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.
A South Korean lawmaker urged the government Tuesday to intensify efforts to ensure that North Korean soldiers captured as prisoners of war in Ukraine are not repatriated to North Korea against their will.
A report by the state audit agency that the former secretary-general of the National Election Commission (NEC) used a secret phone to communicate with politicians during his time in office has sent shockwaves throughout the country, including the ruling People Power Party (PPP).
The issue of amending the Constitution to curb excessive presidential power has sparked intense debate among presidential hopefuls, with opinions sharply divided on whether it's needed.
The Constitutional Court on Thursday ruled that acting President Choi Sang-mok’s decision to withhold the appointment of a ninth justice to the bench is unconstitutional and infringes upon the National Assembly'right for candidate recommendation, pressuring Choi to fill the remaining vacancy.
Han Dong-hoon, former leader of the ruling conservative People Power Party (PPP), signaled his return to politics on Wednesday with the release of his book, "The People Come First."
President Yoon Suk Yeol apologized to the public for the chaos arising from his martial law declaration, but defended his actions in the final hearing of his impeachment trial, Tuesday.
The impeachment trial for President Yoon Suk Yeol over his martial law declaration has only one hearing left, Tuesday, before the court makes a decision on whether to remove him from power.
Kim Su-jin, a 45-year-old nurse who settled in South Korea in 2007 after defecting from the North, recalled that her 20s were filled with hardship and depression.
Rep. Park Jie-won of the main opposition Democratic Party of Korea (DPK) on Thursday caused a stir after he suggested that South Korea should recognize North Korea as a “nuclear state.”
Cheong Seong-chang, director of the Center for Korean Peninsula Strategy at the Sejong Institute, is a longtime observer of North Korea and has closely followed the reclusive regime's two previous successions: before and after Kim Il-sung's sudden death in 1994 and Kim Jong-il's sudden death in 2011.