World Aug 07 South Korean investigators seek arrest of ex-President Yoon’s wife Kim Keon Hee was questioned Wednesday over suspicions including bribery, stock manipulation and political influence-peddling.
World Jun 04 South Korea’s new president vows to pursue talks with North Korea and bolster ties with U.S., Japan President Lee Jae-myung said he'll pursue pragmatic diplomacy and boost a trilateral Seoul-Washington-Tokyo cooperation based on the South Korea-U.S. alliance. Lee won a snap election Tuesday for a five-year term.
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 Apr 24 South Korean truth commission halts probe into adoption fraud, leaving hundreds of cases in limbo South Korea’s government has never acknowledged direct responsibility for issues related to past adoptions and has so far not responded to the commission’s recommendation to issue an official apology.
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 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 Feb 20 Impeached South Korean president appears in 2 different courts while defending his martial law decree South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol has appeared in two different courts, contesting his arrest on rebellion charges in one and pleading to preserve his presidency in the other, both related to his brief imposition of martial law in December.
World Jan 19 Supporters of South Korea’s impeached President Yoon riot over his formal arrest Hours after South Korea’s impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol was formally arrested, triggering rioting by his supporters, his lawyers said Sunday that he remains defiant in his refusal to answer questions over the probe into his declaration of martial law last month.
World Jan 18 South Korean court orders formal arrest of impeached and detained President Yoon Yoon, who has been in detention since he was apprehended on Wednesday, faces potential rebellion charges linked to his declaration of martial law on Dec. 3, which set off the country’s most serious political crisis since its democratization in the…