Syria and South Korea establish formal diplomatic relations. The move is a blow to North Korea, which once counted Damascus as an ally until the fall of President Bashar al-Assad’s regime.

South Korea has established diplomatic relations with Syria’s new Islamist government months after longtime leader Bashar Assad was ousted. Seoul’s foreign ministry said Friday there were now ...

For South Korea, the normalization of ... creating an opening for South Korea to engage Syria’s new caretaker government and replace North Korea, one of Bashar al-Assad’s longstanding allies, ...

The Fall of Bashar Al Assad, ... while popular uprisings swelled in the south. Within two weeks, Assad fled to Moscow without a last word—the unceremonious end to a 54-year autocracy. ...

Plus, parody as protest in South Korea. Skip to content Skip to site index. ... A banner of former President Bashar al-Assad hanging north of Hama, Syria, was defaced after his ouster this month.

Kevin Liu Huang, who is married to SK Group’s Choi Min-jung, also reflected on the risks of revealing military capabilities ...

Al-Assad flees Syria as rebels take Damascus. President Bashar al-Assad has resigned and fled Syria for Russia, according to Russian state news media outlets, a stunning fall for a longtime ...