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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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Former President of South Korea
Former South Korean prime minister Han Duck-soo arrives at court for his final hearing on insurrection charges on Wednesday. Photo: AFP
South Korea

South Korea awaits Han Duck-soo ruling as test case for martial law trials

The former prime minister would be the first person sentenced in connection with the decree. Prosecutors have demanded a 15-year prison term.

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United States

Kang Kyung-wha seen as likely choice as South Korea’s next envoy to Washington

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Japan

Japan-South Korea ties set for boost as Lee, Ishiba meet

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Korean peninsula

Opinion | Why military independence from US could be Seoul’s best chance for peace

South Korea must secure US cooperation while navigating North Korea’s strengthened position and managing fears over regional security implications.

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Colonel Lee Sung-jun (left) public affairs director of South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff, and Colonel Ryan Donald, public affairs director of the United States Forces Korea, attend a press briefing on the Ulchi Freedom Shield exercises at the Defence Ministry in Seoul on August 7. Photo: Reuters
South Korea

South Korea, US kick off huge annual military drills with 21,000 troops

The drills could trigger a response from North Korea, which has used previous exercises as a pretext for weapons tests.

South Korea

South Korea’s Lee nominates finance minister to tackle growth, Trump

A former second vice finance minister, Koo Yun-cheol comes as Lee forms a team to counter rising headwinds following months of political turmoil.

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South Korea

End to inter-Korea ‘loudspeaker war’?

Pyongyang’s cessation of loudspeaker broadcasts does not signal a shift in its indifferent policy towards ties with Seoul, analysts say.

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South Korean soldiers work on a loudspeaker set up for propaganda broadcasts during a military drill near the Demilitarised Zone. Photo: Handout via Reuters
South Korea

Will Kim Jong-un reciprocate first move by South Korea’s Lee to ease tensions?

A proposed halt to the launch of anti-North propaganda leaflets may signal a major policy shift by President Lee Jae-myung, analysts say.

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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.

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South Korea

South Korea’s Lee aims for swift presidential office move amid security concerns

South Korea’s new leader, Lee Jae-myung, intends to relocate the presidential office back to the historic Cheong Wa Dae three years after Yoon Suk-yeol moved it.

South Korean President Lee Jae-myung risks security challenges as he aims to relocate the presidential office. Photo: Reuters
Japan

South Korea’s Lee pledges warmer ties, but past tensions leave Japan ‘worried’

A minor bilateral misstep or the need to push a nationalist agenda could see ties spiral to the lows of 2019, analysts warn.

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South Korea’s President Lee Jae-myung makes an arm heart gesture to supporters outside the National Assembly on Wednesday. Lee has pledged to foster warmer ties with Japan. Photo: AFP
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’.

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Diplomacy

Opinion | 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.

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Diplomacy

Opinion | 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.

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South Korean presidential frontrunners Kim Moon-soo, of the incumbent People Power Party, and Lee Jae-myung, of the Democratic Party, are seen during a televised debate on May 18, ahead of the June 3 election. Photo: AP
South Korea

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.

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Lee Jae-myung addresses a rally in Seoul on March 1. Photo: EPA-EFE
South Korea

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.

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North Korea

Opinion | 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.

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Ukraine war

Opinion | 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.

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US President Donald Trump meets North Korean leader Kim Jong-un on Sentosa Island in Singapore on June 12, 2018. Photo: AP
Diplomacy

Opinion | 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.

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South Korea martial law 2024

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.

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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.

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South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol shakes hands with Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba ahead of their meeting on the sidelines of the APEC summit in Lima last month. Photo: dpa
South Korea

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.

THAAD interceptors arrive in Seongju, South Korea, in September 2017. Photo: News1 via Reuters
South Korea

Opinion | 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.

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South Korea

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.

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Diplomacy

Opinion | 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.

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Employees of the Kim Jong Thae Electric Locomotive Complex pose for a photo as they read a copy of the Rodong Sinmun newspaper covering North Korea’s demolition of the North-South joint liaison office, in Pyongyang on June 17, 2020. Photo: AFP
South Korea

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.

Former South Korean President Moon Jae-in and his wife Kim Jung-sook on May 10, 2022. Photo: YNA/dpa
North Korea

Letters | 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.

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?

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