The Economist1d
Who is Lee Jae-myung, South Korea’s possible next president?
W HEN SOUTH KOREA’S president, Yoon Suk Yeol, sent troops streaming into the country’s National Assembly on December 3rd, Lee ...
North Korea's assembly meets but no mention of unification, foreign policy changes
North Korea's Supreme People's Assembly (SPA) met over two days this week and reported on its achievements during 2024 but ...
South Korea faces big challenges as it heads toward a presidential election
As the rest of the world moves forward, South Korea is at a political stand still. The country needs strong leadership as ...
Foreign Affairs4d
Can South Korea’s Democracy Survive?
The events of the last two months demonstrate the resilience of South Korea’s democracy, which was established in the late 1980s after decades of military dictatorship. But they also underscore why ...
North Korea prepares to send more troops to Russia after suffering casualties, South Korea says
South Korea’s military says it suspects North Korea is preparing to send additional troops to Russia after its soldiers ...
East Asia Forum5d
Yoon’s fall sets up a comeback for South Korea’s progressives
South Korea’s crisis after Yoon Seok-yeol’s martial law and impeachment boosts political prospects for Lee Jae-myung, while ...
South Korea's political turmoil puts neighbourly relations on shaky ground
With the fate of suspended South Korean president Yoon Suk-yeol hanging in the balance, the country has also been left facing ...
North Korea says it tested cruise missile system and vows ‘toughest’ response to US
The action suggested North Korea will likely maintain its its confrontational stance against the U.S. for now, even though ...
East Asia Forum5d
The return of the vortex in South Korea and the turbulence ahead
A failed coup and a likely power shift to the progressives plunges South Korea into unknown amid Trump's return to the US ...
Accepting a nuclear North Korea was never US policy … until Trump 2.0?
Donald Trump’s convention-busting acknowledgement of North Korea as a nuclear power bucks years of US policy – and sets South ...
Korea8d
FM Cho discusses cooperation with EU foreign policy chief, USFK commander
Minister of Foreign ... policy and vice-president of the European Commission. Minister Cho had his first telephone call with Kallas after the latter's appointment on December 1. The Ministry of ...