by Xiara Magtibay | Dec 3, 2019 | University of the Philippines, Diliman
“The sovereignty of the Republic of Korea shall reside in the people and the authority shall emanate from the people.”-Section 2, Article 1, Chapter 1, Constitution of the Republic of Korea Populism as defined in Benjamin Moffitt’s The Global Rise of Populism:...
by Taylor Robinson | Nov 1, 2018 | Georgia State University
Sixty-five years after the beginning of the Korean War, leaders of South Korea and North Korea began meeting with the intention of declaring peace and mending their damaged relationship. In addition to reconciliation, both president Moon Jae In of South Korea and...
by JAEYOON MIN | Mar 15, 2018 | University of California, Los Angeles
When the candlelight vigil had finally led to the impeachment of South Korea’s 18th president, Park Geun-hye, its people staged to the world that their democracy prevails. However, the 2016 Park Scandal also revealed how easy it was to manipulate faux democracy under...
by HAOCHENG BI | Mar 15, 2018 | University of California, Los Angeles
In late October 2016, Jay Y. Lee, the head of Samsung South Korea’s largest conglomerate, was reported to “have bribed totaling more than $36 million” to Choi Soon-sil, a long-time friend of President Park Geun-hye, in return for president’s favorable...
by HANNAH CATHERINE KIM | Mar 15, 2018 | University of California, Los Angeles
SOUTH KOREA’S 2017 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION AND FOREIGN THREATS: IS DEMOCRACY IN DANGER? BY HANNAH KIM @ UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, LOS ANGELES South Korea has experienced subjugation at the hands of various authoritarian governments since its formal establishment...
