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South Korea could face a 'long, hard winter' for women's rights under president elect

NPR's Juana Summers speaks with Hawon Jung, a Korean journalist, about fears that the president elect will reverse years of progress on women's rights in South Korea.

People watch a TV showing a file image of North Korea's missile launch during a news program at the Seoul Railway Station in Seoul, South Korea, on Thursday.

North Korea fires suspected long-range missile toward sea

Experts say the North's fast pace in testing activity shows its dual goal of advancing its weaponry and applying pressure on Washington over a deepening freeze in nuclear negotiations.

Smoke and flame rise near a military building after an apparent Russian strike in Kyiv, Ukraine, Thursday, Feb. 24, 2022. Russian troops have launched their anticipated attack on Ukraine. Big explosions were heard before dawn in Kyiv, Kharkiv and Odesa as world leaders decried the start of an Russian invasion that could cause massive casualties and topple Ukraine's democratically elected government.

Archive: Ukraine live updates from February to March

This is an archive of the Ukraine live updates blog from February to March.

Lee Yong-soo, a South Korean sexual slavery survivor who has been demanding since the early 1990s that the Japanese government fully accept culpability and offer an unequivocal apology, wipes her tear during an interview in Seoul, South Korea, on March 16, 2022.

South Korean slavery victim seeks U.N. justice as time runs out

The grievances over sexual slavery, forced labor and other abuses stemming from Japan's WW II-era colonial rule of the Korean Peninsula have strained Seoul-Tokyo relations in recent years.

People watch a television screen showing a news broadcast with file footage of a North Korean missile test, at a railway station in Seoul on Wednesday, after North Korea fired an "unidentified projectile."

North Korean missile test ends in failure, as South and U.S. watch for ICBM test

North Korea is reportedly working up to testing of a longer-range intercontinental ballistic missile that could reach the whole of the continental U.S.

Sandra Oh stars in <em>UMMA, </em>out March 18.

What's making us happy: A guide for your weekend reading, listening and viewing

Each week, the guests and hosts on NPR's Pop Culture Happy Hour share what's bringing them joy. This week: BTS, Sandra Oh and meditations on humor.

South Korea's president-elect Yoon Suk Yeol speaks during a news conference at the National Assembly in Seoul on Thursday, the morning after his victory in the country's presidential election.

South Koreans vote political conservative as new president

The politically inexperienced Yoon Suk Yeol's pledge to get tough on North Korea could mark a sharp break with the outgoing liberal administration's policies.

Supporters of South Korea's presidential candidate Lee Jae-myung of the ruling Democratic Party cheer during an election campaign rally in Seoul on Tuesday.

As South Koreans go to the polls, a backlash against feminism has become political

Young voters are considered a key voting bloc as the ruling Democratic Party and the conservative opposition People Power Party vie to secure the presidency. But gender issues divide South Koreans.

Placards featuring ruling and opposition presidential candidates hang over a street in Seoul, South Korea, on Feb. 17, 2022.

In South Korea, the 'Squid Game Election' campaign gets ugly

Negative campaigns are aggravating South Korea's already severe political divide as presidential elections approach on Wednesday.

A woman comes out of a booth to cast an early vote for Wednesday's election at a local polling station, on March 4, in Seoul, South Korea.

Millennial and Gen Z views of South Korea's generation in power shape an election

South Koreans in their 20s and 30s make up a third of voters, and candidates want to win them over. Many young voters are over the folks in power, a lot of whom are from an older activist generation.

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