Korea
The 2018 Winter Olympics—politics and hypocrisy
February 16, 2018While we watch the world’s top athletes compete for gold, we are also watching a fierce competition between sports and politics.
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Olympic Games of Peace: Pyeongchang showcases North-South détente
February 12, 2018North and South Korea are showing a new openness to one another, even as the Trump administration seeks to sabotage any reconciliation.
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South Korea elects left-wing president who desires relaxation with North
May 10, 2017South Korea’s “Sunshine Policy” towards the North looked set to break through the clouds yesterday after Moon Jae-in won the presidency by a landslide.
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Police snatch body of Korean Samsung worker
June 6, 2014A leader of a new union at Samsung in South Korea named Yeom Ho-seok took his own life to protest the vicious anti-union policies of the company.
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North Korean leader Kim Jong Il dead
December 19, 2011According to the White House, "President Obama spoke with [South] Korea President Lee Myung-bak to discuss the situation on the Korean Peninsula."
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