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 will likely maintain its hostile stance toward the U.S. and South Korea while strengthening ties with Russia and China in 2025, experts predicted Tuesday.
Rep. Lee Jae-myung, leader of the main opposition Democratic Party of Korea (DPK), is swinging to the right in what appears to be a move to court moderates as a potential snap election nears.
The two main rival parties clashed on Sunday over whether acting President Choi Sang-mok should postpone the appointment of Constitutional Court justice nominee Ma Eun-hyuk, following the court's ruling on Choi choosing to delay judicial proceedings.
President Yoon Suk Yeol was indicted Sunday on charges of leading an insurrection tied to last month’s martial law declaration fiasco, becoming the first sitting Korean president to be indicted with detention.
More and more South Korean families separated by the 1950-53 Korean War are losing hope of ever visiting their hometowns or reuniting with their loved ones in the North, a survey showed Friday.
Rep. Lee Jae-myung, leader of the main opposition Democratic Party of Korea (DPK), pledged to take a pragmatic approach to address the political unrest caused by President Yoon Suk Yeol’s martial law declaration on Dec. 3, while also focusing on driving economic growth.
Rep. Yu Yong-weon of the ruling People Power Party (PPP), a member of the National Assembly's National Defense Committee and widely recognized as a military affairs expert, was just as stunned as everyone else last month, when President Yoon Suk Yeol unexpectedly declared martial law.
A special committee in the National Assembly investigating insurrection allegations related to President Yoon Suk Yeol’s martial law declaration on Dec. 3 issued orders on Wednesday to bring in key officials as witnesses to testify at its hearing.
Some lawmakers from the ruling People Power Party (PPP) have come under fire for allegedly supporting far-right YouTubers, including some who were involved in Sunday’s violent intrusion into the Seoul Western District Court following the issuance of an arrest warrant for President Yoon Suk Yeol.
Donald Trump’s return to the White House is fueling a fierce debate in South Korea, where experts are deliberating whether his administration will demand an increase in defense sharing costs and draw down U.S. Forces Korea (USFK).