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
Jan 18 South Korean court orders formal arrest of impeached and detained President Yoon By Kim Tong-Hyung, Associated Press 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… Continue reading
Jan 16 South Korean court rejects petition to release impeached president detained over martial law By Kim Tong-Hyung, Associated Press Yoon had avoided several requests to appear for questioning before the anti-corruption agency and police carried out a major law enforcement operation involving hundreds of personnel to detain him at his residential compound in Seoul. Continue reading
Jan 15 South Korean authorities detain impeached President Yoon following questioning By Kim Tong-Hyung, Associated Press South Korea's impeached president, Yoon Suk Yeol, was sent to a detention center near Seoul on Wednesday night, after being questioned by anti-corruption officials who took him into custody over his imposition of martial law last month. Continue reading
Jan 13 North Korean soldiers captured in Ukraine haven't shown desire to defect, Seoul's spy agency says By Kim Tong-Hyung, Associated Press South Korea’s spy agency has told lawmakers that two North Korean soldiers captured by Ukrainian forces while fighting alongside Russian forces in Russia’s Kursk border region haven’t expressed a desire to seek asylum in South Korea. Continue reading
Jan 07 South Korean agency receives new court warrant to detain impeached president By Kim Tong-Hyung, Associated Press South Korea’s anti-corruption agency says it has received a new court warrant to detain impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol after its previous attempt was blocked by the presidential security service last week. Continue reading