Eager to appear communicative amid plunging approval, Yoon’s request for a meeting with opposition leader Lee Jae-myung with no agenda contrasts a history of Korean presidents finding an exit ramp from crises by working with their political opponents
Kim Dong-gill, a professor emeritus of history at Yonsei University, passed away at the age of 94, Tuesday night. Kim is known for his political commentary during the 1980s with his signature mustache and bow tie. According to his family, Kim died at Severance Hospital in central Seoul. Kim had been infected with COVID-19 in February, but was hospitalized due to complications and was never able to recover. His family added that Kim donated his body to the medical school of Yonsei University.