She is now a senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations, according to the think tank’s website, and an expert on East Asia and the Korean Peninsula, including North Korea.

Actor Kim Soo-hyun failed to pay a penalty fee for one of his luxury apartments, a day after winning a court order to seize Kim Se Ui's properties over the Kim Sae Ron scandal fallout.

South Korea’s presidential favourite has plans for new ‘de facto’ capital. If election frontrunner Lee Jae-myung is elected, Sejong city could replace Seoul as the centre of political power.