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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.
The U.N. Security Council’s (UNSC) failure to extend the mandate of an expert panel that monitors the enforcement of sanctions against North Korea is unlikely to lead to more military and nuclear provocations by the reclusive regime as other U.N. measures and resolutions still remain in effect, according to experts, Friday.
The Rebuilding Korea Party, a new liberal party launched by former Justice Minister Cho Kuk, has emerged as a powerful third-party challenger threatening a match-up between the two major parties in the April 10 general elections, but political analysts remained divided over whether the Cho-fueled political frenzy would last until the end of the elections.
An election worker holds up a 51.7-centimeter mock ballot for the proportional representation race for the April 10 general elections at the National Election Commission (NEC) office in Jongno District, Seoul, Wednesday, one day before the official election campaign kicks off. According to the NEC, 38 parties have registered for 46 proportional representation slots, and NEC officials will have to count votes by hand as electronic counting machines can only process shorter ballots listing up to 24 parties. Yonhap
North Korea's decision to walk abruptly away from talks with Japan is due to a failure in reaching an agreement on the agenda for a possible summit between the two countries, experts said Wednesday.
There was a significant increase in marriages between Korean men and Japanese women in 2023, Statistics Korea data showed Tuesday.
North Korea's push for increased engagement with Japan is aimed at using a summit with Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida as a stepping stone for talks with the United States, according to experts, Tuesday.
The Australian Korean Association of Sydney and New South Wales has expressed concern over an ongoing political dispute regarding the appointment of Lee Jong-sup, Korea’s new ambassador to Australia. They highlighted that the controversy is damaging the social harmony within the Korean community.
The nominations of proportional representation candidates by the ruling People Power Party's interim leader Han Dong-hoon, along with his visit to the conservative stronghold of Daegu, indicate his efforts to step out of President Yoon Suk Yeol's shadow and position himself as a potential candidate for the next presidential election, according to political analysts.
In the lead-up to the April 10 general elections, concerns over possible interference by China are growing, spurred by a report by the U.S. conservative think tank the Heritage Foundation.
From left, Lee Kwang-jae of the main opposition Democratic Party of Korea (DPK), Rep. Ahn Cheol-soo of the ruling People Power Party (PPP) — both running in the Bundang-A electoral district — Rep. Kim Byung-wook of the DPK and Rep. Kim Eun-hye of the PPP — both running in the Bundang-B district — register their candidacy to the National Election Commission in Bundang District of Seongnam, Gyeonggi Province, for the April 10 general elections, Thursday, when two-day candidate registration began. Yonhap