by WorldTribune Staff, December 29, 2021 Foreign correspondents based in Seoul were among those targeted by a South Korean agency created by the current leftist government to investigate corruption cases involving high-ranking officials. The agency has been accused of illegally searching the phone records of opposition lawmakers and journalists, including their family members. The Corruption […]
by WorldTribune Staff, December 24, 2021 Park Geun-Hye, the former conservative South Korean president who was impeached, thrown out of office and jailed in 2017, was pardoned on Friday by leftist South Korean President Moon Jae-In. Park had maintained her innocence from the moment embezzlement and other charges against her emerged, claiming she was the […]
by WorldTribune Staff, December 22, 2021 Team Biden’s National Security Council (NSC) should not endorse an announcement officially ending the Korean War that does not include a denuclearization commitment from North Korea or protect U.S. assets in the region, 35 members of the U.S. Congress said in a joint letter to the Biden administration. South […]
by WorldTribune Staff, December 7, 2021 With an eye on competing for supremacy in the lucrative chip-making industry with a new facility in Texas, South Korea-based Samsung Electronics Co. has replaced the heads of its three major business units and merged the company’s mobile and consumer electronics businesses into a single unit. Samsung, the world’s […]
Analysis by WorldTribune Staff, December 3, 2021 As the reign of South Korean leftist President Moon Jae-In approaches its end with scant accomplishments, so-called “Sunshiners” have moved to salvage what they can of the Moon regime by drafting a “peace declaration” to end the Korean War. “The goal is to rope the U.S. in,” Nicholas […]
FPI / November 10, 2021 Geostrategy-Direct The presidential candidate from [U.S. ally] South Korea’s ruling Democratic Party of Korea (Deobureo Minjoo Party) is steeped in pro-China, pro-North Korea, and anti-United States political stances, an analyst said. Lee Jae-Myung, who was the governor of Gyeonggi Province (which surrounds Seoul) until late October of this year, is […]
by WorldTribune Staff, October 27, 2021 On Oct. 26, 1979, President Park Chung-Hee was assassinated by his own KCIA Chief. His daughter, the conservative former President Park Geun-Hye was impeached and is still in prison. Former Gyeonggi Province Gov. Kim Moon-Soo, who opposed Park in his youth, paid tribute to Park with the following eulogy […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By Donald Kirk Time is running out for President Moon Jae-In. He has barely more than half a year to leave a legacy in Korean and world history as the leader responsible for bringing permanent peace at last to Korea, North and South. He would like nothing better than to step down […]
by WorldTribune Staff, September 22, 2021 The South Korean courts and the government of leftist President Moon Jae-In have stepped up their crackdown on press freedom by imprisoning YouTube commentators who are critical of the regime or entities which support it, a report said. “Freedom of speech continues to be suppressed,” East Asia Research Center’s […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By Donald Kirk This nightmare scenario comes to mind: the Chinese have invaded South Korea in the name of the North Koreans, who are sort of an auxiliary force, and the wobbly, weak-kneed American president decides the South Koreans can fight on their own with no American troops, no U.S. air or […]