Kim Young-sam – Asia Times

Notorious ex-Korean leader gets off the hook again

by Andrew Salmon November 30, 2020December 2, 2020

SEOUL – In his latest legal ensnarement, a former South Korean president responsible for a massacre in which hundreds were killed appears to have escaped justice again. In a nation where ex-leaders routinely face dire fates after serving their term in office, Chun Doo-hwan, 89, South Korea’s most notorious living ex-president, was on Monday given […]

China

‘Korea’s Tiananmen’ a success story

by Bradley K. Martin June 3, 2020June 3, 2020

South Korean President Moon Jae-in delivers his adresses at the ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute 42nd Singapore lecture on July 13, 2018, during a three-day state visit in Singapore. Photo: AFP/Roslan Rahman

What elections mean for Seoul’s foreign policy

by Tom Eck April 13, 2020April 15, 2020

A portrait of Kim Jong-pil, founder of South Korea's once-infamous spy agency, is seen on a mourning altar at a hospital in Seoul on June 23, 2018. Aged 92, Kim was a top figure in conservative politics and one of the country's most influential politicians in the 1980s and 90s. Photo: AFP/ Yonhap

AT Finance, Japan, North Korea, Northeast Asia, South Asia, South Korea

Kim Jong-pil: Spymaster, kingmaker, exile, last of ‘3 Kims’ passes

by Andrew Salmon June 24, 2018February 18, 2020

Ousted South Korean leader Park Geun-hye arrives at a court hearing in Seoul in April. Photo: AFP

Middle East, Northeast Asia, South Asia, South Korea, World

The worst job in South Korea? The president

by Andrew Salmon April 8, 2018February 18, 2020

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