Statues honoring communists erected by pro-North Left in South Korea

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Statues honoring communists erected by pro-North Left in South Korea

by WorldTribune Staff, September 15, 2023 While in the U.S. communists were toppling statues of American heroes nationwide, South Korea’s pro-North leftists were erecting statues of communists. The City of Gwangju in South Jeolla Province “has been paying tribute to a communist, Zheng Lucheng, who was loyal to the communist parties in both China and […]

Tense Korea: Leftward tilt in Seoul meets with growing public protests

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Tense Korea: Leftward tilt in Seoul meets with growing public protests

by WorldTribune Staff, August 28, 2017 North Korea’s nuclear missile threats have dominated world headlines this year, but growing unrest in the South is exacerbating tensions on a peninsula bordering China and Russia and with U.S. forces stationed in the South. Protests against the liberal Moon Jae-In administration are becoming more frequent and show a […]