South Koreans turn funeral wreaths and K-pop light sticks into political protest tools
South Korean protesters are repurposing traditional flower wreaths and K-pop light sticks as political protest tools amid ...
Korea Joongang Daily on MSN3d
IU, Park Bo-gum star in upcoming Netflix series set on Jeju Island
A new Netflix series starring IU and Park Bo-gum will be released on March 7, Netflix said on Thursday. Titled “When Life ...
South Korean Stars Moon Choi and Sukku Son to Star in Indie Film ‘Bedford Park’
Korean stars Moon Choi ('Okja') and Sukku Son ('Sense8') will topline the indie film 'Bedford Park,' from writer-director ...
What relaxation looks like in one of the world’s hardest working countries
Photographer Kim Seunggu documents “leisure culture” in South Korea, a country that recently proposed increasing its maximum ...
ABC News21d
Protesters gather at impeached South Korean president's residence, as arrest warrant nears expiration
Supporters of impeached South Korea's president Yoon Suk Yeol take ... Security Service is a private soldier (to President Yoon)," Park Chong-Jun, Head of Presidential Security Service, said ...
Reuters21d
South Korea's presidential security chief defies Yoon arrest bid as deadline looms
SEOUL, Jan 5 (Reuters) - The chief of security for South Korean President Yoon Suk ... on Monday, the official, Park Chong-jun, cited the legal debate surrounding the warrant as the reason for ...
scmp.com22d
Head of South Korea Yoon’s security central to blocking corruption arrest
The man central to blocking investigators from arresting South Korea’s impeached President ... s brief declaration of martial law last month. Park Chong-jun, who reports directly to Yoon ...
Reuters22d
Head of South Korea Yoon's security finds himself in spotlight
SEOUL, Jan 4 (Reuters) - The man central to blocking investigators from arresting South Korea's impeached President ... of martial law last month. Park Chong-jun, who reports directly to Yoon ...
News2422d
South Korea in political crisis after president resists arrest
South Korea's political leadership was in uncharted territory om ... Former presidents Roh Moo-hyun and Park Geun-hye never appeared for their impeachment trials. Yoon's lawyers decried Friday's ...
Vox22d
The past 24 hours in South Korea’s chaotic politics, explained
That doesn’t mean Yoon’s troubles are over, however; there is an ongoing case against him in South Korea’s constitutional ... [of former President Park Geun-hye] — that was more obvious ...
The Straits Times22d
South Korea stand-off: Who are the guards blocking President Yoon’s arrest?
enmeshed with South Korea’s authoritarian past. At the peak of its powers under military regimes in the 1970s, it wielded enormous power under then President Park Chung-hee. Its strength was ...
PBS23d
South Korea’s impeached president defies warrant in hourslong standoff
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korean investigators ... which would amount to an infringement on judicial authority, said Park Seong-bae, an attorney specializing in criminal law.