Election vulnerabilities, once ignored, eventually surface with devastating clarity. South Korea should confront them before history forces its hand.

The top three candidates based on a Gallup Korea poll a week ago were the liberal frontrunner Lee Jae-myung of the Democratic ...

The Yeongnam-Honam divide remains one of South Korea’s most persistent political cleavages. The ruling Democratic Party holds ...

The local elections and by-elections for National Assembly members to be held on June 3 of next year are increasingly likely to become large-scale elections with major politicians from both ruling and ...

One year on from failed presidential power grab, South Korea celebrates its resilient democracy, and tries to heal deep ...

South Korean prosecutors have indicted Seoul Mayor Oh Se-hoon for allegedly breaking political funding laws by having a ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Yoon Suk Yeol, a ...

SEOUL: South Korean prosecutors indicted the mayor of Seoul on Monday (Dec 1) for allegedly violating political funding ...

South Korea’s political turmoil deepened as disinformation blamed China for Yoon’s impeachment, despite no evidence, ...

Electoral reforms and inter-Korea relations once looked destined to dominate April’s parliamentary elections. Now a global pandemic will likely be the deciding factor. As an election looms, a survey ...

When former president Yoon Suk Yeol tried and failed to impose martial law in December 2024, South Korea plunged into its ...

GYEONGJU, South Korea — After a charm offensive in Japan that culminated in $490 billion in investment commitments, President Donald Trump is set to meet with South Korea’s leader on Wednesday as a ...