World Jan 03 South Korea's impeached president defies warrant in hourslong standoff South Korean investigators have left the president's official residence after a nearly six-hour standoff during which he defied their attempt to detain him.
World Jan 02 Impeached South Korean President Yoon issues defiant message over arrest warrant South Korea’s anti-corruption agency on Friday dispatched investigators to execute a warrant to detain impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol as hundreds of his supporters are gathered at his residence in Seoul, vowing to block their approach.
World Dec 30 South Korean law enforcement seek warrant for impeached President Yoon The Corruption Investigation Office for High-Ranking Officials, which leads a joint investigation with police and military authorities into the power grab that lasted only a few hours, confirmed it requested the warrant on Monday.
World Dec 30 South Korea inspects Boeing aircraft in effort to find cause of plane crash that killed 179 Acting President Choi Sang-mok also instructed authorities on Monday to conduct an emergency review of the country's aircraft operation systems.
World Dec 29 What we know so far about the deadly Jeju Air passenger plane crash in South Korea A passenger jet burst into flames while landing at an airport in South Korea on Sunday, killing 179 people in one of the deadliest air disasters in that nation's history. Here are some things to know about crash.
World Dec 29 Plane in South Korea crashes and bursts into flames while landing, killing 179 out of 181 aboard Footage of the crash aired by South Korean television channels showed the plane skidding across the airstrip at high speed, evidently with its landing gear still closed, and slamming into a concrete wall, triggering an explosion.
World Dec 24 South Korea's opposition party vows to impeach acting President Han Duck-soo If realized, Han's impeachment would further deepen South Korea's political tumult and worries by neighboring countries caused by Yoon's stunning Dec. 3 martial law declaration and ensuing impeachment.
World Dec 17 Battle erupts over South Korean Constitutional Court that will determine the fate of impeached president During a Cabinet Council meeting on Tuesday, acting leader and Prime Minister Han Duck-soo says he will "do my utmost to inform the international society that Republic of Korea is fast regaining stability."…
World Dec 14 South Korea's parliament votes to impeach defiant President Yoon over his martial law order It was the second National Assembly vote on Yoon's impeachment after ruling party lawmakers boycotted the first floor vote last Saturday. Some People Power Party lawmakers had since said they would vote for Yoon's impeachment as public protests intensified and his approval…
World Dec 12 Defending martial law decree, South Korea's Yoon vows to fight attempts to impeach him In a televised speech Thursday, Yoon, a conservative, said he enacted martial law as a warning to the liberal Democratic Party. His short-lived Dec. 3 martial law declaration has generated political chaos and large protests calling for his ouster.