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Seoul celebrates Pride despite backlash
Published on 01/07/2023
» SEOUL: Tens of thousands attended South Korea’s largest annual LGBT festival on Saturday, vowing to continue fighting for gay rights after the Seoul city government denied them a prime location and gave it to an anti-LGBT Christian group.
Votes for women: S. Korea's first feminist party seeks parliament seats
AFP, Published on 10/04/2020
» SEOUL - South Korea is regularly ranked lowest in the developed world for gender equality, but for the first time a feminist party is seeking parliamentary seats at Wednesday's election, accusing the political establishment of having failed women.
S. Korea newspapers welcome summit as 'first step' toward peace
AFP, Published on 13/06/2018
» SEOUL - Most South Korean newspapers reacted with cautious optimism Wednesday to the historic meeting between Donald Trump and Kim Jong Un in Singapore, although one conservative daily denounced the agreement it produced as "absurd".
S. Korea's Moon: 'too early to be optimistic' on North
AFP, Published on 07/03/2018
» SEOUL - South Korean President Moon Jae-in sounded a note of caution Wednesday over the North's offer of denuclearisation talks, saying it was "too early to be optimistic", even as US leader Donald Trump welcomed the development.
Moon Jae In sworn in as S. Korea's new president
Kyodo News, Published on 10/05/2017
» South Korea's new president, Moon Jae In, was sworn into office on Wednesday hours after being confirmed the winner of the previous day's election to choose a successor to ousted former President Park Geun Hye.
Moon's victory assured, rivals concede
Kyodo News, Published on 09/05/2017
» SEOUL - Moon Jae In, of the liberal Democratic Party of Korea, appears to have won South Korea's presidential election held Tuesday, with major media calling it in his favour and his two rival candidates admitting their defeat.
South Korea’s election: pivotal issues
New York Times, Published on 09/05/2017
» South Koreans are selecting a new president today in a vote that will turn on several crucial issues: relations with North Korea and the United States; economic inequality; and the enduring power of the country’s family-controlled conglomerates, known as chaebol. Here’s how these issues are playing out in the election.
S. Korea rocked by cash-for-vote scandal
AFP, Published on 11/01/2012
» South Korean prosecutors Wednesday raided the home of a former aide to parliament Speaker Park Hee-Tae amid a bribery scandal rocking the ruling conservative party before elections this year.