Although the income gap is a nationwide problem, Seoul municipal government is taking the initiative to put forward potential solutions.

Prevailing hostilities may have forestalled an electoral merger between the third-party centrist candidate and the main opposition party.

Celebrities announcing their premarital pregnancies in South Korea are not as deviant from traditional family norms as they might appear.

Despite South Korea’s technological sophistication, the government’s attempts to solve social issues with technology fall short of being transformative.

Compared to campaign pledges from 10 years ago, candidates today speak more about corruption than economic growth.

While seemingly driven by incidental events, public attitudes towards foreign nations may be responding to real tensions.