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South Korea: Mysticism meets martial law in South Korea's political crisis
Superstitious practices of one of the main figures involved in the South Korean crisis highlight the significant role that ...
South Korean president's supporters target priest with 'communist' jibe
As South Korean clergymen joined a growing push to boot impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol from office, a prominent priest was ...
The pastor and the president: the religious hardliner backing South Korea’s Yoon
Yoon and his legal team have repeatedly invoked far-right claims, without evidence, of a conspiracy between South Korea’s left-wing opposition and Pyongyang as they defend the president from criminal ...
North Korea reopens to tourists just in time for late leader Kim Jong Il's birthday
The first tour is set to take place Feb. 12 to 18, when major celebrations are planned for the birthday of the country's late ...
America Magazine5d
The Creed vs. the culture wars: Hunkered down in the Catholic demilitarized zone
I am a woman at war within myself, in sight of two well-armed realities, my faith life suspended in the center. I think of ...
Yoon allies pin hopes on Trump to save ousted president
The Hail Mary hopes for Trump extend to South Korea’s parliament. People Power Party lawmaker Na Kyung-won attended Trump’s inauguration and wrote of her plans to make a direct appeal to the president ...
The excesses of South Korea's 'new right' nostalgic for dictatorships
Since President Yoon Suk Yeol's failed attempt to impose martial law, the evangelical, nationalist and anti-communist 'new ...
The Diplomat6d
Kim Jong Un’s Emphasis on Chongryon
Kim’s emphasis on Chongryon is distinct from that of his father and predecessor, Kim Jong Il. In the early years of that ...