South Korea’s controversy prone first lady Kim Keon-hee keeps a low profile ahead of parliamentary polls

Beset by controversies about share-price manipulation and a costly gifted handbag, South Korea’s first lady has not ... Inside North Korea: photos capture rare glimpse of life in closed-off ... Read More

The Dior Bag Uproar That Shook South Korean Politics

A secretly recorded video purporting to show South Korean first lady Kim Keon Hee being gifted ... of the president’s tough stance toward North Korea. It shows the purchase of a Christian ... Read More

First Lady of South Korea: The Unpaid Position with a Wealth of Responsibilities

President Yoon Suk Yeol’s wife, Kim Keon Hee, has not appeared publicly for over four months since accompanying her husband on his visit to the Netherlands on December 15th. Her recent engagement with ... Read More

In South Korea, rare Yoon-opposition meet offers hopes of bridging political divide: ‘better than nothing’

The DPK's Lee Jae-myung says the meeting is a 'first step towards dialogue', with both leaders acknowledging the pressing need for healthcare reform While analysts called it 'disappointing' that the ... Read More

Trump suggests he may pull U.S. troops from South Korea without more cost-sharing

South Korea is “paying very little” for the U.S. troops stationed on the Korean Peninsula and the “very wealthy country” must pay more for continued American military presence there, former President ... Read More

South Korea’s first lady avoids limelight ahead of high-stakes election

SEOUL--Beset by controversies about share price manipulation and a costly gifted handbag, South Korea ... political decision to shield the party from any negative comment. “Since the first lady ... Read More

‘Gladiator Politics’ Dominate Election Season in Polarized South Korea

On the global stage, South Korea is the ... vicious cycle of political retaliation. Mr. Yoon and Mr. Lee first clashed in the 2022 presidential election, a race South Korean news media deemed ... Read More

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After emerging from the 1950-53 war with North Korea ... the economy amid the political changes of the 1980s and 1990s. The Asian financial crisis of 1997-98 hit South Korea’s companies hard ... Read More

North Korea’s millennial defectors now seek political power in the South

North Korean defector Park Choong-kwon, left, participates in an election campaign in Seoul for the People Future Party (PFP), a satellite party of South Korea’s ruling People Power Party (PPP). Read More

US aims to begin new North Korea sanctions monitoring regime by next month

(Reuters) - The U.S. ambassador to the United Nations said on Friday that she hoped to find a new way to ensure sanctions enforcement on North Korea by next month after Russia and China thwarted ... Read More

How green onions could swing South Korea's election

Yoon Suk Yeol is "hardly the first" politician ... take control of South Korea's assembly from a liberal majority led by the opposition Democratic party, but his ill-fated trip to the supermarket ... Read More

South Korea's first lady avoids limelight ahead of high-stakes election

SEOUL - Beset by controversies about share price manipulation and a costly gifted handbag, South ... a political decision to shield the party from any negative comment. "Since the first lady ... Read More