President Moon Jae-in: Between Everyman Persona and North Korea
Moon Jae-in won the election and restored progressive rule after 9 years. Beneath his nice-guy facade and policies toward the North lies a complex persona.
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S Korea’s Election Season: You’ve Got Mail
Every election, South Koreans get a gift package in the mail: a neat collection of all the candidates' pamphlets. We selected some cough, interesting ones.
Reading List: Our 2017 Election Coverage
2017 is an interesting year for South Korean politics. A president has been ousted from office for the first time…
Twitter User Flags ‘PedoFILA’ Controversy
An old FILA ad, recently resurrected on Twitter, has caused a belated storm of controversy over quasi-pedophilic imagery in South Korea.
Ahn Hee-jung: A Dark Horse Gathers Pace
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?
[Updated] Guide to South Korea’s Presidential Election
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?
Goodbye, Mr. Half
Former U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is no longer trying to be the next South Korean president. He has only himself to blame.
South Korea’s Feudal Presidency: Ban Ki-moon Returns to Claim the Throne
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.