Which South Korean Presidential Candidates Actually Care about the Environment?
What do South Korea's presidential candidates have in store for the country's beleaguered environment? Korea Exposé took a look at their manifestos.
What do South Korea's presidential candidates have in store for the country's beleaguered environment? Korea Exposé took a look at their manifestos.
From politics to marriage, it seems like Justice Party leader Sim Sang-jung can do it all. But can she win the presidency?
THAAD, the U.S.-made missile defense system, is coming to South Korea. Numerous experts don't see the need. Residents of the deployment site vow to fight.
South Korea is facing a presidential election very soon. The biggest contenders call themselves progressive. But what does that exactly mean?
Acting president Hwang Kyo-ahn has renounced presidential ambition despite being the conservatives' unofficial leading candidate. But who is he exactly?
On Friday, Mar. 10, 2017, South Korea made history when the Constitutional Court of Korea ruled in favor of president Park Geun-hye's ouster.
Some say he's like Bernie Sanders. He's also called Korea's Donald Trump. Whatever he may be, Lee Jae-myung certainly doesn't mince his words.
A growing number of conservatives are competing against the anti-Park Geun-hye protests by holding their own "Taegeukgi Rally" to "defend democracy."
South Chungcheong governor Ahn Hee-jung has emerged as a serious contender for the presidency. Is there more to him than his youth, charisma and good looks?
Park Geun-hye resists calls for her to step down. But South Korea is ready for the presidential election. Who are the candidates? What are the main issues?
Former UN chief Ban Ki-moon is in Korea, dutifully performing certain political rituals in a sign that presidency is still very much a feudal institution.
Park Geun-hye's role in the Choi Soon-sil scandal reverberates in Gumi, the country’s conservative heartland the birthplace of Park's revered father.