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Welcome to 2026, the year of the Red Horse! I know, technically, we have to wait for the lunar new year and some may prefer the Fire Horse m...

On June 3, Korea will pick its next president. We already know that this president won't be a woman, because the nation returned to its ...

As expected - and as the smile on its president MOON Hyung-bae confirmed before he even started talking  -, Korea's Constitutional Court...

Today, YOON Suk-yeol was released from jail following a ruling exposing his arrest as illegal and the process behind it as questionable. Pro...

Impeaching acting president HAN Duck-soo was a predictable yet unfortunate move for LEE Jae-myung. We already knew that he would try anythin...

As expected*, YOON Suk-yeol's suicidal martial law folly resulted in his impeachment, and Korea democracy prevailed. Now the following s...

Last night, YOON Suk-yeol's political suicide lasted less than one hour. There was no scenario in which the lamest of all ducks could im...

For the second time in a row, the left won in a landslide elections they were losing a few weeks earlier: in 2020, COVID19 replaced the elec...

(*NB I was finishing this post when I learned about the Assassination attempt on LEE Jae-myung in Busan - I decided not to alter what I wro...

Unsurprisingly disappointed by politicians of both sides who decided to sweep justice under the rug: the Democratic Party by failing to deli...

And so 2003 begins, the Year of the Rabbit.   Actually, the Year of the Water Rabbit, which should bring us extra inspiration.   A year full...

Hard to get some attention in 2022. North Korea 's testing frenzy (over 40 missile launches so far) eventually paid off, but with anothe...

Every five year, I have the same dream: that Korea switches to a two-round system for its presidential elections, which would not only refle...