South Korea’s strange foreign policy NIMBYism
Just as in any corner of the developed economies, you can see NIMBYs in Korea. If you stroll through the streets of Hongdae, you’ll see placards condemning t...
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My neighbor’s become the new President of South Korea, but I’ve never seen him in person.
It started with a police motorcade. A friend who visited us a few days before the election saw one pull into my neighborhood. On the same day my wife saw a g...
A technocrat ends his career as a clown; ROK’s one-party future?
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The shape of things to come: the Lee Jae-myung government
What Constitutional Court’s ruling means While the Constitutional Court gave out the unanimous decision to expel Mr Yoon from the office, the full text of it...
Yoon and Lee’s fates sealed: impeachment and the next election
Little is known about what’s happening inside the Constitutional Court. As speculation fills this information void, chaos ensues. Some claim the court is del...