South Korea’s chaos politics
Conspiracy, power grabs and violence threaten the country’s democracy.
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Han Kang’s radical empathy
As with all the Nobel Prize-winning South Korean writer’s stories, We Do Not Part rejects escapism to reach into the…
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The arrest of South Korea’s president is only the beginning
The country’s political crisis is deepening.
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South Korea tests the limits of democracy
Weeks after President Yoon Suk-yeol brought the country to the brink of authoritarianism, lawmakers voted to impeach him.
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South Korea defies return to martial law
The country’s president backed down overnight from an attempt to impose military rule.
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North Korean troops in Russia is a dangerous escalation
The war in Ukraine has reached new global dimensions.
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Return to Seoul: a film made with more genius than cash
In this fantastic, low-budget film, a French-Korean woman adopted at a young age returns to the place of her birth.
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Asia’s dangerous new arms race
Russia’s war and China’s military build-up are provoking an unprecedented change in Japan’s approach to its defence.
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Cho Nam-joo Q&A: “I want to live without colliding with humans”
The South Korean novelist on K-pop, regretting the future and escaping to another planet.
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What is the meaning of North Korea’s nuclear opportunism?
With the West distracted by the war in Ukraine, Kim Jong Un may have decided now is the time to…
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North Korea’s Covid-19 catastrophe
With suspected cases surging past two million and the population unvaccinated, will Kim Jong Un accept international help?
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Biden tours Asia to reassure allies he is still focused on China
The US president will visit South Korea and Japan to reaffirm America’s regional policy in Asia.
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Where will South Korea’s new president lead the country?
Incoming president Yoon Suk-yeol, a conservative candidate with an unconventional background, has big challenges ahead.
New South Korean president will tilt Seoul closer to the US
Yoon Suk-yeol wants to take a harder line on China and North Korea.
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South Korea’s new president weaponises anti-feminism to win election
Yoon Suk-yeol, the conservative candidate with no political experience, promised to abolish the country’s ministry for gender equality.
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How South Korea’s Covid-19 success faltered
Inconsistency and perceived complacency is undermining faith in the government’s previously lauded strategy.
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