South Korean Women Are Powerful—and Powerless
They took to the streets en masse through last winter, braving icy weather, sitting on freezing pavements through snowy nights to call for the ouster of then-South Korean President Yoon ...
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Leftist Candidate Holds Narrowing Lead a Week from South Korean Presidential Election
South Korea’s presidential election will be held on June 3. The last round of polls taken before polling is suspended under South Korean election law showed Lee Jae-myung, candidate of ...
Who Can Lead a Divided South Korea?
It took longer than expected, but South Korea’s Constitutional Court finally pushed the flaming wreckage of Yoon Suk-yeol’s presidency overboard. His illegal declaration of martial law in December, apparently intended ...
South Korea Says China’s DeepSeek AI App Transferred User Data Overseas
South Korea’s data privacy watchdog agency, the Personal Information Protection Commission (PIPC), said on Thursday that China’s DeepSeek artificial intelligence (AI) transferred user data to companies in China and the ...
Report: China Pressures South Korea to Limit Rare-Earth Product Exports to U.S.
A major finance newspaper in South Korea reported on Tuesday that, according to anonymous industry insiders, the Chinese Ministry of Commerce sent a letter to Korean companies threatening them against ...
South Korea’s Far Right Has Been Terrifyingly Radicalized
On April 4, South Korea’s Constitutional Court unanimously voted to sustain Yoon Suk-yeol’s impeachment, removing him from the presidency for his illegal declaration of martial law and attempted autogolpe on ...
Stream It Or Skip It: ‘Kian’s Bizarre B&B’ On Netflix, Where A Korean Cartoonist Dreams Up A Crazy B&B — And Netflix Builds It For Him
Kian84 (real name: Kim Hee-min) is a popular cartoonist and author in South Korea, so popular that he’s called into Netflix’s Korean headquarters, with execs pitching him the idea of ...
China Cuts Off Rare Earth Mineral Exports to U.S. in Trade War with Trump
China’s retaliation against President Donald Trump’s tariffs includes more export controls on rare earth minerals, which are vital to electronics and battery manufacturing. The Chinese government said over the weekend ...
Vietnam Strikes Back: New Tariffs Target Chinese and South Korean Steel Imports
In a decisive step to protect its domestic steel industry, Vietnam has rolled out temporary anti-dumping tariffs on galvanized steel imports from China and South Korea, effective April 16, 2025. ...
South Korea’s Top Court Removes Yoon Suk-yeol From Power
Welcome back to World Brief, where we’re looking at the removal of South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol from power, the global economic fallout of U.S. reciprocal tariffs, and an expanded ...
