Vice minister heads to US, Japan amid political turmoil
South Korean First Vice Foreign Minister Kim Hong-kyun will visit the United States and Japan from Sunday to Thursday to ...
Yoon’s impeachment widens East Asia fault lines
Just over a year ago, the South Korean president was holding hands with Japan’s former prime minister Fumio Kishida and US ...
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DPK pressures acting president with impeachment over delay in special counsel bills
Democratic Party of Korea leader Lee Jae-myung on Dec. 20 urged Acting President Han Duck-soo to promulgate two special ...
Memes, Jokes and Cats: South Koreans Use Parody for Political Protest
As South Koreans took to the streets this month demanding the ousting of their president, some found an unexpected outlet to express their fury.
Rival protests over South Korea's impeached President Yoon held in Seoul
Demonstrators supporting and opposing South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol held rival protests several hundred metres apart ...
South Korea’s Crisis Is Nowhere Near Over
Ongoing political chaos will entrench the country’s economic and social problems—and leave Seoul woefully unprepared for ...
South Korean investigators seek to question reluctant president over martial law
South Korean investigators are pressing ahead with their probe into impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol over his Dec. 3 martial ...
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The West’s Romance With Elections Is Dead…the Rules-Based Order Killed It
It’s been a bad few months for democracy. Election results offensive to the European Union were annulled in Romania; an ...
South Korea police questioned acting president Han over martial law decree
South Korean police have questioned Prime Minister and Acting President Han Duck-soo as part of an investigation into the ...
Doctored image of 'man reacting to S.Korea president's speech defending martial law' spreads online
Impeached South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol's short-lived December 3 martial law declaration has spurred a wave of online ...
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Declaration of martial law in South Korea: a threat to democracy
On Dec 3, 2024, at 2223 h, South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol unexpectedly declared nationwide martial law during a televised address. In his brief speech, he alleged that the National Assembly of ...
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US knowledge could have curtailed Yoon’s martial law attempt, South Korea’s speaker says
Impeached South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol likely kept the United States in the dark about his plan to declare martial ...