South Korea politics

South Korea has a glowing global reputation. So why do so many Koreans think “isaengmang” – this life is ruined?

Japan's Kishida and South Korea's Yoon are ready to mend relations, but both leaders face problems back home.

For the first time in South Korea’s modern history, a sitting cabinet member has been impeached by the country’s parliament. 

In an unprecedented move, the leader of South Korea’s main opposition party has been summoned for questioning. 

South Korea’s ruling conservative party has amended its charter to only allow votes from PPP members in selecting new party leadership.

South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol’s latest round of pardons – including the release of Lee – sparked a wave of criticism.

The Yoon administration has opened investigations into two controversial incidents at the border with North Korea under former President Moon Jae-in’s watch.

Understanding the weaknesses of South Korea’s democracy requires looking to the country’s authoritarian past.

The latest scandal to rock the new administration may be the most serious: a charge that Yoon lied while on the campaign trail, violating South Korea's public office election law.

President Yoon's wife, Kim Keon Hee, has attracted controversy already.

“The tragic outcome was a brutal wakeup call to Korean democratic movements.”