In the space of just a few hours, South Korea looked to be backsliding toward autocratic rule.
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South Korea has been a stable democracy since the 1980s, but the country was plunged into a short-lived, but severe, constitutional crisis. Here’s how it played out.
In South Korea, a growing number of young women are rejecting expectations of marriage, motherhood and heterosexual relationships, known as the ‘4B Movement’ or the ‘4 Nos’.
Han Kang is the first South Korean writer to win the Nobel Prize for Literature. Her work explores mourning, loss and connection, its subjects ranging from family brutality to national uprisings.
One recent analysis of almost 100,000 deepfake porn videos found South Korean women and girls featured in more than half.
Freedom-based unification is a provocative approach that is unlikely to elicit a positive response from the North Korean leadership.
If we are to learn one thing from economic history, it’s that protectionism is key to helping poor nations prosper.
Many countries are enacting measures to counter population decline, but manipulating fertility is an inefficient means of solving social, economic and environmental problems.
One of the world’s most secretive states, North Korea, has resumed its ‘sports diplomacy’ at Paris 2024.
An academic’s claims of irregularities at the ballot box created a media buzz in South Korea. The reality, however, suggested data was misinterpreted.
Presidential immunity can bring with it many risks. So how can we think about the nature and limits of such immunity?
A new documentary pokes fun at the regime and it’s leader, but are there risks to laughing at North Korea?
Many victim-survivors and scholars say ‘sex slaves’ more accurately describes the abuses the women endured, but governments have been slow to change their view.
Formerly one of the world’s largest markets for tiger bone, new research sheds light on the current situation in South Korea.
New K-pop groups comprised entirely of North Americans, Korea’s ‘K-culture training visa’ to attract international participation and K-pop auditions in Canada are all signs of a K-pop evolution.
The South Korean leader seeks to strengthen ties with the US and Japan. But he might be hamstrung by domestic concerns.
Heading into a parliamentary vote, there is very little gap between the ruling People Power Party and opposition Democratic Party – raising the prospect of a smaller party emerging as kingmaker.
The film ‘Past Lives’ provides meaningful insights on how immigrant youth grow into their cultural identity.
Critics of the South Korean leader accuse him of eroding democracy at home while embracing a historic enemy on the international stage.
The two countries watch each other’s policy shifts very carefully and respond accordingly.
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