The rules to the party — or rather parties — have, like so much else, been in flux over the past few months of impeachment turmoil. The Korea Herald has typically followed Korean convention in distinguishing the political parties with modifiers denoting the ruling party — the party of the president — and opposition parties, which could also include main and minor, along with other more exacting descriptors. Hence, for most of the last three years since the presidential election in March 2022, we

They say what goes up must come down, but it isn’t usually supposed to happen at the same time. Here’s one thing that can manage it: The Korean won. The currency is down against the US dollar in April, falling from 1,470 won to as low as 1,418 won. Or should that be rising? It’s all a lot simpler if you work in euros. When the value of the euro rises, so does the usual currency exchange rate, which measures how many dollars you get for one euro. But like the Japanese yen and the Chinese yuan, th

It’s certainly not ideal, but “naeran” has nonetheless been dominating the Korean news for months. “Naeran” was the original basis of the impeachment bill passed against President Yoon Suk Yeol on Dec. 14, 2024, in the wake of his shock martial law declaration, which will be decided upon today. It was the only charge against Yoon in his recent criminal prosecution, as well as a key aspect of a special counsel probe the opposition repeatedly tried to launch. Look the word up in a Korean-English d