In a major escalation of the ongoing anti-trade union persecution in South Korea, the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions (KCTU) was raided by the National Intelligence Service on charges of violating a Cold War-era national security law
The nationwide truck drivers’ strike completed 10 days on December 3, despite back-to-work orders and further strike-busting threats from the conservative Yoon Suk-yeol government
Civil society in South Korea renewed its commitment to ensure universal access to medicines and public pharmaceutical production, building on decades of mobilization
The military exercises point towards a more aggressive US presence in the Pacific and increasing encirclement of China
Danuri is expected to reach its destination by mid-December and shall orbit for a year afterwards. It will study the Moon’s ancient magnetism and dust spread across its surface
The victory for the truck drivers came after eight days of continued strike brought exports to a standstill and disrupted major sectors including electronics and automobiles. The strike also threatened the global supply chains of semiconductor chips
Right-wing candidate Yoon Seok-yeol triumphed in South Korea’s presidential election by a razor-thin margin last week. What might his presidency mean for the peninsula?
The results show that election was effectively polarized between ruling Democratic Party’s Lee Jae-myung and opposition People Power Party’s Yoon Seok-yeol
As the mainstream parties offer competing visions for South Korea’s future, the fractured progressive left finds itself without real influence.
South Korean president Moon Jae-in announced that the four parties in the Korean War, which ended in a stalemate in 1953, have agreed “in-principle” to formally declare its end, indicating a major step towards peace
Korean women mobilized on November 25 as part of international protests against gender based violence and state inaction on the issue
Steven Lee of the International Strategy Center reflects on the historic day of workers’ struggle in South Korea on November 13
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