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With a general election just months away, the party of president Yoon Suk Yeol is in crisis after his wife was accused of improperly accepting a designer handbagIt reads like a complex K-drama plot. South Korea’s first lady is secretly filmed as she’s …
Read MoreOscar-winning director leads calls for inquiry into police investigative process following death of Lee Sun-kyunA group of South Korean artists, including film director Bong Joon-ho, has called for an investigation into the circumstances surrounding th…
Read MoreActivists deplore ‘distressing setback for equality’ as court backs law against ‘indecent acts’ between military personnel South Korea’s constitutional court has upheld two anti-LGBTQ+ laws including the country’s notorious military “sodomy law” for th…
Read MoreA police inquiry called the Seoul crush that killed 159 a ‘man-made disaster’, yet one year on, victims’ families have no official apology, no independent inquiry and no accountabilityTime stands still in Choi Min-seok’s room. The desk is strewn with p…
Read MoreNew laws come after weeks of protests sparked by a series of teacher suicides said to be linked to malicious complaints from parentsSouth Korea has passed a set of legal revisions aimed at improving the rights of teachers in schools, following weeks of…
Read MoreSouth Korea’s capital has a 3,000 square metre void underneath one of its most iconic plazas, and no one can be sure whyIf you look in the right place, beneath the bustling streets in the heart of Seoul, you will come across something unexpected: stala…
Read MoreTeachers recount the emotional toll of being harassed by parents and dragged through child abuse proceedings over everyday classroom mattersPark Seo-yoon* says South Korea’s teachers know why a young primary school colleague killed herself after being …
Read MoreThousands of staff attend rally in Seoul demanding better protection amid spate of teacher suicidesTeachers in South Korea have staged a mass walkout in protest at widespread harassment by overbearing parents and unruly students, which has led to some …
Read MoreCeremony at Seoul’s World Cup stadium wraps up event beset by heatwave, unsanitary conditions and threat of typhoonThe 25th World Scout Jamboree has concluded with a concert in Seoul after a tumultuous 11-day journey across South Korea that was marred …
Read MoreYoungsters faced a heatwave, flooded tents, sewage spills and an expensive evacuation – but concerns were raised before the event even beganMedia outlets in South Korea have labelled its hosting of the World Scout Jamboree a “national disgrace”, a “sur…
Read MoreAt least 400 require treatment for heat-related symptoms on first day of global event attracting more than 40,000 young people from 158 countriesHundreds of attendees at the World Scout Jamboree in South Korea have fallen ill as the country grapples wi…
Read MoreCritics point to patriarchal society where feminist themes can still be regarded as tabooWhile Barbie continues to achieve box office success around the world, the film’s performance in South Korea has been lacklustre, with critics and activists citing…
Read MoreAfter death of 46 people, activists say that despite the growing threat to South Koreans from climate change, little is being done to address its causesForty-six dead and four missing. Thirty-five injured. Sixteen thousand evacuated and 5,500 displaced…
Read MoreGovernment vows to end school violence as experts say bullying methods have become more maliciousClutching an iron hair curler radiating scorching heat, a schoolgirl torments a classmate in a desolate school gymnasium.The curler sizzles raw flesh, as t…
Read MoreSymbolic bill sponsored by cross-party group of lawmakers is hailed a ‘historic moment’ in fight for marriage equalityLawmakers in South Korea have proposed the country’s first same-sex marriage bill, in a move hailed by civic groups as a defining mome…
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