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Seol Nan-young, the wife of South Korea's main conservative party candidate, during an event in Seoul on May 21.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
May 27, 2025
Candidate spouses take center stage in South Korea's heated presidential race
The wife of South Korea's main conservative party candidate is campaigning on her own to tarnish the image of the liberal front-runner and his spouse.
Supporters of South Korean presidential candidate Lee Jae-myung listen to a speech during a campaign event in Uijeongbu, in South Korea's Gyeonggi Province, on Tuesday.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
May 27, 2025
South Korea's liberal candidate Lee in the lead a week before presidential vote
The deeply polarized country is set to hold a snap election on June 3 to pick a successor to Yoon Suk Yeol, who was ousted on April 4.
South Korean presidential candidates Lee Jae-myung (left), of the Democratic Party,  and Kim Moon-soo, of the People Power Party, shake hands as they prepare for the second televised debate for the upcoming presidential election in Seoul on Friday.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
May 24, 2025
South Korean presidential race tightens sharply after TV debate
The Democratic Party's Lee Jae-myung's support rate fell to 45%, while backing for the People Power Party’s Kim Moon-soo rose to 36%, according to a poll released Friday.
South Korean presidential candidate Lee Jae-myung speaks in Goyang, South Korea, on April 27.
BUSINESS / Economy
May 14, 2025
South Korean think tank halves 2025 growth forecast to 0.8%
The revised outlook reflects the fallout from U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariff campaign on the trade-reliant nation as its presidential race hits full swing.
Supporters of Lee Jae-myung, the presidential candidate for South Korea's Democratic Party, attend an election campaign rally in Seoul on Monday.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
May 12, 2025
Election campaigning kicks off in South Korea
Polls are showing the main opposition Democratic Party candidate Lee Jae-myung as the front-runner by a large margin, with 43% support.
Kim Moon-soo, a presidential candidate for South Korea's conservative People Power Party, speaks during a debate in Seoul on Thursday.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
May 11, 2025
South Korea's conservatives settle on Kim Moon-soo as presidential candidate
South Korea's conservatives made another about-face on Saturday and reinstated their presidential nominee, Kim Moon-soo, just hours after dropping him.
Former labor minister Kim Moon-soo arrives at the People Power Party's national convention in Goyang, South Korea, on Saturday.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
May 3, 2025
South Korea's conservatives pick hard-liner Kim Moon-soo as presidential candidate
Kim, 73, was a labor activist in his university days but later became a hard-line conservative.

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Construction equipment sits idle in a park near Shiba Toshogu shrine in Tokyo's Minato Ward. While Japan has a history of treating its trees with reverence, green coverage is said to be lacking in most of the major cities.
Do Japan's trees no longer occupy the sacred space they used to?