World Jun 03 From childhood poverty to the presidency, South Korea elects liberal who promised to fight inequality and corruption South Korean media outlets including Yonhap news agency and SBS television station report early Wednesday that Lee has won the election.
World Jun 02 What to know about South Korea’s presidential election The winner will be sworn in as president on Wednesday without the typical two-month transition period, with the urgent task of trying to heal the deep domestic divide.
World May 03 South Korea’s main conservative party nominates Kim Moon Soo as its presidential candidate Former Labor Minister and staunch conservative Kim Moon Soo won the presidential nomination of South Korea’s main conservative party, facing an uphill battle against liberal front-runner Lee Jae-myung for the June 3 election.
World May 01 South Korea’s acting leader resigns amid reports he’s launching his presidential campaign South Korea’s acting leader, Prime Minister Han Duck-soo, says he is resigning amid reports he will run in next month’s presidential election.
World Apr 08 South Korea will hold snap election on June 3 to choose Yoon’s successor South Korea will hold a snap presidential election June 3 to choose Yoon Suk Yeol’s successor after the conservative was ousted over his imposition of martial law late last year.
World Apr 08 South Korea fires warning shots as about 10 North Korean soldiers cross border South Korea says its military has fired warning shots after North Korean soldiers crossed the border.
World Mar 26 Wildfires ravaging southern South Korea leave 24 dead, force thousands to evacuate Wind-driven wildfires that were among South Korea’s worst ever have ravaged the country’s southern regions, killing 24 people, destroying more than 300 structures and forcing 28,800 residents to evacuate, officials said Wednesday.
World Mar 24 South Korean Prime Minister Han Duck-soo reinstated as acting president after impeachment overturned South Korea’s Constitutional Court overturned the impeachment of Prime Minister Han Duck-soo, reinstating the nation's No. 2 official as acting leader Monday while not yet ruling on the separate impeachment of President Yoon Suk Yeol over his imposition of martial…
World Mar 10 North Korea fires ballistic missiles into sea after the U.S. and South Korea began military drills South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said the missile firings, North Korea’s fifth missile launch event this year, were detected from the North’s southwestern Hwanghae province. It called the weapons close-range but didn't say how far they flew.
World Mar 08 South Korea’s impeached President Yoon released from prison as he awaits trial South Korea’s impeached conservative President Yoon Suk Yeol was released from prison on Saturday, a day after a Seoul court canceled his arrest to allow him to stand trial for rebellion without being detained.