In the first public remarks since his party’s defeat in the general elections, South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol said on April 16 that he will better communicate with the people and make enhancing their livelihoods a priority. “I will humbly accept the public sentiment revealed in the gen...
The election took place amid soaring COVID-19 cases in South Korea and tensions on the Korean Peninsula. Yoon, a former prosecutor general, had pledged to realize sustainable peace and safety on the peninsula through complete, verifiable denuclearization, and vowed to come up with all possible...
Korean democratic politicsNational AssemblyThis paper discusses the results of the 17th general elections in South Korea held on April 15, 2004. Using relevant data from the website of the National Election Commission, the results demonstrate that the elections indeed changed the landscape of Korean ...
SEOUL--South Korea’s president-elect Yoon Suk Yeol said Thursday he would solidify an alliance with the United States, build up a powerful military and sternly cope with North Korean provocations, hours after he won the country’s hard-fought election to become its next leader. Yoon, whose ...
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KOREAN WAR South Korea’s declaration of independence in 1950 led North Korea, backed by China and the Soviet Union, to invade its neighbor in an effort to regain control of the entire peninsula. U.S. and United Nations troops fought alongside South Korean forces in theKorean War, which wou...
The liberal president, who lost narrowly to his predecessor Park Geun-hye in 2012, conveniently won this election as the conservative bloc was brought down by Park's impeachment and arrest over corruption allegations. Moon advocates the "sunshine policy" of trying to expand inter-Korean cooperation...
SEOUL, South Korea -- An opposition leader in South Korea was attacked during a press conference on Tuesday, according to the Busan Metropolitan Police. South Korean Democratic Party Leader Lee Jae-myung was stabbed in the neck by an assailant in Busan, South Korea, a...
South Korean Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Economy and Finance Choo Kyung-ho takes part in a panel on the third day of the annual meeting of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank, following last month's deadly earthquake, in Marrakech, Morocco, October 11,...
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