President Park Grants Special Pardons Ahead of Liberation Day Anniversary

2015-08-16

The government granted special pardons ahead of the 70th anniversary of Korea’s liberation from Japanese colonial rule. A total of six-thousand-527 ...

Lotte Group Ownership Battle

2015-08-10

S. Korea Begins Restoration Project of Inter-Korean Railway

2015-08-09

The government has begun restoring the South Korean section of an inter-Korean railroad that has been severed since the division of the two Koreas ...

Gov’t Plans to Look into Governance Structure of Lotte Group

2015-08-09

The government plans to look into the opaque governance structure and capital-flow of Lotte Group which has recently been mired in a controversial ...

President Park Calls for Labor Reform in Public Statement

2015-08-09

President Park Geun-hye has confirmed that labor reform will be at the top of her agenda during the second half of her term. In a televised public ...

Removal of Statue of Limitations for Murder in Korea

2015-08-03

Government Declares De-facto End to MERS Outbreak

2015-08-02

The outbreak of a deadly coronavirus that unnerved many South Koreans over the past two months is effectively over. Presiding over a pan-governmental ...

Foreign Investment Banks Predict 2.6% Growth for S. Korean Economy

2015-08-02

Major foreign investment banks have issued growth outlooks for the South Korean economy that are more pessimistic, than projections from the nation's ...

Korean Currency Weakens against Dollar

2015-08-02

The value of South Korean currency has fallen substantially over the past month, boosting hope that it will help revitalize exports. The won ...

Same Sex Marriage – issues and analysis

2015-07-27