Ever since the appointment of Cho Kuk as justice minister, South Korea has been rocked by huge rallies for and against him.
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North Korean Missile Delivers a Message: There’s Little Japan Can Do
The launch reinforced how deeply Japan has been sidelined as President Trump tries to restart nuclear talks with North Korea despite a string of missile tests.
Man Confesses to Brutal Killings That Terrorized South Korea, Police Say
A 56-year-old man has confessed to raping and murdering 14 women more than two decades ago, the police said in naming the suspect.
Kim Jong-un Visits South Korea? The South Says It Could Happen
A visit by Kim Jong-un would be the first by a North Korean leader south of the Demilitarized Zone separating the two countries.
She Fled Famine in North Korea, Then Died Poor in a Prosperous Land
A woman who fled famine in North Korea and her 6-year-old boy died alone and impoverished in Seoul, their bodies undiscovered for weeks. A country is asking why.
A Filmmaker Explored Japan’s Wartime Enslavement of Women. Now He’s Being Sued.
A documentary concludes that conservatives who deny the sexual enslavement of “comfort women” are “revisionists.” Conservatives interviewed in the film say they were defamed.
After Fleeing North Korea, Women Get Trapped as Cybersex Slaves in China
A growing number of North Korean women are smuggled from their country and trafficked into the sex trade in China, and forced to perform sex acts online for clients.
South Korean Lawmakers Visit Disputed Islets Claimed by Japan
Visits to the islands, which South Korea controls, tend to spike when relations with Japan are at a low, as they are now.
Embattled at Home, South Korea’s Leader Turns on Japan, Stoking Old Hostilities
With a faltering economy, President Moon Jae-in has tapped into resentment of Japan that’s rooted in Tokyo’s colonial rule of the Korean Peninsula.
Samsung’s Leader at Risk of More Prison Time After Court Rules Against Him
South Korea’s Supreme Court found that J.Y. Lee, the company’s de facto leader, had paid more in bribes to the former president than a lower court had ruled.