Former Prime Minister Han Duck-soo received a 23-year prison sentence and was taken into custody after a court found him guilty of aiding an insurrection linked to former President Yoon Suk Yeol’s declaration of martial law on Dec. 3, 2024.
Any durable North Korea policy also requires public consent. It is difficult to expect confidence in an engagement drive when the North is issuing nuclear threats against the South.
For those seeking long-term continuity rather than short-term change, ancient Egypt offers a valuable point of reference.
Korean voters who chose to replace the five-year presidential power in March have also opted to change the majority in municipal governments and councils through the local elections on Wednesday.
Hard-liners in any administration tend to share traits. They frequently invoke “the people.”
President Lee Jae Myung on Saturday condemned a recent press release from the Korea Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KCCI) that linked Korea's high inheritance taxes to an exodus of wealthy people, calling it "fake news."
Despite his responsibility as interim leader of the People Power Party for its crushing defeat in the April 10 parliamentary elections, Han Dong-hoon wants to run for the chairmanship of the governing party.
Rep. Park Soo-young, a lawmaker of the opposition People Power Party (PPP), has released a list of members of the so-called “Five Billion Won Club,” who are rumored to have received $41.9 million from Kim Man-bae, the largest...
Jung Chung-rae’s own warning that “absolute monopoly leads to absolute corruption” may be a message he should direct inward.
The party seems to be moving further from mainstream public sentiment, repeating the path that led to its crushing defeat in the last presidential election.
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has recommended that Korea raise its official retirement age to 65, but only if accompanied by structural reforms — increasing the pension eligibility age to 68 and overhauling the seniority-based wage system.
Prime Minister Kim Min-seok on Thursday called for rooting out fake news with the help of the prosecution and the police, saying such misinformation threatens democracy ahead of elections.
The People Power Party (PPP)'s supreme council voted to expel former party leader Han Dong-hoon on Thursday, plunging Korea's main conservative opposition party into deeper internal turmoil with just 124 days remaining until the local elections.
Lawmakers of the main opposition People Power Party escalated their criticism of the prosecution's decision not to appeal a high-profile development corruption case linked to President Lee Jae Myung, demanding Justice Minister Jung Sung-ho resign.
A lower court on Wednesday sentenced former first lady Kim Keon Hee to 20 months in prison for accepting bribes from the Unification Church but acquitted her of separate charges on stock price manipulation and illegal political funding.
The prosecution’s investigation into the Daejang-dong development scandal goes on and on. After starting to look into the case in August, prosecutors will most likely end the year without finding any clues about who was really...
The National Pension Service is not a discretionary pool of money that any administration or political camp can draw upon at will
Party member sovereignty has already become part of the party’s identity. Unable to implement or discard it, the Democratic Party now finds itself trapped by its own rhetoric.
Critics warn that a merger could introduce policy conflicts that slow government decision-making and create legislative gridlock. Such instability, they argue, would ultimately affect the public.
The People Power Party must confront its shrinking base and acknowledge its role in the Dec. 3 crisis. Without a sincere apology and a clear break from the past, the party may find itself unable to appeal to moderates in next year’s local elections.