(Published : Dec 4, 2018 – 17:24) Labor strife in South Korea is back in the news, as the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions launched…
(Published : Dec 4, 2018 – 17:24) Labor strife in South Korea is back in the news, as the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions launched…
(Published : Jul 17, 2018 – 16:58) The recent announcement that the government plans to raise the minimum wage by 11 percent to 8,350 won…
(Published : Jun 1, 2018 – 16:53) The news that President Donald Trump had canceled the June summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un shocked…
(Published : May 8, 2018 – 17:42) The sight of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un walking across the formal dividing line in Panmunjom to greet…
(Published : Mar 27, 2018 – 17:37) Last week, South Koreans saw the arrest of yet another former president as Lee Myung-bak was taken to…
(Published : Feb 13, 2018 – 17:56) North Korea stirs complex emotions, as coverage of the Winter Olympic opening ceremony shows. Most of the coverage…
(Published : Jan 30, 2018 – 17:46) One of the best things about teaching in a university in Korea was getting to know the students…
(Published : Jan 2, 2018 – 17:47) South Korea did well in 2017. The year began with insecurity over the impeachment of then-president Park Geun-hye.…
(Published : Oct 24, 2017 – 17:36) The end of October brings the first anniversary of the beginning of the “Candlelight Revolution” that led to…
(Published : Aug 15, 2017 – 17:44) Remember “Hell Joseon,” the name for South Korea among social critics that spread rapidly on social media a…