The Sarang Jeil Church in Seoul has been a magnet for thousands of conservative Christians who fear their country is turning communist under President Moon Jae-in. Many have contracted the coronavirus.
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Paik Sun-yup, Lightning Rod General in South Korea, Dies at 99
The country’s first four-star general, he was a war hero to the U.S. and South Korean militaries. But many saw him as a traitor who had collaborated with the Japanese.
The Populist Pastor Leading a Conservative Revival in South Korea
Invoking God, patriotism and family values, the Rev. Jun Kwang-hoon is creating a backlash against the “Communizing” government of President Moon Jae-in.
South Korean Defects to the North, Following in His Parents’ Footsteps
The son of a former South Korean foreign minister who fled to North Korea in the 1980s also defected last week, the North said.
Excavating a Horror That Some Koreans Wish Would Stay Buried
Park Sun-joo, a student of ancient human bones, is unearthing a more recent story: South Koreans killed by their own police and vigilantes during the Korean War.
Memories of Massacres Were Long Suppressed Here. Tourists Now Retrace the Atrocities.
Jeju Island’s natural beauty has long attracted millions of South Koreans. Visitors now come to tour sites associated with a government-led postwar slaughter that was forbidden to discuss for decades.
North Korea Pulls Staff From Liaison Office, Sending South a Message
The move was North Korea’s latest show of discontent since Kim Jong-un’s talks with President Trump in Hanoi, Vietnam, ended without a deal last month.
What a Korean War Peace Deal Could Mean, Decades After the Fighting Stopped
While the outlines of an accord between North and South Korea have been considered for decades, the new Trump-Kim meeting has raised expectations.
What’s at Stake as Trump and Kim Jong-un Meet Again
As President Trump and Kim Jong-un arrived in Hanoi, Vietnam, the goal of denuclearization remained elusive.
Koreans in Japan Embrace the North as the World Shuns It
Among the descendants of families that came to Japan when Korea was its colony, there is hope that a political thaw could ease the North out of its isolation.