While National Newswatch does not keep an archive of external articles for longer than 6 months, we do keep all articles written by contributors who post directly to our site. Here you will find all of the contributed and linked external articles from Sun Ryung Park.
Japan’s upper house election on July 20 dealt a historic blow to the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) and its junior partner, Komeito, as they lost majority control of the Diet’s upper chamber. Of the 125 contested seats, the coalition won just 47, while opposition parties — led by the centre-left Constitutional Democratic Party (CDP) — secured 78 by tapping...
On June 3, 2025, South Korea held its 21st presidential election, resulting in the victory of opposition candidate Lee Jae-myung. The election, triggered by the December 2024 impeachment of former president Yoon Suk Yeol, took place amid heightened social tensions. As the new president, Lee will be tasked with uniting a deeply polarized society and re-establishing South Korea’s regional and...
In April, the United States imposed a baseline 10 per cent tariff on nearly all imports, with higher country-specific rates proposed for its major trade partners. Japan was hit hard: it faces a potential 24 per cent U.S. tariff on its exports beginning July 9 unless the two sides can reach an agreement before then. A separate 25 per cent...