Mar 24 South Korean Prime Minister Han Duck-soo reinstated as acting president after impeachment overturned By Hyung-Jin Kim, Associated Press 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… Continue reading
Mar 10 North Korea fires ballistic missiles into sea after the U.S. and South Korea began military drills By Kim Tong-Hyung, Hyung-Jin Kim, Associated Press 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. Continue reading
Mar 08 South Korea’s impeached President Yoon released from prison as he awaits trial By Hyung-Jin Kim, Associated Press 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. Continue reading
Mar 06 Watch 5:39 News Wrap: House censures Democratic Rep. Al Green for disrupting Trump’s speech In our news wrap Thursday, the House voted to censure Democrat Rep. Al Green for disrupting President Trump's address to Congress with 10 Democrats joining Republican members in passing the resolution, a pair of fighter jets in South Korea accidentally… Continue watching
Feb 20 Impeached South Korean president appears in 2 different courts while defending his martial law decree By Kim Tong-Hyung, Associated Press 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. Continue reading
Feb 17 South Korea pauses downloads of DeepSeek’s AI apps due to privacy concerns By Associated Press South Korea's Personal Information Protection Commission said DeepSeek's apps were removed from the local versions of Apple's App Store and Google Play on Saturday evening and that the company agreed to work with the agency to strengthen privacy protections before… Continue reading
Jan 27 Report on South Korean plane crash confirms bird remains were found in engines By Hyung-Jin Kim, Associated Press The report also says the plane's black boxes stopped recording about 4 minutes before the crash. Continue reading
Jan 26 Impeached South Korean President Yoon indicted on criminal charge over martial law attempt By Hyung-Jin Kim, Associated Press South Korean prosecutors on Sunday indicted impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol on rebellion in connection with his short-lived imposition of martial law, a criminal charge that could incur the death penalty or life imprisonment if convicted. Continue reading
Jan 23 South Korean investigators ask prosecutors to indict detained President Yoon By Hyung-Jin Kim, Associated Press The Corruption Investigation Office for High-Ranking Officials said on Thursday that Yoon staged a "riot" and sought to undermine the constitution when he declared martial law on Dec. 3. Continue reading
Jan 19 Supporters of South Korea’s impeached President Yoon riot over his formal arrest By Kim Tong-Hyung, Associated Press 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. Continue reading