カテゴリー: South Korea
South Korea held a snap election to choose a successor to Yoon Suk Yeol, who was impeached over his martial law declaration in December. The winner, the Democratic party’s Lee Jae-myung, 61, has promised political and economic reforms to help the count…
Man who led campaign to oust Yoon Suk Yeol wins race as conservative opponent raceLiberal candidate Lee Jae-myung has won the vote to become South Korea’s new president after a snap election triggered by a brief period of martial law imposed by the now…
Election pitting liberal Lee Jae-myung against conservative candidate Kim Moon Soo comes after months of chaos following Yoon Suk Yeol’s short-lived imposition of martial lawMillions of South Koreans are voting for a new president in a snap election tr…
The Democratic party frontrunner has drawn support from conservatives who see him as the path back to political normalcy after the chaos of Yoon Suk YeolThe snipers positioned on Seoul rooftops scan the crowd through telescopic sights while counter-ter…
‘Without time, there is no flavour’: a South Korean grand master on the art of the perfect soy sauce
Ki Soon-do’s soy sauce has been served to Donald Trump and gained Unesco heritage protection. It is recognition that is 370 years in the makingIn the lush foothills of Damyang county, South Jeolla province, rows of earthenware jars stand under the Kore…
Koreans hope politics can return to a focus on record high youth unemployment and a cost of living crisis after impeachment dramaAfter the unprecedented turmoil of the past six months, South Koreans could be forgiven for breathing a collective sigh of …
South Korea passes annual tally for 2024 already, as Vietnam and Thailand continue to battle outbreaksSouth Korea has recorded the highest number of measles cases in six years, adding to concerns that low vaccination rates combined with international t…
People Power party trail in polls in election called after President Yoon Suk Yeol was removed for trying to impose martial lawSouth Korea’s conservative People Power party has picked former labour minister Kim Moon-soo as its candidate for the 3 June …
Japanese consumers who used to treat foreign-grown rice with scepticism have been forced to develop a taste for it amid domestic shortageJapan has imported rice from South Korea for the first time in a quarter of a century in an attempt to address soar…
Elections set for 3 June after months of political turmoil triggered by Yoon Suk Yeol’s shock declaration of martial law and subsequent impeachmentSouth Korea will hold a presidential election on 3 June, the country’s acting president said on Tuesday, …
Whoever becomes president later this year has unenviable task of healing divisions and rebuilding trust in democratic institutionsIt had been a long and at times intolerable wait. But the South Korean constitutional court’s decision on Friday to oust Y…
Removed president says he is ‘very sorry’ to have not lived up to expectations. This blog is now closedFull report: South Korea president Yoon Suk Yeol removed from officeYoon violated his duty as South Korean commander-in-chief by mobilising troops, s…
South Korea’s constitutional court has upheld the impeachment as president of Yoon Suk Yeol – formally removing him from office four months after he threw the country into turmoil by declaring martial law and sending troops to parliament in an il…
The court said Yoon had ‘committed a grave betrayal of the trust of the people’ over his ill-fated declaration of martial law in DecemberYoon Suk Yeol impeachment – live updatesSouth Korea’s suspended president, Yoon Suk Yeol, has been removed from off…
Barricades go up in Seoul as court prepares to rule on whether to uphold Yoon’s impeachment or restore his powers The usually quiet streets outside South Korea’s constitutional court in Seoul are now a political ground zero for a decision that will det…