List of South Korea articles
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South Korean President-elect Yoon Suk-yeol of the main opposition People Power Party celebrates with supporters at the party's headquarters in Seoul. Misogyny and Real Estate Tax Produced Conservative Victory in South Korea
Five years after Park Geun-hye’s expulsion, a narrow win for the Korean right.
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A man looks at posters ahead of South Korea's presidential election. South Korea Wants to Be a Player, Not a Bystander
With elections close, a rising country considers its place in the world.
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Lee Jae-myung and Yoon Seok-youl stand side by side in front of podiums; both wear face masks. Why South Korea’s Presidential Election Matters to the U.S.
It’s the first in recent memory to feature substantive foreign-policy differences between the ruling and opposition camps.
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Yoon Suk-yeol and Lee Jae-myung shake hands. Conservatives Are Slumping in South Korea’s Tumultuous Presidential Race
Civil war inside the right has liberals surging in the polls.
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Pro-democracy protest in Seoul Biden’s Democracy Summit Success Now Depends on Allies
In Asia, the door is wide open to new partnerships bolstering democratic norms.
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Relatives weep during the funeral of singer Jonghyun. South Korea Is No Country for Young People
“Squid Game” reflects a landscape of despair.
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South Korean marines participate in an exercise on the 73rd anniversary of Armed Forces Day in Pohang, South Korea, on Oct. 1. Why South Korea’s Liberals Are Defense Hawks
Seoul’s new missile technologies have both Pyongyang and Beijing in mind.
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North Korean army soldiers It’s Time for Biden to End the Korean War
The U.S. president should ignore fearmongering and build on a real opportunity.
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A scene from Squid Game. State Department Cable Sees Echoes of Korean Politics in Netflix’s ‘Squid Game’
The dystopian series reflects a “winner-take-all” mentality and South Koreans’ economic frustrations ahead of presidential elections.
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Masked armed guards keep watch over contestants during one of the show's deadly playground games. ‘Squid Game’ Hides a Hopeful Message Within a Dystopian Nightmare
Netflix’s new Korean horror drama suggests there’s more to life than the brutal realities of neoliberal capitalism.
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South Korean President Moon Jae-in addresses the U.N. General Assembly. Stalled North Korea Talks Show UNGA’s Limits
World leaders have little to celebrate on the 30th anniversary of South Korea and North Korea joining the United Nations.
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North Korean missile launch New Cruise Missile Gives North Korea Lethal Capability
The long-range weapon could strike South Korea, Japan, and U.S. bases in the region.
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South Koreans walk past replicas of missiles at the Korean War Memorial. Talk of a Nuclear Deterrent in South Korea
North Korea’s resumed activity at Yongbyon has reawakened calls for Seoul to go nuclear.
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Korean refugees flee to the south. Korea Was the United States’ First Forever War
Incompetent U.S. forces did more harm than help for South Korea’s path to democracy.
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Then-U.S. President Bill Clinton uses binoculars to look across the Demilitarized Zone into North Korea with two U.S. soldiers during his trip to South Korea on July 11, 1993. Seoul Isn’t Kabul
Withdrawing U.S. forces from South Korea is unlikely, but fresh thinking in Washington could lay the groundwork for a new security architecture on the peninsula.
