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Park’s impeachment unlikely to end South Korea’s political saga

13th March 2017 / Hyung-A Kim / Korea

South Korea prepares for new presidential elections in 60 days—and the new president will face immediate pressing issues, writes Hyung-A Kim At 11am Seoul time last Friday (10 March), eight judges of South Korea’s Constitutional Court, in a nationally televised decision, ruled unanimously to remove President Park Geun-hye from office on 13 charges. ‘Her violations […]

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Immigration is South Korea’s only solution

22nd February 2017 / David Hundt / Korea

South Korea is facing a demographic crisis, writes David Hundt It’s going to take something radical to arrest South Korea’s demographic and social decline. Societies can counter population decline by having more babies, allowing more immigration, or a combination of the two. The government has bet on increasing South Korea’s birth rate to overcome its

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‘Poisoned gift’ imperils families of North Korea’s Zainichi returnees

22nd November 2016 / Markus Bell / Korea

The gift of freedom given by Japanese civic groups to new arrivals from North Korea carries a heavy debt, writes Markus Bell. From 1959 to 1984, some 90,000 Koreans migrated from Japan to North Korea as part of the ‘repatriation movement’. In the last 15 years approximately 300 of these migrants—known as Zainichi—have returned to

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Park fights for survival after violation of ‘divine right’

8th November 2016 / Hyung-A Kim / Korea

Engulfed by scandal, South Korea’s Park Geun-hye is banking on a change of political style to save her presidency, writes Hyung-A-Kim. More than two weeks after revelations of South Korean president Park Geun-hye’s mismanagement of her presidential power by allowing her friend Choi Soon-sil to exert her influence on Park’s decision-making, the entire Korean nation

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South Korea under fire for missile defence plan

1st September 2016 / Hyung-A Kim / Korea

South Korea’s decision to deploy an advanced US antimissile system is increasing domestic and regional tensions South Korea has been in turmoil since President Park Geun-Hye’s sudden announcement in July to deploy the advanced US antimissile Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) battery at an artillery base in Seongju, North Gyeongsang Province, allegedly to protect

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Misogyny on the rise in South Korea’s ‘gender war’

21st July 2016 / Hyaeweol Choi / Gender and sexuality, Korea

A shocking murder puts renewed focus on gender politics in South Korea On 17 May this year a 23-year-old woman was stabbed to death by a 34-year-old man at a unisex toilet near the Gangnam subway station in Seoul. What shocked the public most was that the victim was a total stranger to the assailant.

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Park’s impeachment unlikely to end South Korea’s political saga

Immigration is South Korea’s only solution

‘Poisoned gift’ imperils families of North Korea’s Zainichi returnees

Park fights for survival after violation of ‘divine right’

South Korea under fire for missile defence plan

Misogyny on the rise in South Korea’s ‘gender war’

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