Korea Times Politics & City Reporter
Anna Jiwon Park has been covering the politics at The Korea Times since the summer of 2024, when she joined the press pool for the Office of the President in Korea. Prior to that, she spent about five years reporting extensively on financial markets, regulatory authorities and the financial industry. She joined The Korea Times in 2019 after spending eight years as a broadcast journalist at Arirang TV, Korea’s leading global broadcaster, covering politics, defense and culture.
As political gridlock deepens over the impeachment of President Yoon Suk Yeol, meaningful policy debate has all but vanished from Korea’s political landscape.
The Korean public's attention is focused on the Constitutional Court, awaiting the announcement of its final ruling in the impeachment case of President Yoon Suk Yeol.
The release of President Yoon Suk Yeol from jail has pushed up public support for the ruling People Power Party (PPP) and increased anticipation for the ruling bloc to stay in power, a public opinion poll showed Monday.
With U.S. President Donald Trump reshaping the traditional framework of international summit talks and inter-state negotiations, the Korean government is urged to develop its own strategic approach to securing favorable deals with the U.S.
A nominee for U.S.' defense policymaking has suggested the possibility of accelerating the transfer of wartime operational control (OPCON) from the U.S. to South Korea, reviving questions regarding Seoul’s readiness for the transition.
The head of Korea’s human rights commission has sparked controversy by criticizing the country’s Constitutional Court in a letter sent to the United Nations, which rehashed the same arguments that President Yoon Suk Yeol has used in his impeachment trial to justify his Dec. 3 martial law declaration.
After the conclusion of the hearing sessions for President Yoon Suk Yeol's impeachment trial at the Constitutional Court, public attention is now on the timing of the final ruling and its anticipated outcome.
With President Yoon Suk Yeol's impeachment trial nearing its final stage and the possibility of a snap presidential election becoming more tangible, centrist voters who had refrained from picking a side are now shifting toward the opposition to support impeachment and hope for the opposition’s victory, according to recent opinion polls.
The Constitutional Court is set to deliver its ruling on President Yoon Suk Yeol's impeachment trial by mid-March, following the final round of arguments next Tuesday. The court's decision will follow after approximately two weeks of deliberation, voting and verdict drafting.
The KF-21 fighter jet, above, conducts a test flight with a KF-16 jet near Sacheon Air Base in South Gyeongsang Province, Wednesday. Republic of Korea Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Lee Young-su boarded the KF-21 Boramae, a 4.5-generation supersonic fighter jet developed by Korea Aerospace Industries, which successfully completed its maiden flight on July 19, 2022. It achieved a milestone of 1,000 accident-free sorties on Nov. 28, 2024. After completing 1,000 additionally test flights, the fighter jet model is to be deployed to front-line combat squadrons next year. Courtesy of Republic of Korea Air Force