This was a period in which Confucianism not only was the state ideology ... his recently published book on the politics and political economy of contemporary South Korea - a book that is even more ...

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Shamans, the practitioners of an ancient belief system, are often disparaged in South Korea. But they also hold a special ...

South Korean protesters are repurposing traditional flower wreaths and K-pop light sticks as political protest tools amid ...

South Korea’s Yonhap news agency said it began in the plane’s tail. Footage aired by local broadcaster YTN shows evacuation slides deployed on both sides of the single-aisle plane, with ...

A failed coup and a likely power shift to the progressives plunges South Korea into unknown amid Trump's return to the US ...

Differing opinions on Yoon’s impeachment are driving kin apart. But a few parents and children are finding more common ground ...

After emerging from the 1950-53 war with North Korea, South Korea emerged as one of the 20th century’s most remarkable economic success stories, becoming a developed, globally connected ...

By law in South Korea, the leader of a rebellion can face life in prison or the death penalty. "The prosecution has decided to indict Yoon Suk Yeol, who is facing charges of being a ringleader of ...

South Korea’s impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol arrives for his impeachment trial at the Constitutional Court in Seoul, South Korea on Jan 21, 2025. (REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji/Pool/File Photo ...

However, it evoked painful memories of past dictatorial rules in the 1960s-80s when military-backed rulers used martial laws and emergency decrees to suppress opponents.South Korea's constitution ...