Campaigning for April 15 parliamentary elections begins amid virus outbreak in South Korea
SEOUL, Apr 2, 2020, Yonhap. Official campaigning for the April 15 parliamentary elections kicked off…
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President Moon’s approval rating hits 14-month high in S. Korea
SEOUL, Mar 26, 2020, Yonhap. President Moon Jae-in’s approval rating has rose to the highest…
Trump sends personal letter to Kim Jong-un explaining his vision for N. Korea-US relations
SEOUL, Mar 24, 2020, Hankyoreh. US President Donald Trump sent a personal letter to North…
[Analytics] South Korean democracy in crisis
South Korea’s Justice Minister Choo Mi-ae recently rejected the National Assembly’s request for the prosecution…
N. Korea fires 3 short-range projectiles toward East Sea: S. Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff
SEOUL, Mar 9, 2020, Yonhap. North Korea fired three short-range projectiles into the East Sea…
Coronavirus outbreak keeps Koreans indoors
SEOUL, Feb 29, 2020, The Korea Herald. South Korea’s virus tally has skyrocketed from double…
Coronavirus disrupts S. Korean parliament, judiciary, gov’t operations
SEOUL, Feb 24, 2020, Yonhap. South Korea’s parliament, judiciary, and government on Monday scrambled to…
[Analytics] Make way for South Korea’s underwater drones
President Moon Jae-in of South Korea is pursuing an ambitious program known as “Defense Reform…
S. Korea raises virus alert level to ‘highest’ as coronavirus cases spike
SEOUL, Feb 23, 2020, Yonhap. South Korea said Sunday it has decided to raise its…
[Analytics] Chengdu Trilateral Summit still to deliver
The three leaders of China, Japan and South Korea capped off their eighth trilateral summit…
S. Korea’s leader Moon asks for calm, vows air-tight quarantine
SEOUL, Jan 30, 2020, The Korea Herald. President Moon Jae-in on Thursday asked for public…
[Analytics] Regional cooperation to bring clean air to South Korea
South Korea’s air quality has improved remarkably over the past 20 years. The annual average…