

You can read more at the link, but notice how the Moon administration is not claiming the document is a forgery, just they can’t find a record of it.

The Japanese government should just ignore something like this since it is in a private garden and not sponsored by the ROK government. Responding to this just drives further attention to it:

The foreign ministry said Tuesday that international courtesy for foreign leaders should be taken into consideration, after a local botanical garden reportedly installed a pair of bronze statues of Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe bowing on his knees before a wartime sexual slavery victim.

The garden in the eastern county of Pyeongchang plans to unveil the statues next month, according to local media reports. Its sculptor told local media that Japan must atone for wartime atrocities until South Korea accepts and forgives it. 

Japan has bristled at the statue, with Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga telling reporters Tuesday that the installation of such a statue, if true, is “unacceptable” and would “decisively affect” the relations between the two countries.

Korea Times

You can read more at the link, but if Japan is so upset about this then a private individual in Japan should make a statue of President Moon Jae-in bowing in forgiveness to a Vietnamese woman for the atrocities some ROK troops committed during the Vietnam War.

Since the North Koreans are already developing this capability it makes sense for the South Koreans to develop the same technology as well:

 South Korea announced Tuesday it has become able to develop solid-propellant space rockets under the new missile guidelines with the United States, saying the deal is expected to help sharply improve the military’s intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) capabilities and boost the space program of the private sector.

The allies agreed to lift the decades-old restrictions on Seoul’s use of solid fuels for its space rocket launch, effective as of the day, according to Kim Hyun-chong, deputy national security adviser.

Yonhap

You can read more at the link.

It looks like the deal to acquire Asiana Airlines may fall through because of the ongoing pandemic:

Hyundai Development Company’s (HDC) planned takeover of Asiana Airlines appears to be on the brink of collapse, following the former’s official request for another round of due diligence on the cash-squeezed air carrier, aviation industry officials and analysts said Monday. 

HDC is putting the blame for the delay in negotiations on Kumho Industrial, which had decided to sell its airline unit, claiming that the latter has failed to send formal data related to the carrier’s financial status, despite repeated requests since early April.

This was seen by some industry officials as HDC making excuses in preparation for abandoning its planned acquisition of the indebted carrier, while others speculated that HDC may be moving to reduce the price.

Korea Times

You can read more at the link.