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This week has been a busy one in Korean politics. While everyone was still debating the rights and wrongs of President Yoons diplomatic trip last week to Japan, main opposition leader Lee Jae-myung was indicted Tuesday on charges of corruption and bribery. My attention has yo-yoed between the two stories all week, though there are some clear links between them.

Most South Koreans are still wincing following the “diplomatic disaster” in Tokyo two weeks ago. At a summit there, President Yoon Suk Yeol gave up everything in pending bilateral issues and got almost nothing in return.

Rep. Kim Sang-hee of the main opposition Democratic Party of Korea on Thursday proposed a parliamentary resolution denouncing Japans controversial textbooks and its sovereignty claim of Koreas easternmost Dokdo islets.

Beijing and Seoul say new textbooks contain controversial claims about the disputed Dokdo Islands and the use of forced labour during World War II

Most South Koreans are still wincing following the “diplomatic disaster” in Tokyo two weeks ago. At a summit there, President Yoon Suk Yeol gave up everything in pending bilateral issues and got almost nothing in return.

The main opposition Democratic Party of Korea (DPK) on Thursday called on President Yoon Suk Yeol to explain why former National Security Adviser Kim Sung-han resigned ahead of Yoons state visit to the United States next month.

The Japanese government on Tuesday approved school textbooks whitewashing the forced mobilization of Koreans to labor in factories during World War II. The latest move appears to b...

The Korean and Japanese governments need to increase exchanges between the countries history researchers and textbook writers to improve understanding of differing views of history and ultimately co-write textbooks, experts on Korea-Japan relations said, Wednesday.

(ATTN: UPDATES with U.S. official's remarks in paras 6-7) SEOUL, March 29 (Yonhap) ...

Pohang, South Korea, Mar 29 (EFE).- South Korea and the United States conducted amphibious assault drills on Wednesday for the first time in five years, exhibiting their nimble marines and war equipment in a high-spirited action as a warning to North Korea’s ostentatious military prowess. The two military allies began the Ssangyong (double dragon in …