Korea’s anti-impeachment protests go national with MAGA overtones

Korea’s anti-impeachment protests go national with MAGA overtones

by WorldTribune Staff, January 19, 2025 Real World News The relentless effort of the leftists who lead South Korea’s Democratic Party of Korea (DPK) to impeach and arrest President Yoon Suk-Yeol has spawned a massive conservative movement in his defense. That movement has overtones of U.S President Donald Trump’s MAGA movement, with activists showing up […]

Yoon’s approval surged since declaring martial law; Lee quietly meets with Chinese reporters

Yoon’s approval surged since declaring martial law; Lee quietly meets with Chinese reporters

by WorldTribune Staff, January 12, 2025 Real World News South Korea President Yoon Suk-Yeol’s approval rating, and that of the conservative People Power Party (PPP) he leads, has surged in the weeks since he declared martial law on Dec. 3. A public opinion poll conducted by the Public Opinion Survey Fair on Jan. 7-9 shows […]

Embattled South Korean president vows to return nation to its people in New Year letter

Embattled South Korean president vows to return nation to its people in New Year letter

by WorldTribune Staff, January 2, 2025 Real World News Since leftists in the Democratic Party of Korea (DPK) wrangled an arrest warrant from a court in Seoul for President Yoon Suk-Yeol on Dec. 31, Yoon’s supporters have been present 24 hours a day packing the sidewalks across from the presidential residence in an all-out effort […]

South Korea at the crossroads: Who is Lee Jae-Myung?

South Korea at the crossroads: Who is Lee Jae-Myung?

by WorldTribune Staff, December 30, 2024 Real World News Armed with a super-majority in South Korea’s parliament, the leftist Democratic Party of Korea (DPK) sought to quickly impeach conservative President Yoon Suk-Yeol following his declaration of martial law on Dec. 3. Two impeachment votes were quickly held in the National Assembly. The second vote, on […]

Political left on rampage in South Korea after impeaching rival

Political left on rampage in South Korea after impeaching rival

by WorldTribune Staff, December 17, 2024 Real World News Trial proceedings for the impeachment of South Korean President Yoon Suk-Yeol have begun in the nation’s constitutional court. The conservative Yoon was impeached on Saturday by leftists leading the opposition Democratic Party of Korea (DPK). The DPK-dominated National Assembly voted to impeach Yoon after he declared […]

South Korea on the brink? President defends martial law as Left poised to dominate government

South Korea on the brink? President defends martial law as Left poised to dominate government

by WorldTribune Staff, December 12, 2024 Real World News In a Dec. 12 address to the nation, embattled South Korean President Yoon Suk-Yeol explained why he declared martial law, why it was a lawful declaration, and what forces he is fighting against. Stating emphatically that he will “fight to the end,” Yoon describes the anti-state […]

Unreported: Pro-North and CCP-funded influence seen precipitating political crisis in South Korea

Unreported: Pro-North and CCP-funded influence seen precipitating political crisis in South Korea

Analysis by WorldTribune Staff, December 3, 2024 Real World News International and U.S. media have failed to report the context of the political crisis in South Korea which led conservative President Yoon Suk-Yeol to declare emergency martial law on Tuesday evening. That background includes not only the longstanding influence of pro-North Korean organizations in the […]

Unreported: Computerized voting in critical election again infuriates South Koreans

Unreported: Computerized voting in critical election again infuriates South Koreans

by WorldTribune Staff, April 8, 2024 Ahead of South Korea’s general election on April 10, problems with computerized tabulation machines are already being reported. On April 5, early voting began and “within hours there were numerous complaints of the National Election Commission (NEC) reporting inflated numbers of votes cast at various early voting centers relative […]

South Korea’s Yoon and ‘new Right’ called key to historic trilateral summit at Camp David

South Korea’s Yoon and ‘new Right’ called key to historic trilateral summit at Camp David

by WorldTribune Staff, August 20, 2023 An unprecedented trilateral summit at Camp David between South Korea, Japan, and the United States countered the successful divide-and-conquer tactics used by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) to expand its military’s regional power in what CCP leaders call the post-U.S. era. A concluding joint statement laying the groundwork for […]

Biden failed to give South Korea what it wanted: U.S. tactical nuclear weapons

Biden failed to give South Korea what it wanted: U.S. tactical nuclear weapons

FPI / May 3, 2023 Geostrategy-Direct By Richard Fisher After a decade of North Korea’s and China’s alarming nuclear and missile buildup, plus nuclear and missile tests, a poll from the South Korean firm Data Research released on March 1, 2023 stated that 70 percent of South Koreans support indigenous development of nuclear weapons. On […]