[%%IMAGE1%%] [%%IMAGE2%%][%%IMAGE3%%]In the above photo, citizens and students participating in a candlelight vigil demonstration against the South Korea-U.S. Free Trade Agreement (KORUS FTA) at Seoul Plaza, attempt to march down street while withstanding being targeted by police water cannons, Nov. 23.In the middle photo, riot police officers spray citizens with tear gas guns attempting to enter the North Jeolla branch office of ruling Grand National Party (GNP), responsible for railroading the KORUS FTA through the National Assembly.In the photo below, lawmakers from main opposition Democratic Party including Chairman Sohn Hak-kyu drop to their knees and apologize to the people for failing to block the GNP’s railroading of KORUS FTA ratification.Around 10,000 individuals took part in the candlelight vigil demonstration calling for nullification of the KORUS FTA and resignation of the Lee Myung-bak government.　 　 　(Photo by Shin So-young, Kang Chang-kwang and Yonhap)

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A bolstered US-Japan alliance is rendering the pacifist constitution of the latter a shell of its former self

[Correspondent’s column] The US and the end of Japanese pacifism

It was none other than the government and hospitals that afforded Korea’s residents and interns such immense power that they wield now in their absence from hospitals

[Guest essay] How Korea turned its trainee doctors into monsters

South Korea’s former ambassador to Russia weighs in on the recent deterioration of the two countries’ ties

[Guest essay] As someone who helped forge Seoul-Moscow ties, their status today troubles me

The 32-year-high 67% turnout rate for Wednesday’s elections shows just how disappointed and angry South Korean voters are

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[Column] In Korea’s midterm elections, it’s time for accountability

As a Palestinian, I still remember the first bombing I experienced at 5 years old — unfortunately it was not my last

[Guest essay] At only 26, I’ve seen 4 wars in my home of Gaza

The word “inhumane” is utterly insufficient to describe the acts of savagery that took place under Rhee in Jeju

[Column] Syngman Rhee’s bloody legacy in Jeju

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[Editorial] Yoon addresses nation, but not problems that plague it

Yoon and Han still don’t seem to “get” politics — they still seem to be totally ignorant about why the public is so hostile to the government and the ruling party

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[News analysis] Watershed augmentation of US-Japan alliance to put Korea’s diplomacy to the test

[Photo] Cho Kuk and company march on prosecutors’ office for probe into first lady

‘National emergency’: Why Korean voters handed 192 seats to opposition parties

[Column] A third war mustn’t be allowed

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[Editorial] New KBS chief is racing to deliver Yoon a pro-administration network

[Editorial] S. Korea should take a note from US-China tactical compromise

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왜 ‘가만히 있으라’ 했는지 엄마는 10년 지나도 답을 듣지 못했다

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