Victims’ families and experts demand answers over South Korea plane crash
The Seoul government is resisting calls to answer whether the deadliest accident in the country’s history, which claimed 179 lives, was solely caused by a bird strike
Who is Yoon Suk Yeol, the leader behind the political crisis that has shaken South Korea?
After a three-decade career as a prosecutor, the president made the leap into politics in 2021 with a halo of fighting corruption; his popularity has plummeted, among other things, due to the scandals surrounding his wife
South Korean opposition files motion to impeach president after martial law debacle
The opposition has demanded the resignation of President Yoon Suk Yeol after the political storm caused by his announcement of military control and civil restrictions
Kim Ki-nam, the ‘North Korean Goebbels’ who forged the personality cult of Pyongyang’s leaders, dies
The North Korean propaganda mastermind helped cement the political legitimacy of the Kim family dynasty from the Cold War era to the present day
South Korean actor Lee Sun-kyun of Oscar-winning film ‘Parasite’ is found dead
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Local media outlets including said that Lee’s family reported to police that he left home after leaving a message similar to a suicide note
On the anniversary of a deadly Halloween crush, South Korean families demand a special investigation
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The crush, one of the biggest peacetime disasters in South Korea, killed 159 people, most of them in their 20s and 30s who had gathered in Itaewon