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​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​News about the struggle for better democracy in South Korea.​ South Korea is a functioning democracy.​ ​​​​​​​According to Freedom House, "political pluralism is robust with multiple parties competing for power". Also check out our section on World Democracy or our articles on North Korea.

How Immigration Policy Could Kill Dreamer’s Rhodes Award

January 12, 2019 by DC Editors Leave a Comment

Immigration policy could kill dreamers Rhodes award, where students get the chance to study in the University of Oxford in England with all expenses paid.

Filed Under: Democracy Culture Tagged With: Education, England, South Korea

North Korean Defector Encourages Others to Resettle in South

January 7, 2019 by DC Editors Leave a Comment

North Korean Defector Encourages Others

To defect to the South is an “obligation, not a choice” for North Korean diplomats committed to unification, Thae said, calling Seoul “the outpost” for that task.

Filed Under: International Democracy Tagged With: Asia, Europe, Italy, North Korea, South Korea

Former South Korean President Lee Gets 15 Years For Corruption

October 5, 2018 by DC Editors Leave a Comment

Former South Korean President Lee Sentenced To 15 Years

Former South Korean President Lee Myung-bak was sentenced Friday to 15 years in prison and fine of about $11.5 million on a range of corruption allegations.

Filed Under: International Democracy Tagged With: Asia, South Korea, Worldwide Corruption

Appeals Court Sentences Former S. Korean President Park To 25 Years

August 24, 2018 by DC Editors Leave a Comment

Appeals Court Sentences Former S. Korean President Park To 25 Years

South Korean appeals court sentenced ex-President Park to 25 years in jail Friday, in a case arising from a corruption scandal that toppled her in 2017.

Filed Under: International Democracy Tagged With: Asia, South Korea, Worldwide Corruption

South Korea Pledges Bold Step with North in Ending War

August 16, 2018 by DC Editors Leave a Comment

South Korea Pledges Bold Step

South Korean President Moon Jae-in and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un will in the upcoming summit take a “bold step” to end the war between the two side.

Filed Under: International Democracy Tagged With: Asia, Kim Jong Un, North Korea, South Korea

Expect an Inter-Korean Tourism Surge if Peace Prevails

August 13, 2018 by DC Editors Leave a Comment

Inter-Korean tourism and key infrastructure surge expected if relations between the two Koreas and between Pyongyang and the U.S prevail

Filed Under: Democracy Culture Tagged With: Asia, North Korea, South Korea

South Korean Basketballers Arrive in North for Sports Diplomacy

July 3, 2018 by DC Editors Leave a Comment

South Korean Basketballers Arrive in North for Sports Diplomacy

A group of male and female South Korean basketball players will play their North Korean counterparts

Filed Under: Democracy Culture Tagged With: Asia, North Korea, South Korea

North Korea Drops Major Demand in Potential Move to Denuclearize

April 19, 2018 by DC Editors Leave a Comment

North Korea Drops Major Demand

North Korea has expressed its desire for “complete denuclearization” of the Korean Peninsula

Filed Under: International Democracy Tagged With: Asia, Kim Jong Un, North Korea, South Korea

South Korea embroiled in DR Congo voting machine controversy

April 3, 2018 by DC Editors Leave a Comment

DR Congo voting machine controversy

South Korea’s government has officially distanced itself from a firm providing electronic voting machines to the Congo

Filed Under: International Democracy Tagged With: Africa, Democratic Republic of Congo, South Korea, Voting Machines, Voting Technology

North Korea Meets K-Pop in Pyongyang Concert

April 1, 2018 by DC Editors Leave a Comment

North Korea Meets K-Pop

Concert of South Korean singers, commonly called K-pop, is a rare event in North Korean capital Pyongyang

Filed Under: Democracy Culture Tagged With: Asia, Dictatorships, North Korea, Political Artwork, South Korea

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