A candlelight revolution in the making in South Korea
With increasing calls for protests from trade unions, civil society organisations, and growing momentum in universities, it ...
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Han says Nobel allowed her to ‘find bearings,’ as author promises to write on
With Nobel Week 2024 drawing to a close in Stockholm, Sweden, author Han Kang reflected Wednesday on how being awarded the Nobel Prize in literature helped her to recognize how far she has come on her ...
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International Writing Program participant Han Kang first South Korean Nobel Prize winner
International Writing Program participant Han Kang has globalized Korean history and introspection as the first South Korean recipient of the Nobel Prize in Literature. But of course, Korean culture ...
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Nobel Prize winner Han Kang hopes 'Human Acts' will be access road to understanding Gwangju uprising
Han Kang, this year's laureate of the Nobel Prize in literature, hopes her novel "Human Acts" will be an access road to understanding the May 18, 1980, pro-democracy people's uprising in Gwangju to ...
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Green Party of the United States Stands with the People of South Korea to Defend Their Rights Against Repression
The Green Party of the United States expressed grave concern over the recent declaration of martial law in South Korea by ...
He Might Be South Korea’s Next President. All He Has to Do Is Impeach the Current One.
Following the short-lived attempt by President Yoon Suk Yeol to impose martial law, opposition leader Lee Jae-myung is now ...
Impeachment against South Korean president over martial law fails
Protests demanding the president resign continue, as South Koreans are clearly shocked and outraged at Yoon’s attempt to ...
For South Koreans, martial law declaration brought back painful memories
The East Asian democracy’s long history of military rule loomed large for the public as President Yoon Suk Yeol faced backlash against his emergency martial law.
After Yoon's martial law order, South Korean protester recalls strongman military rule
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South Korea – latest: Yoon Suk Yeol survives impeachment vote after boycott by ruling party MPs
Some expected Yoon to use a brief TV appearance on Saturday morning to resign from office, but he failed to do so ...
South Korea’s President Survives Impeachment Bid
Opposition lawmakers failed to impeach President Yoon Suk Yeol over the political crisis he sparked by declaring martial law ...
'Are we about to repeat history?': Martial law's traumatic legacy in South Korea
Days later, martial law was declared. South Korea is widely considered a peaceful beacon of democracy in Asia, but that wasn't always the case. This is a country that saw 16 bouts of martial law ...