Tax evasion, bribery and price-fixing: How #Samsung became the giant that ate Korea
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/tax-evasion-bribery-and-pricefixing-how-samsung-became-the-giant-that
A new president has been sworn in – but as she takes office, the humiliation of an MP who took on the might of Samsung appears to show where the real power lies in South Korea
South Korean “progressives” line-up behind the Democrats
http://www.wsws.org/articles/2012/dec2012/kore-d15.shtml
South Korean “progressives” line-up behind the Democrats
By Ben McGrath
15 December 2012
In the campaign for the December 19 South Korean presidential election, self-proclaimed progressives and “left” organisations have fallen in behind the main bourgeois opposition candidate—Moon Jae-in of the Democratic United Party (DUP). They are portraying him as the “lesser evil” compared to Park Geun-hye, the candidate from the right-wing Saenuri Party of outgoing President Lee Myung-bak.
The political line-up was on full display during the first presidential debate between Moon, Park and United Progressive Party (UPP) candidate Lee Jung-hee. Lee made it clear that her purpose in the campaign was to see Moon elected president.
Séoul se voit en shérif régional | Matthew Reiss (Le Monde diplomatique)
http://www.monde-diplomatique.fr/2010/10/REISS/19745
Interrompues après le naufrage en mer Jaune d’une corvette sud-coréenne, les discussions « humanitaires » entre la République de Corée et la République populaire démocratique de Corée (RPDC) ont repris le 20 septembre. Si Pyongyang multiplie les provocations, Séoul joue des tensions pour justifier ses dépenses d’armement et renouveler son alliance stratégique avec Washington. (...)