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Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. twitter:image: https://gcp-na-images.contentstack.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # South Korea ## South Korea *  Jul 30, 2026 ## [Why BTS Don’t Want a Grammy This Year](https://time.com/article/2026/07/30/bts-grammy-award-boycott-jungkook-jimin-v-rm-suga-jin-jhope-asian-pop-music/) [ENTERTAINMENT](/section/entertainment/) by Chad de Guzman *  Feb 19, 2026 ## [South Korean Ex-President Sentenced to Life in Prison for Insurrection](https://time.com/7379633/south-korea-yoon-suk-yeol-life-sentence-martial-law-insurrection/) [WORLD](/section/world/) by Chad de Guzman *  Jan 14, 2026 ## [South Korean Prosecutors Seek Death Penalty for Ex-President](https://time.com/7346064/south-korea-death-penalty-yoon-suk-yeol-insurrection-martial-law/) [WORLD](/section/world/) by Chad de Guzman *  Oct 23, 2025 ## [South Korea to Count Same-Sex Couples in Census](https://time.com/7327873/south-korea-census-change-statistics-same-sex-couples-lgbt-rights/) [WORLD](/section/world/) by Chad de Guzman *  Sep 17, 2025 ## [5 Things We Learned From Lee Jae-Myung](https://time.com/7317903/lee-jae-myung-south-korea-interview-takeaways/) [WORLD](/section/world/) by Charlie Campbell *  Sep 17, 2025 ## [President Lee Jae-Myung's Plan to Reboot South Korea](https://time.com/7317953/south-korea-president-lee-jae-myung-cover/) [WORLD](/section/world/) by Charlie Campbell *  Sep 6, 2025 ## [How ICE Caused a Diplomatic Spat](https://time.com/7315143/ice-raid-georgia-south-korea/) [U.S.](/section/us/) by Rebecca Schneid *  Aug 5, 2025 ## [Will South Korea's Latest Gesture to North Ease Tensions?](https://time.com/7307476/south-north-korea-loudspeakers-progress-tensions/) [WORLD](/section/world/) by Miranda Jeyaretnam *  Jun 4, 2025 ## [Lee Jae-myung Hopes to Heal South Korea. That Won’t Be Easy](https://time.com/7290981/lee-jae-myung-south-korea-president-election-challenges/) [WORLD](/section/world/) by Charlie Campbell *  May 29, 2025 ## [Lee Jae-myung Aims to Steer South Korea Through Crisis](https://time.com/7289366/lee-jae-myung-south-korea-president-trump-economy-challenges-interview/) [WORLD](/section/world/) by Charlie Campbell *  May 20, 2025 ## [How Support for Unmarried Parents Could Boost South Korea’s Birth Rate](https://time.com/7286940/south-korea-nonmarital-childbirth-out-of-wedlock-fertility-rate-explainer/) [WORLD](/section/world/) by Chad de Guzman *  Apr 4, 2025 ## [South Korea Court Confirms President’s Impeachment](https://time.com/7274736/south-korea-constitutional-court-confirms-impeachment-president-yoon-suk-yeol/) [WORLD](/section/world/) by Charlie Campbell *  Jan 15, 2025 ## [South Korea Arrests Impeached President Yoon Suk-Yeol for Insurrection](https://time.com/7207016/south-korea-arrests-impeached-president-yoon-suk-yeol-martial-law-insurrection/) [WORLD](/section/world/) by Charlie Campbell *  Dec 5, 2024 ## [After Martial Law Meltdown, What Comes Next for South Korea?](https://time.com/7199919/south-korea-martial-law-yoon-impeach-what-next/) [WORLD](/section/world/) by Chad de Guzman *  Sep 12, 2024 ## [South Korea Revives Plans to Build Two Nuclear Reactors](https://time.com/7020645/south-korea-nuclear-reactors/) [WORLD](/section/world/) by Bloomberg ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Organization","@id":"https://time.com/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/"},"name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/","name":"Home"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/tag/south-korea/","name":"South Korea"}}]}] ```