President Yoon likely to face post-election political attacks
The exit poll and the early ballot counting of the legislative general election suggested a gloomy outlook for the ruling bloc, which could send the conservative president into an…
South Korea
South Korea’s opposition wins by landslide
Observers say with the Democratic Party and its allies likely to secure more than 151 seats, the administration and the conservative bloc would be unable to freely pursue their…
South Korea launches 2nd spy satellite amid space race with North Korea
It's the country's first satellite with synthetic aperture radar capabilities that can penetrate through clouds, smoke, and haze to create high-resolution images of the Earth’s…
Presidential office denies deferring South Korea’s medical student hike
Despite the continued impasse, Health Minister Cho Kyoo-hong said the government is ready to discuss the quota hike with the medical community in an “open manner.”
South Korea, Japan, China finalising date for Seoul summit: FM
The trilateral summit between South Korea, China and Japan is highly likely to take place in late May, as the three countries have reached a certain level of agreement regarding…
South Korea’s housing market stabilising, President Yoon says
The downward trend in prices in the country's most populous city contrasts with the market overheating during the former Moon Jae-in administration. During Moon's five-year…
Will South Korea’s political regionalism crumble?
Experts say the phenomenon is a by-product of the way Korea's rapid industrialization was influenced by authoritarian regimes in the 1970s and 1980s.
Political leeks: Scallions become election attack line
President Yoon's comments about the price of green onions during a visit to a hypermarket has prompted controversy, where the opposition party has even criticised him of being…
South Korea’s generational happiness gap
The writer said the gap leaves a dilemma: improving the pension system so that it allows retirees to maintain a middle-class lifestyle, but that move increases the financial…
South Korea’s local festivals disappoint as cherry trees blossom late
This March had colder temperatures and less sunshine than average, which experts say caused the earlier forecasts about when the blooms would peak to be wrong.