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Yoon to reshuffle presidential office to regain public trust

President Yoon Suk-yeol plans to carry out an overhaul of his office, including the creation of a new senior secretary position for policy planning, the presidential office said Thursday. This is a follow-up measure to Yoon's remarks from his press conference marking his 100th day in office, Wednesday, during which he hinted at reshuffling the presidential office to regain the public's trust in the administration. “Regarding the organization of the presidential office, we are now considering creating a new position of a senior secretary on policy planning,” presidential Chief of Staff Kim Dae-ki said.

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Minister rebuked for 'submissive' stance toward Japan

Foreign Minister Park Jin was lambasted Thursday for the government's soft stance on Japan, which President Yoon Suk-yeol recently described as “a partner” that Korea should join forces with to protect their shared values, despite unresolved past grudges. At a meeting at the National Assembly Foreign Affairs and Unification Committee, Park was criticized especially for the ministry's effort to postpone the Supreme Court's decision on liquidating the assets of Japanese companies here to compensate forced labor victims - a “red line” Tokyo has warned Seoul will regret crossing.

INTERVIEW YouTubers bridge Korean, Muslim and Latin American cultures

<span class='m_key'>INTERVIEW</span> YouTubers bridge Korean, Muslim and Latin American cultures

The ability of a person to successfully bridge two cultures - marked by different languages, social conventions and values - has always been viewed as a notable strength. And in the current age of social media, some of the major players who have risen to take on that role are none other than influencers with huge global followings. In a recent joint interview with The Korea Times at the newspaper's headquarters, Moroccan YouTuber Ibtissam Harakat and Peruvian Korean YouTuber Hanna Lew offered a glimpse into their lives as creators whose contents aim to connect the Arab world and Latin America, respectively, with Korea. For Harakat, who goes by her alias, Kim Miso (as her given name means “smile” in English or “miso” in Korean), her life as a Moroccan YouTuber in Korea began with a chance encounter with the 2005 Korean romantic comedy series, “My Lovely Sam Soon,” which was broadcast in her home country in 2010.