South Korea’s defiant president is freed from jail ahead of court ruling
Amid rival mass rallies in Seoul, Yoon Suk Yeol is freed from detention as he faces trial on insurrection charges over his ...
South Korea’s impeached President Yoon freed from detention but faces ongoing trials
South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol, who lawmakers voted to impeach, was released from detention Saturday after spending ...
The Diplomat1d
Yoon’s Martial Law Declaration Was Bad. What He Did Next May Have Been Worse.
As Yoon Suk-yeol embraces the rhetoric of far-right extremists, South Korea has become deeply polarized and political ...
South Korean court cancels arrest warrant for impeached President Yoon
The court ruled that President Yoon Suk Yeol’s detention was unjustified, paving the way for his release from custody on ...
Another US funding cut threatens human rights in North Korea - and hands more power to a dictator
Human rights in one of the world’s most egregious authoritarian regimes are set to be diminished even further, thanks to ...
The Japan Times3dOpinion
Japan and South Korea in the age of ‘America first’
Japan and South Korea are at their most fragile political states in decades just as their ally, the United States, has begun ...
The Spectator Australia5d
Can South Korea fix its birth rate woes?
Month after month, it just kept plummeting. The South Korean birth rate last year earned the not-so-holy prize for being the lowest in the world. The demographic crisis faced by South Korea ...
The Chosun Ilbo on MSN3d
South Korea’s younger generation shifts right, survey finds
Park Jun-young, a 24-year-old university student, first became interested in politics in 2023. But his views often clashed ...
朝日新聞社5d
S. Korea martial law elicits fears in Japan about own democracy
And would Japanese citizens and politicians have the guts to put their lives on the line to protect democracy? Under martial law in South Korea, all political activities, including rallies and ...
The Chosun Ilbo on MSN3d
South Korea’s 20s and 30s most dissatisfied with politics, skeptical of elections
A joint survey conducted by the Institute for Future Strategy at Seoul National University and The ChosunIlbo examined the ...
In northeast Asia, US allies are on alert
Japan and South Korea are adopting a cautious wait-and-see policy in the wake of geopolitical upheavals caused by the Trump ...
The grannies who saved Albanian cuisine
After being sealed off from the outside world for decades and experiencing a mass exodus, Albania is leaning into its ...