Shamans, the practitioners of an ancient belief system, are often disparaged in South Korea. But they also hold a special ...

Superstitious practices of one of the main figures involved in the South Korean crisis highlight the significant role that shamanic beliefs play in certain power circles within the country, ...

"The shaman told him to do that because it's like a magic spell," said South Korean expert Jay Song from the Australian National University. It was a strange revelation that his own party members ...