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South Korea shaken by new civic revolution
By Youngsu Won December 3 — Green Left Weekly / Links International Journal of Socialist Renewal— South Korea is currently in a vortex of an unprecedented political crisis. read more
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South Korea's civic revolution: Another mega-protest puts impeachment process...
[For more background on South Korea's çivic revolution, read Youngsu Won's previous article here.] By Youngsu Won December 6, 2016 — Links International Journal of Socialist Renewal— December 3...
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South Korea’s historic candle light protests bring down President Park
By Youngsu Won December 9, 2016 — Links International Journal of Socialist Renewal— On December 9, Parliament voted in favor of a presidential impeachment by 234 votes to 56, with 7 invalid votes...
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South Korea: After President Park’s impeachment, candle light protests continue
By Youngsu Won December 12, 2016 — Links International Journal of Socialist Renewal— On December 10, downtown Seoul was lit up by candles once again. One million people turned out for candle light...
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The candlelight protests that refuse to go out: Understanding the...
By Youngsu Won January 5, 2016 –– Links International Journal of Socialist Renewal–– The last day of 2016 witnessed another historic moment in South Korean history: once again, a huge mobilization...
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South Korea: With Park Geun-hye’s impeachment confirmed, the 2016-17...
By Youngsu Won March 12, 2017 —Links International Journal of Socialist Renewal— On March 10, at 11:22 am, Chief Justice of the Constitutional Court Lee Jeingmi read the final sentence of the...
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Corea del Sur: Victoria del movimiento de las velas, destitución de la...
Por Youngsu Won Marzo 22, 2017 — Links International Journal of Socialist Renewal, traducido por Enrique García para Sin Permiso— El 10 de marzo, a las 11:22 de la mañana, el juez del Tribunal...
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Korean Crisis - A South Korean Perspective
By Youngsu Won November 29, 2017 — Links International Journal of Socialist Renewal reposted from Europe Solidaire Sans Frontières — Will a verbal war between a senile dotard and a little rocket...
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Contextualizing South Korea’s Winter Olympics
By Youngsu Won February 6, 2018 — Links International Journal of Socialist Renewal— This winter has been extremely cold in South Korea, with temperatures regularly reaching well below -10oC –...
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South Korea's ugly refugee phobia
By Youngsu Won August 1, 2018 — Links International Journal of Socialist Renewal— The historical candlelight movement of 2016-17 finally turned South Korea from one of the most reactionary...
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South Korea's COVID-19 crisis: The work of a millennial sect?
By Youngsu WonMarch 2, 2020 — Links International Journal of Socialist Renewal — The abrupt mass outbreak of COVID-19 has shocked most of South Korea - with the exception of a small millennial sect....
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Another impeachment and the collapse of the conservative opposition: South...
By Youngsu WonApril 17, 2020 — Links International Journal of Socialist Renewal — South Korea held its 21st general election to elect MPs on April 15. The final result was pretty decisive: the ruling...
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