Park Geun-hye

Lee Jae-yong’s case had raised questions about the immense power that chaebol leaders wield and the legal system holding them to account in South Korea.

Bae Hyunjin, of the country’s governing party, was assaulted in Seoul and taken to a hospital. The attack came three weeks after another politician was stabbed.

The attack on Lee Jae-myung, who narrowly lost the 2022 presidential vote, came amid a deepening political divide and increasingly extreme discourse in South Korea.

Lee Jae-myung, the Democratic Party head, was attacked by a 66-year-old man in the city of Busan, the police said. Mr. Lee is now recovering from surgery.

Conglomerates that sprawl across the society trace their roots to the nation’s rise into a world power and have been tightly controlled for generations.

Survivors of the Itaewon disaster and relatives of victims continue to wrestle with unanswered questions and grief as they push for official accountability.

Part rock concert, part revival meeting, the rallies reveal a country increasingly polarized over its leader, Yoon Suk Yeol.

A new Paramount+ thriller depicts a fight for survival amid sex scams, organ auctions and earthquakes. Like other Korean dramas, it is really about class.

Readers discuss the sudden settlement of the Fox-Dominion litigation. Also: Migrant child labor; term limits for Congress; Korea and Japan.

Aunque aliados de Trump han dicho que las acusaciones son propias de una “república bananera”, muchos de estos casos han sucedido en algunas de las naciones más democráticas del mundo.