Korea Times Digital Content Reporter
Kwak Yeon-soo is a digital editor at The Korea Times creating, editing and curating digital content for the newspaper’s website, mobile app and social media. She previously covered a diverse array of cultural, political and business topics.
North Korea’s human rights record will come under intense scrutiny, Thursday, as the United Nations Human Rights Council holds the fourth Universal Periodic Review (UPR) Working Group from Nov. 4 to 15, according to the foreign ministry and human rights activists, Wednesday.
North Korea fired multiple short-range ballistic missiles toward the East Sea, Tuesday, in what appears to be an attempt to assert its presence just before the U.S. presidential election, according to analysts, Tuesday.
Opposition parties have been intensifying their protest against President Yoon Suk Yeol and first lady Kim Keon Hee amid a swirling election meddling scandal surrounding the presidential couple and a political broker.
Han Dong-hoon, leader of the ruling People Power Party (PPP), reiterated his call to appoint a special inspector to address concerns over first lady Kim Keon Hee, adding that many scandals associated with her are hampering the government’s efforts to carry out various reform policies.
Some of the North Korean troops deployed to Russia seem to have been moving to the front lines with Ukraine, South Korea’s spy agency said, Tuesday, fueling speculation that North Korean troops’ direct involvement in the Russia-Ukraine war is imminent.
There is increasing evidence that North Korea has sent troops to Russia for possible deployment in Ukraine, a move that could further escalate the war in Ukraine and ratchet up tensions on the Korean Peninsula.
Opposition parties have begun holding outdoor rallies against President Yoon Suk Yeol amid a deepening crisis over scandals involving his embattled wife Kim Keon Hee, according to party officials, Sunday.
The main opposition Democratic Party of Korea (DPK) is seeking to drive a wedge between the presidential office and the ruling People Power Party (PPP) after a meeting between President Yoon Suk Yeol and PPP leader Han Dong-hoon on Monday further underscored their differing stances on how to address risks related to the first lady, according to political analysts, Wednesday.
The meeting between President Yoon Suk Yeol and ruling People Power Party (PPP) leader Han Dong-hoon ended Monday without any meaningful results, a setback that underscored a major divide between the two sides in resolving the first lady risk, according to political watchers, Tuesday.
President Yoon Suk Yeol and the chief of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) held phone talks, Monday, and agreed that North Korea's decision to send troops to support Russia in Ukraine escalates regional tensions and threatens global peace.