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Lee Jae-myung on the campaign trail this week.

He’s survived slums, sweatshops and a stabbing. Now this leader has to survive Donald Trump

When the US president launched his global trade war in April, South Korea was hamstrung, frozen by political turmoil. And a key industry was in the firing line.

  • Lisa Visentin

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Jetstar’s business class seats are comfortable, even if they don’t lie flat.

‘Business class’ for half the price of others, but no lie-flat seat

It may not let you lie down, but it’s as good – if not better – than other airlines’ premium economy offerings.

  • Craig Platt
Rows of babies waiting for overseas adoption in 1984 at the Angel Babies’ Home orphanage.

Josie was handed two Korean toddlers at the airport. They sobbed ‘mummy’ the whole way to Australia

The former social worker says she is horrified by what she was asked to do in 1984 and is calling for an inquiry into Australia’s overseas adoption practices.

  • Lisa Visentin
President Yoon Suk Yeol at a hearing in February.

Dramatic fall for former star lawyer who went from political novice to president in just a year

South Korean president Yoon Suk Yeol’s political rise was fast. But his downfall was even faster.

  • Hyung-jin Kim and Kim Tong-Hyung
For Chae Ryan, 33, the search for his Korean identity has been a harrowing journey. The South Korean agency that facilitated his adoption to Australia in 1991 is now at the centre of damning inquiry into widespread fraud and malpractice in the country’s adoption system.

‘I believed I was an orphan’: Australians caught up in global adoption scandal

For Chae Ryan, the search for his identity has been a harrowing experience. He’s not the only one.

  • Lisa Visentin
Police officers guard the Western District Court after the president’s supporters stormed the building.

Protesters storm South Korean court after president’s detention is extended

Demonstrators blasted fire extinguishers at lines of police guarding the front entrance, then flooded inside, destroying office equipment, fittings and furniture, footage showed.

  • Joyce Lee and Ju-min Park
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Impeached South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol arrives at the Corruption Investigation Office for High-ranking Officials in Gwacheon.

South Korean authorities arrest impeached president

President Yoon Suk Yeol was arrested at his home over insurrection accusations related to his martial law declaration, investigators said.

  • Lisa Visentin
RecipeTin Eats’ take on Joy’s Korean triple-fried chicken.

The other KFC: How Korea created one of the world’s greatest fast foods

Korean chicken is an adaptation of classic American fried chicken, though with a unique cooking method that results in a shatter-crisp skin and juicy interior.

  • Ben Groundwater
“Stop the steal!” A supporter of impeached South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol shouts slogans during a rally to oppose his impeachment near the presidential residence in Seoul, South Korea.

‘Stop the steal’ spreads to South Korea during presidential stand-off

South Korea’s democracy is facing its greatest test in decades as impeached South Korean president Yoon Suk Yeol defies an arrest attempt.

  • Lisa Visentin
Kim Keon-hee in 2023.

How a Dior handbag shook up South Korean politics

As South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol fights for his political life, there is renewed focus on a luxury accessory given to his wife, Kim Keon-hee, in 2022.

  • Jon Herskovitz, Sam Kim and Shinhye Kang

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