•Suspended President Yoon Suk-yeol The impeachment trial of South Korea’s suspended President Yoon Suk-yeol was adjourned after he failed to appear in court. The hearing, which began on January 14, 2025, at the Constitutional Court in Seoul, is part of efforts to determine whether Yoon should be removed from office following his failed attempt...
•South Korean Foreign Minister Cho Tae-yul (R) shakes hands with Japanese Foreign Minister Takeshi Iwaya (L) during their meeting in Seoul today Japan’s foreign minister will hold talks in South Korea with top officials today as the Asian neighbours seek to strengthen ties before the inauguration of US President-elect Donald Trump. Takeshi Iwa...
•Impeached South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol South Korea’s presidential security chief, who has been leading guards protecting impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol, resigned today, the country’s interim leader’s office said. “It is true,” an official from the acting president’s office said when asked about the reported resignation of Park Chon...
•Investigation ongoing at the site where a Jeju Air Boeing 737-800 aircraft crashed and burst into flames South Korean police today raided the offices of Jeju Air and the operator of Muan International Airport as part of the probe into the fatal crash of a Boeing 737-800 plane that killed 179 people. The flight was […]
•Impeached South Korea President Yoon Suk Yeol A South Korean court has issued an arrest warrant for impeached and suspended President Yoon Suk Yeol, investigators said today, over his short-lived bid to impose martial law. Yoon briefly suspended civilian rule on December 3, plunging South Korea into its worst political crisis in decades, repo...
•South Korea acting President Han Duck-soo South Korean lawmakers impeached the acting president today, as the country struggles to shake off political turmoil sparked by his predecessor’s martial law declaration that shocked the world. Han Duck-soo took over as acting president from President Yoon Suk Yeol, who was suspended following a parli...
•South Korea Prime Minister and acting President Han Duck-soo South Korea’s opposition said today it filed an impeachment motion against acting president Han Duck-soo, in an escalating row over the composition of the Constitutional Court which would decide whether to remove his predecessor from office. South Korea fell in a political crisis wh...
South Korea facing the world’s lowest birth rate, is now turning to financial incentives in a bid to reverse its demographic decline. The Saha District in Busan has rolled out a new program that offers residents up to $38,000 for dating and marriage, reports AFP. This initiative is part of a broader effort to combat […]

