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1 – 10 of 130Neither is from their party’s mainstream, and has never been elected as a lawmaker. The conservative, Yoon Seok-youl, is a former prosecutor general. The liberal, Lee Jae-myung…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB265544
ISSN: 2633-304X
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Domestic politics in South Korea.
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB229679
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South Korea’s unification minister (MOU) warned on April 10 that any US strike on North Korea would put “the safety of the public” at risk. A day later, Seoul’s defence (MND) and…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB220228
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The centre-left incumbent, Moon Jae-in, is more popular than most presidents at this stage in their term, but he cannot run again. The conservative opposition People Power Party…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB262662
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The ruling conservative People Power Party (PPP) will take scant consolation from avoiding an opposition supermajority, as it needed a win to take control of the assembly and…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB286397
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Meanwhile, the leader of the opposition and a ruling party lawmaker have been hospitalised after serious assaults (in the former case, politically motivated). There are also…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB284941
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This prompted President Yoon Suk-yeol’s nominee for gender equality minister to withdraw. The same day, prosecutors indicted DPK leader Lee Jae-myung on corruption charges.
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB282770
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The day before, by one vote, the National Assembly rejected an unprecedented attempt by prosecutors to arrest the leader of the main opposition party, Lee Jae-myung, over…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB276406
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Inter-Korean cooperation after the Panmunjom Declaration.
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB236150
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The strengths and weaknesses of South Korea's president and ruling party.