He is the first president of South Korea to be formally charged with a crime while still in office. This crisis was touched ...

In the 1960s, GDP per capita was comparable with levels in the poorest countries in the world. In 2004, South Korea's GDP surpassed one trillion dollars. Beginning in the 1960s under President ...

Amid soaring income inequality, nearly 40% aged 65 or older live in poverty in Korea South Korea’s elderly poverty rate worsened for the second consecutive year, intensifying concerns as the country ...

South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol tried to demolish his country’s democracy. In a shocking late-night television address, ...

The recent political crisis in South Korea highlights both the vulnerabilities and resilience of its democracy. Among countries that underwent the third wave of democratization in the late ...

A particular metric that often, if not always comes up in the Bank of Korea’s monetary policy decision is a consideration of ...