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Park Chan-kyong
Park Chan-kyong is a journalist covering South Korean affairs for the South China Morning Post. He previously worked at the Agence France-Presse's Seoul bureau for 35 years. He studied political science at Korea University and economics at the Yonsei University Graduate School.
Park Chan-kyong is a journalist covering South Korean affairs for the South China Morning Post. He previously worked at the Agence France-Presse's Seoul bureau for 35 years. He studied political science at Korea University and economics at the Yonsei University Graduate School.
Kim Jong-un’s increased appearances at military drills show his confidence in Pyongyang’s nuclear deterrence, analysts say.
The hearing lasted all of half an hour. Yoon Suk-yeol and his wife, appearing as a witness, made eye contact only once.
Lee Jae Myung’s clash was about more than human rights, analysts say – it was about energy security and sending a message to Donald Trump.
At the US-China summit, Beijing may act as a go-between to bring Donald Trump and Kim Jong-un to the negotiating table, analysts say.
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While North Korea praised the South’s actions as a ‘wise move’, it continues to rebuff any attempts at reconciliation dialogues.
The ex-president may be a liability to his former People Power Party ahead of local elections on June 3 amid falling approval ratings.
Only a handful of nations have ever built a supersonic fighter jet from the ground up.
Presidents Lee and Macron have agreed to cooperate on safety in the strait but they are likely to wade in only after the war, analysts say.
The won is at a 17-year low, parliament is in damage control mode and shop shelves are being stripped clean of plastic bags.
The engine may be used in the Hwasong-20, which analysts say is capable of hitting targets around the globe.
Lee Geun-an, who was notorious for using methods such as ‘chicken roasting’ and water torture on victims, did not regret his past.
Accused of running a drug ring from his Philippine prison cell, ‘VIP’ inmate Park Wang-yeol was extradited after a nine-year legal impasse.
Mindful of the fate of Iran and Venezuela’s leaders, Kim Jong-un used his speech to cast nuclear weapons as a non-negotiable shield.
Nine of the 14 people killed in Friday’s factory fire in Daejeon died in a room that did not officially exist.
The Cheongung-II hit 96 per cent of targets at a third of the cost of its US rival, triggering a scramble for the technology.
Any deal with Iran could undermine South Korea’s alliance with the US and their US$350 billion trade deal.
Seoul is expected to seek national consensus and wait for the outcome of the Takaichi-Trump summit before deciding, observers say.
North Korea has long been suspected of supplying missile technology to Iran and providing technical help on uranium enrichment.
President Lee Jae Myung urges South Korea to boost its own defence amid reports of US military assets being redeployed to the Middle East.
As a nation that imports nearly every drop of oil it consumes, South Korea is hitting the panic button to shield citizens from rising prices.
Experts say the US strikes on Iran are sharpening Pyongyang’s resolve to diversify nuclear-capable forces, including new naval platforms.
The Pentagon wants Seoul to shoulder more of its defence burden. Analysts say it may have strengthened Kim Jong-un’s hand instead.
Iran’s nuclear programme was aspirational. North Korea’s is not. That distinction explains everything, analysts say.
The appearance of the Kims in near-identical leather coats at a military parade is seen by some that Pyongyang’s succession plan is in place.
As long as Washington acknowledges Pyongyang as a nuclear power, there is ‘no reason not to get along’, the North Korean leader says.
A judge has ruled luxury gifts passed to Kim Keon-hee were ‘grease payments’, contradicting an earlier verdict and threatening her appeal.
Washington is reportedly pushing back on Seoul’s request for smaller drills, forcing the postponement of a major joint military briefing.
With Kim Jong-un set to outline his end-of-decade vision, the notable absence of his teenage daughter raises fresh succession questions.
Yoon Suk-yeol is the first democratically elected South Korean leader to be convicted of the crime.
