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South Korea

9 Posts
Opinion

A Stress Test for South Korea’s Democracy: Conservatism’s Authoritarian Relapse

The South Korean Constitutional Court has now unanimously confirmed the removal of the 12th president, Yoon Suk-yeol. This marks the …

April 9, 2025
  • Bee Yun

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Resistance to Increasing Autocratization

March 22, 2024
  • Alexander Heinrich
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South Korea’s Response to the Coronavirus: The Cost of Success

May 14, 2020
  • Thomas Kalinowski
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Corona Overshadows Election in South Korea

April 12, 2020
  • Thomas Kalinowski
Analysis

Korea’s Anti-Corruption Efforts an Inspiration for Other Countries

December 19, 2019
  • Damin Jung , 
  • Thomas Kalinowski
Opinion

Peaceful Olympics amid Thawing Tensions

February 8, 2018
  • Robert Schwarz
Analysis

Revitalizing Democracy in Asia

August 11, 2017
  • Robert Schwarz
Moon Jae-in at a rally in Seoul, by Jee Su Na, via flickr.com, CC BY-NC-ND 2.0
Analysis

Is South Korea’s New President up to the Job?

May 12, 2017
  • Robert Schwarz
Seoul, South Korea's capital city © Clint Sharp via Flick (CC BY-NC-SA 2.0)
Analysis

Success beyond Gangnam Style

November 7, 2014
  • Craig Willy
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