On June 19, 2022, ROK President Yoon Suk-yeol hosted a “housewarming” in the courtyard of the presidential office in central Seoul, inviting some 400 neighbors and others to celebrate the move. Sunday’s event included a flea market and street food with small vendors working around the presidential residence. “I thank you for allowing me and […]
On June 21, 2022, a 200-tonne South Korean space launch vehicle (KSLV-II), or Nuri, finally took off from the Naro spaceport in Goheung County, Jeollanam-do Province. The Ministry of Science and ICT and the Korea Aerospace Research Institute (KARI) announced that all tasks of the flight had been completed. On June 22, KARI established two-way […]
The audience may remember the high-profile scandal in inter-Korean relations in which “Kim Jong-un apologized for the death of a South Korean citizen”. This murky story is now entering its second round, potentially very unpleasant for Moon Jae-in and his administration. The author covered this topic back in the day, but since the NEO text fell […]
On May 10, Moon Jae-in, who has completed his five-year term as president, left for his small homeland in Yangsan City, Gyeongsangnam-do Province, 420 kilometers south of Seoul. Arriving at the station, the ex-president said that he was returning to his village of origin, as promised, and intended to live an ordinary life, looking after […]
Every South Korean president has sent special envoys to the US, China, Japan and Russia at the beginning of his rule. These were intended to familiarize the leadership with the course of the new president and to build bridges for further cooperation. Most of them have already been appointed, but the name of the envoy […]
The outcome of South Korea’s local election that took place on June 1, 2022 could be described as an unmitigated disaster for the Democratic Party of Korea. Whereas 4 years ago it won 14 out of 17 metropolitan mayor and governor posts in direct-administered cities and even chipped away at the Conservatives’ territory, the party […]
On June 1, South Korea held local polls and parliamentary by-elections to elect 17 city mayors and provincial governors, 226 lower-level heads of administrative divisions, and 779 provincial and metropolitan council seats, as well as seven parliamentary seats. The elections were extremely important not only for the Democrats, but also for the Conservatives, because they […]
On the morning of May 27, former ROK Navy special forces captain Lee Geun, who had taken part in hostilities on the Ukrainian side as part of a foreign volunteer battalion, returned to Seoul on a flight from Warsaw. The ROK police intend to investigate him for violating the authorities’ ban on travelling to Ukraine, […]
21WIRE | All it would take is a series of provocations against China in order to push the region and the world closer to war.
US President Joe Biden’s trip to South Korea and Japan in the third decade of May was accompanied by a number of noteworthy events that deserve attention in terms of assessing the current stage of the “Great Game.” Of these, the least significant, but most widely covered in the world media, was the US president’s […]
