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Despite recent presidential turmoil — including an impeachment — and a history of dictatorship, South Korea stands strong as ...
In South Korea, opposition to the impeachment of President Yoon has spread surprisingly rapidly, with strong participation from young people in their 20s and 30s. As growing dissatisfaction with the ...
Months of uncertainty have battered South Korea’s economy. Without clear leadership, South Korea has struggled to build ties ...
South Korea is floundering in a time of uncertainty, in which its future as both a relatively new democracy and an old American ally is at stake.
From the daily newsletter: the country’s President was effectively removed from office after a court upheld his impeachment.
This is a rather grim history of dictatorship, punctuated by violence, yet today South Korea has a functioning democracy ...
Polls show the main opposition leader, Lee Jae-myung, is the front-runner to replace Yoon Suk Yeol, who was removed from ...
Yoon’s power grab also exposed the vulnerabilities of democracy in South Korea. If such a thing can happen in a nation long considered an exemplary case of democratization in Asia, scholars ...
HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol has been removed from office and the country will host snap elections to name his successor before June 3. Korea affairs expert ...
The country’s Constitutional Court formally ended the presidency of Yoon Suk Yeol for declaring martial law, ending months of ...
Now that the court has upheld his impeachment, he is to face a criminal trial — an extraordinary reckoning for a leader who, in his final days in office, nearly pushed South Korea’s fragile democracy ...
SEOUL - When Yoon Suk Yeol was running for president, he had the word “king” written on his palm. South Koreans dismissed – and ridiculed – it as a shamanistic ritual that reflected his ...