Now, as we officially welcome 2025, the Year of the Blue Snake, our Lee Eun-hee tells us what this means and more. “As we step into 2025, South Korea is embracing the energy of a new lunar year-one that carries the mystique of the Blue Snake. But as the calendar turns, it’s not just the … Read more
Another major story from 2024 here in Korea was author Han Kang winning the Nobel Prize in Literature. Once again, I’m joined by our Culture Correspondent, Song Yoo-jin. Yoo-jin, you followed this story from the moment Han was announced as the winner, to the award ceremony in Stockholm this December, didn’t you? That’s right. Nobel … Read more
Korea was struck by surprising political events like no other in 2024, triggered by the president’s martial law declaration earlier this month. As we look back on the past year, our political correspondent Shin Ha-young is here in the studio to recap the matter and give us a preview of what’s ahead next year. Welcome, … Read more
Welcome to Within The Frame, where we bring you today’s most pressing issues across the globe, I’m Kim Mok-yeon. South Korea is currently navigating through a period of significant political instability, with a crisis that has cast uncertainty on its domestic governance and, consequently, its foreign policy. The ongoing impeachment of a sitting president and … Read more
Amid political pressure, Acting President Choi Sang-mok has decided to appoint two out of the three vacancies on the Constitutional Court’s justice panel –which has been a hotly debated issue as Yoon faces impeachment trial proceedings. Our Oh Soo-young has the details. Acting President Choi Sang-mok has approved the appointments of two Constitutional Court judges, … Read more
Today’s daytime temperatures stayed at the average levels without any severe cold. With mostly sunny weather across the country, it was easy to enjoy the last sunset of the year under clear skies. The first sunrise of the new year will come around on Dokdo Island at 7:26 tomorrow morning. Seoul will see its first … Read more
2024 has been a year of so many ups and downs. Now, it’s about to become part of history. On every New Year’s Eve, the iconic bell-ringing ceremony takes place at Bosingak Pavilion in Seoul, and it’s no exception this year, though the mood is rather different from the previous years as the nation mourns … Read more
Unlike before, the transport ministry today did not give an immediate answer to whether there were safety violations in the installation of localizer structures at the Muan International Airport, speculated to have increased damage during the deadly plane crash. Our Lee Shi-hoo reports. The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport, which has previously insisted that … Read more
Korea was struck by surprising political events like no other in 2024, triggered by the president’s martial law declaration earlier this month. As we look back on the past year, our political correspondent Shin Ha-young is here in the studio to recap the matter and give us a preview of what’s ahead next year. Welcome, … Read more
Meanwhile. Thousands of President Yoon’s supporters gathered near the presidential residence in Hannam-dong, Seoul this afternoon to protest the issuance of the arrest warrant against the president over his botched martial law imposition. The supporters were in a severe standoff with police as they occupied roads and disrupted traffic. On the other hand, protesters calling … Read more
