South Korean lawmakers in US to bolster ties under 2nd Trump administration
South Korea’s National Assembly delegation began its trip to the United States on Monday, aiming to strengthen bilateral ties ...
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Impeachment of Philippines Vice President Moves Rivalry Between Country’s Top Political Clans to New Level
The president, Ferdinand ‘Bongbong’ Marcos, whose father in 20 years as a dictatorial president imposed martial law, is ...
Human Rights Watch sees some encouraging signs in Asia in 2024
The group cited events in Bangladesh, India and South Korea as promising but also warned of eroding rights elsewhere in Asia ...
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South Korean President Yoon indicted over insurrection charges in martial law bid
Jan. 26 (UPI) --SEOUL, Jan. 26 -- Prosecutors indicted detained President Yoon Suk Yeol on Sunday on charges of leading an insurrection with his short-lived imposition of martial law last month.
The National Interest4d
China’s Vulnerabilities Should Not Breed Complacency
The Chinese Communist Party and the People’s Liberation Army are unquestionably guilty of self-defeating behavior. But ...
The Independent26d
Who is Yoon Suk Yeol? First sitting South Korean president to be arrested
The president was impeached by the National Assembly over his shortlived martial law declaration on 3 December ... “He sounded like a politician under siege, making a desperate move against ...
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(Yonhap Interview) Ex-U.S. envoy stresses S. Korea-U.S. coordination on N.K., calls Yoon's martial law bid 'huge error'
A former U.S. envoy to South Korea has underscored the need for policy coordination between Seoul and Washington over potential nuclear diplomacy with Pyongyang, as U.S. President Donald Trump has ...
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Discussions under way to schedule FM meeting of S. Korea, China, Japan: Seoul
SEOUL, Jan. 23 (Yonhap) -- Discussions are currently under way to schedule a meeting of the foreign ministers from South Korea, China and Japan, the foreign ministry here said Thursday. Foreign ...
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South Korea’s Yoon accused of using China as a ‘scapegoat’ in martial law defence
“They want to turn this nation into a colony of China and North Korea, backed by China’s financial power,” the defence argued. Choi Jin, head of the Institute for Presidential ...
The Diplomat9d
Gi-Wook Shin on South Korea’s Political Maelstrom
I entered college in 1979, a year marked by the assassination of Park Chung-hee in late October and a period of intense political instability ensued under martial law. In fact, President Yoon Suk ...
Fox News26d
Impeached South Korean president detained weeks after martial law chaos
South Korean law ... do so under a law barring non-consensual searches of locations potentially linked to military secrets. Following his failure to arrive for questioning about the martial ...
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South Korea’s president charged with insurrection over declaration of martial law
South Korean prosecutors have indicted the suspended President Yoon Suk Yeol on insurrection charges over his brief declaration of martial ... in decades. Under South Korean law, a sitting ...