South Korean politics

The Case of Depolarization in South Korea

posted on December 8, 2021 by Samuel Zirock

Georgia State University Tagged With: Asia, democracy, Polarization, political polarization, South Korea, South Korean politics

Polarization can be observed as a phenomenon inflicting countries around the world to varying degrees. South Korea is no exception, since the founding of the Sixth Republic of Korea in 1987, the …

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The Korean Peninsula: Peaceful Unification of a Democracy and a Dictatorship? by Taylor Robinson @ Georgia State University

posted on November 1, 2018 by Taylor Robinson

Georgia State University Tagged With: Kim Jong Un, Moon Jae In, North Korea, Park Geun Hye, South Korea, South Korean politics

Sixty-five years after the beginning of the Korean War, leaders of South Korea and North Korea began meeting with the intention of declaring peace and mending their damaged relationship. In addition …

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Why the Philippines Should Draw Lessons from South Korean Democracy by Patricia Villa @ University of the Philippines, Diliman

posted on May 12, 2018 by Patricia Villa

University of the Philippines, Diliman Tagged With: Asia, Democratic Erosion, democratic subversion, judicial independence, Philippine politics, South Korean politics

To what extent should impeachments be exercised in democracies? South Korea and the Philippines offer two opposing answers. In a Washington Post op-ed, Christian Caryl argued that South Korea had …

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