Yoon declared martial law around 10:30 p.m. local time Tuesday in an unannounced late-night TV address, accusing the country’s main opposition party of sympathizing with North Korea and of “anti-state” activities. He also cited a motion by the opposition Democratic Party, which has a ma...
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An Gwi-ryeong, spokesperson of South Korea's main opposition Democratic Party speaks during an interview with Reuters at the National Assembly in Seoul, South Korea, December 5, 2024. REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji By Jisoo Kim and Daewoung Kim SEOUL (Reuters) - A South Ko...
Considering its conservative past, South Korea is undergoing an unprecedented turn to the left. Since priority was given to economic growth from the 1960s until the beginning of the 1990s, a close alliance between big business and government has characterised the country's labour market. Since ...
Decades of achievement led Yoon Suk Yeol to the pinnacle of political power in South Korea, but his legacy may rest on a single, baffling decision to send out troops under martial law to enforce vague claims that one of Asia’s most aggressively democratic countries was under threat...
PYONGYANG, Korea, Democratic People’s Republic Of — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said in a New Year’s speech Thursday that he is open to more talks or even a summit with his South Korean counterpart, a statement welcomed by Seoul, which in turn urged the North to take concrete ste...
According to a report released by Germany-based Dalia Research and the Alliance of Democracies, less than 50 percent of Americans surveyed think their country is democratic and 43 percent of respondents globally think democracy ...
He added that he would pray for the country and its people. "It has been the greatest honour of my life to serve our nation," he said. South Korea will hold a national election within two months to find a new leader. Lee Jae-myung, leader of the ...
If the Constitutional Court upholds Yoon’s impeachment, he would become the shortest-serving president in South Korea’s democratic history, having taken office in May 2022. The country must then hold new presidential elections within 60 days. If Yoon’s impeachment is upheld, it would also ...
After the court verdict, Lee thanked the people who “protected the democratic Republic of Korea,” and said they would work to restore the country’s peace and economy – and to ensure something like this never happens again. Acting President Han Duck-soo, who assumed the top office after...