Moon Jae-In

Kim Ju-won (left) and Park Sun-min (right) say same-sex couples are excluded from incentives to start families.

South Korea’s baby boost for married couples excludes nontraditional families

January 21, 2021Lifestyle & Belief

South Korea wants more couples to have babies — but not all families are equal. Same-sex marriage is banned, and there are no laws that protect the LGBTQ community from discrimination. Single mothers also face stigma.

A church with two steeples with green tips in the distance

South Koreans are blaming a controversial church for new COVID-19 outbreak

August 21, 2020COVID-19

A man wearing a white robe delivers a speech and uses his hand to emphasize a point

Just ‘empty’ words? South Korea’s Moon calls for peace with North Korea by 2045.

September 2, 2019Nuclear

Trump’s trade war with China drives silent wedge between US and South Korea

January 27, 2019

Why some South Koreans feel more positive about Kim Jong-un

May 16, 2018Global Politics

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Lawyer, soldier, activist, president: Who is Moon Jae-in?

May 9, 2017Jobs

Left-leaning Moon Jae-in won South Korea’s presidential election by a landslide.

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