A standoff between rival government forces outside the presidential compound in South Korea is a startling development, even for observers used to the country’s famously rough and tumble politics

Twenty-five-year-old university student Park Byeong-heon chanted slogans loudly at a rally on Sunday in downtown Seoul in support of impeached South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol. While the bulk of pro-Yoon protesters appear to be made up of retirees,

South Korea's previous centre-left government under then president Moon Jae-in had vowed to tackle gender inequalities in the country of 52 million. South Korea has the worst gend