Choosing communism or freedom—that’s the question in the South Korean election this week between conservative Yoon Seok-Yul and progressive Lee Jae Myung. With key issues like relations with North Korea and with Japan, the country’s economic policies, and growing discontent with Chinese aggression, who will the Korean voters choose as the next president? Follow David…

China’s brazen copyright violations of South Korea’s entertainment content have doubled since 2016, says South Korea’s culture ministry. Since 2017, China’s copyright infringements have become a major headache for South Korean content makers. After Beijing cracked down on Korean pop culture in China, in retaliation for South Korea deploying THAAD (a U.S. anti-missile system), South Korea…

South Korean presidential candidate for the ruling Democratic party faces backlash after placing blame on the Ukrainian president for the Russian invasion during a presidential debate. The 2022 South Korean presidential election is scheduled for March 9, less than a week away. Meanwhile, the war in Ukraine has come into the international spotlight as the…

As a run-up to the 2022 South Korean presidential election scheduled for March 9, four candidates clashed in a two-hour televised debate. The candidates sparred over their approaches to the United States and China as well as their plans to reinforce national missile defense against North Korea. The debate, on the evening of Feb. 3,…

A recent survey in South Korea showed that when it comes to trustworthiness, people put the United States at the top of the list and China at the bottom, indicating that most South Koreans want the county’s foreign policy to be centered around the United States instead of China. This year marks the 30th year since…

Lee Jun-seok, leader of the People Power Party, the largest opposition party in South Korea, said recently that unreasonable demands made by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) on Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) and other issues cannot be accepted. He also stressed that democratic values should take precedence over economic values in international relations….

Although Netflix hasn’t entered the Chinese market, this didn’t prevent its global hit, a Korean drama Squid Game, from creating a boom in China. Online shopping sites filled with imitation derivative products from the drama. Korean officials are trying to protect their intellectual properties. The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has imposed a “Korean restriction order”…