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Moon Jae-in
Moon Jae-in was president of South Korea from 2017 to 2022.
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24 Jan 1953
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South Korea
South Korea’s ties with Japan face new test after ex-forced labourer wins suit
A 107-year-old South Korean has won his case against Mitsubishi after a court ordered the firm to pay him compensation for his labour.
10 Jun 2025 - 8:00AM
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South Korea’s Lee aims for swift presidential office move amid security concerns
9 Jun 2025 - 10:26AM
Japan
South Korea’s Lee pledges warmer ties, but past tensions leave Japan ‘worried’
5 Jun 2025 - 5:35PM
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China-South Korea relations
‘US troops critical’: South Korean presidential candidate signals turn on China
Lee Jae-myung says Trump’s attempt to engage Kim Jong-un in dialogue is ‘helpful for the peace of the Korean peninsula’.
30 May 2025 - 7:05PM
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Diplomacy
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Why South Korea’s next leader should revive 6-party nuclear talks
Given the Trump-Kim bromance and with a potential new approach by Seoul, a return to six-party talks grows likelier.
28 May 2025 - 11:59PM
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Diplomacy
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After hardline Yoon, South Korea needs a more balanced foreign policy
The next leader must broaden diplomacy while rejecting nuclear arms and regaining wartime military control.
26 May 2025 - 5:30AM
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Who is South Korea’s presidential front runner Lee Jae-myung?
Lee has pledged to take a pragmatic approach to foreign policy and the economy in sharp contrast with impeached president Yoon Suk-yeol.
11 Apr 2025 - 10:35AM
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Young South Korean men and women deeply divided on politics, survey shows
The poll found that men and women in their 20s had the largest political ideology gap of any age group.
7 Mar 2025 - 3:02PM
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North Korea
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Kim can’t keep on sending North Korean soldiers to bleed for Russia
Kim’s recklessness costs lives, creates domestic unhappiness and has angered China. With Trump back and a friendlier Seoul on the cards, Kim must reconsider.
5 Mar 2025 - 7:04AM
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Why a Trump-Putin Ukraine peace deal could be good news for North Korea
Trump’s readiness to sideline allies and make concessions to pursue a deal with Russia suggests he may do the same with North Korea.
3 Mar 2025 - 5:30AM
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Diplomacy
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China should seize the moment to promote peace on Korean peninsula
The weakening of the Russia-North Korea alliance, political change in South Korea and Trump’s return create a conducive environment for denuclearisation talks.
19 Dec 2024 - 6:00AM
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The fall of Yoon Suk-yeol: from South Korea’s rising star to impeachment
Once hailed as a reformer and anti-corruption crusader, Yoon’s presidency spiralled into chaos amid scandal and short-lived martial law.
14 Dec 2024 - 6:52PM
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Japan
Will ties between Japan and South Korea worsen if Yoon Suk-yeol is ousted?
Japan is concerned that South Korean opposition leader Lee Jae-myung might take over Yoon given his stance against Tokyo, analysts say.
12 Dec 2024 - 8:00AM
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Former South Korean officials accused of THAAD data leak to China, activists
South Korea’s state auditor alleges that the former officials disclosed the details in a bid to slow down the full deployment of THAAD.
20 Nov 2024 - 6:18PM
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A wise South Korea would rise above the North’s trash balloons
Seoul should take the initiative in reducing tensions, even if it looks weak. In the inter-Korean chess game, a retreat could be a power move.
13 Jun 2024 - 5:49AM
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South Korea investigates if ex-first lady used public funds for 2018 India trip
Former first lady Kim Jung-sook’s jaunt attracted renewed scrutiny after her husband Moon Jae-in shed light on why she travelled to India in his memoir published last month.
12 Jun 2024 - 3:25PM
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Diplomacy
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To defuse tensions with North Korea, let the European Union try
North Korea has declared South Korea an enemy and shown no interest in responding to US overtures. Without the baggage of hostile relations, the European Union can engage North Korean in dialogue and at least learn about Pyongyang’s intentions.
28 Mar 2024 - 6:02AM
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After South Korea’s Dior bag scandal, a Chanel coat comes under scrutiny
The ruling party says it will investigate the wife of former leader Moon Jae-in for allegedly buying a Chanel jacket with taxpayers’ money.
30 Jan 2024 - 7:39PM
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North Korea’s message should spark a rethink of the South’s peace strategy
Readers discuss why the South Korean fantasy of achieving intra-Korean peace through appeasement has been shattered, and parallels between Russia and Israel.
11 Jan 2024 - 11:30AM
Diplomacy
Asian Games a chance for China to break the ice with sports diplomacy
Can Beijing mend fences with its neighbours in Northeast Asia as host of the region’s sporting spectacular?
29 Sep 2023 - 11:31PM
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South Korea’s ‘pro-US’ Pacific tilt triggers alarm, warnings in China
President Yoon Suk-yeol’s Pacific overtures reflect his desire for South Korea to become a ‘global pivotal state’ with a ‘bold’ foreign policy – but could it turn into a ‘nightmare’?
17 Jun 2023 - 9:30AM
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Peace on Korean peninsula won’t be won by recycling failed hardline approaches
South Korea’s national security strategy centres on boosting deterrence, sanctions and response capabilities to North Korean threats – – all methods that have failed to get Pyongyang to denuclearise
16 Jun 2023 - 1:53AM
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South Korea pivots to ‘hard-line’ on China as Yoon questions envoy’s comments
The South Korean president said he doubted whether China’s ambassador ‘has an attitude of mutual respect’, as local media reported that Seoul was pivoting to a ‘hard-line stance’ in its relations with Beijing.
13 Jun 2023 - 3:43PM
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Seoul-Tokyo WWII sex slaves’ details will not be revealed, top court rules
In 2015, the two countries signed a controversial deal on the sexual enslavement of South Korean women by Japan during World War II; this latest ruling is viewed as favouring President Yoon Suk Yeol, who has been striving to improve relations with Japan.
1 Jun 2023 - 6:38PM
Japan
Japan and South Korea are cosying up because ‘it makes perfect sense’
Seoul and Tokyo are seeking a thaw in relations as shared security concerns push them to fulfil their roles as otherwise ‘natural allies’.
3 May 2023 - 2:46PM
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North Korea
‘I still dream about North Korea’: lonely defectors regret fleeing to South
‘I am so lonely,’ said one defector whose son was beaten to death by North Korean authorities when they discovered she had fled. ‘I want to go back and die there – South Korea is as suffocating as the North.’
29 Mar 2023 - 12:45PM
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South Korea’s hardline stance is failing as Kim fires off missiles, threats
Several North Korean missiles have been fired in response to US-South Korean drills as Pyongyang warns of war provocations, and talk in Seoul turns to nuclear arms. What happened to diplomacy and dialogue?
17 Mar 2023 - 8:15AM
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North and South Korea remain as divided as ever, 70 years after truce
North Korea’s communications with the South and the UN Command have dwindled in recent years, with Covid-19 further encouraging its retreat from in-person meetings.
19 Feb 2023 - 4:00PM
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