Featured Key Players 7 October 2020 Lee Hae-chan Rides into the Sunset Former chairman of the Democratic Party may be the most important non-president politician in modern South Korean political history.
Featured Key Players 3 October 2020 Lee vs. Lee: Jostling for 2022 With conservatives in disarray, the two leading liberal candidates may be the main competition for the 2022 presidential election.
Featured Media 2 October 2020 Twice in a Row, Conservative Media Targets the Justice Minister’s Family Vigilance over influence-peddling is necessary, but why do only the children of Justice Ministers receive scrutiny?
Featured Starter Kit 6 September 2020 South Korea's Political Parties: the Basics Because political parties change their names frequently, it is easier to understand South Korean politics by referring to the continuous political streams rather than focusing on names.
Key Players 25 August 2020 Style and Substance: Two Freshman Legislators Make a Splash Two female legislators, both first-term Assembly Members of minor parties born in the 1990s, are making waves.
Business & Economy 25 August 2020 Make Sejong Great Again: Democratic Party Tries Capital Relocation One More Time The Constitutional Court of Korea 헌법재판소 held in 2006 that Korea’s capital cannot be relocated absent a constitutional amendment. 14 years later, the Democratic Party 민주당 is trying again.
Liberals 25 August 2020 Procedural Blitzkrieg: Democrats Play Hardball Democratic Majority Leader Kim Tae-nyeon 김태년 “owned July’s National Assembly,” according to conservatives. He would take it as a compliment.
Key Players 23 August 2020 Kim Hyun-chong: Elite Trade Negotiator is Now a NatSec Architect Deputy National Security Advisor Kim Hyun-chong is establishing himself as one of the most important voices in the Moon administration’s policies for national security and foreign policy.
Liberals 18 August 2020 Democratic Party Elections: Cradle for the Next President, or the Next Seoul Mayor?
