Protests demanding the president resign continue, as South Koreans are clearly shocked and outraged at Yoon’s attempt to ...
Han was nine years old when her family left Gwangju in January 1980, roughly four months before the 1980 May 18 Gwangju ...
In the uncertain hours early Wednesday, many recalled the nation’s last martial law, which came after a coup installed a ...
When South Koreans came out to defend democracy in the face of a surprise martial law declaration by their president, history ...
I immediately thought of 1980, and the fear and desperation we felt,” said a 60-year-old lawmaker who lived through the ...
Days later, martial law was declared. South Korea is widely considered a peaceful beacon of democracy in Asia, but that ...
Insurgents gained control after only a day of fighting, leaving President Bashar al-Assad's 24-year rule dangling by a thread ...
In 1973, when Shin Jae-hyung was a teenager, he was out in the streets being teargassed, fighting against South Korea's ...
A surge in dramas and literature dealing with the country's political trauma has helped older generations keep the memory of ...
Last year, a political blockbuster gripped South Korea with a dramatization of a painful memory from its authoritarian past, ...
South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol is facing possible impeachment for sending heavily armed soldiers into Seoul’s streets ...