The last memory Han Tae-soon has of her daughter as a child is in May 1975, at their home in Seoul. “I was going to the market and asked Kyung-ha, ‘Aren’t you coming?’ But she told me, ‘No, I’m going to play with my friends’,” recalled Ms Han. “When I came back, she was gone.” … Read more
Before the events of 3 December 2024, Lee Jae–myung’s path to South Korea’s presidency was littered with obstacles. Ongoing legal cases, investigations for corruption and allegations of abusing power all looked set to derail the former opposition leader’s second presidential bid. Then a constitutional crisis changed everything. On that night, former president Yoon Suk Yeol’s … Read more
The striking feature of this election has been the leading opposition candidate, Lee Jae-myung, campaigning in a bullet-proof vest. At a recent rally, he was escorted to the podium by close protection officers, ready to shield him with their ballistic briefcases. He then addressed the crowd from behind bullet-proof glass, under the gaze of rooftop … Read more
The border between North and South Korea is swamped with layers of dense barbed-wire fencing and hundreds of guard posts. But dotted among them is something even more unusual: giant, green camouflaged speakers. As I stood looking into the North one afternoon last month, one of the speakers began blasting South Korean pop songs interspersed … Read more
New Delhi: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Saturday launched a blistering attack on the BJP-led NDA over the November 2024 Maharashtra assembly election results, accusing the saffron party of orchestrating a “match-fixing” strategy to secure its unprecedented victory. The BJP-led Mahayuti alliance which includes the Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena and the Ajit Pawar faction of the Nationalist … Read more