The constitutional court upheld the parliamentary impeachment bill on March 10, making the first female president of South Korea the first leader to be ousted while in office. Park was taken into custody weeks later, while her confidante was detained and stood trial. Prosecutors identified Park and...
Lee said that if Yoon were to step down in February or in March, South Korea can hold an election to choose a new leader in April or May. If the president resigns, the country must elect a new president in two months. This would be the fastest road map for the country to end polit...
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea’s impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol dodged requests by investigative agencies to appear for questioning over his short-lived martial law decree, as the Constitutional Court began its first meeting Monday on Yoon's
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"along with close korea-u.s. coordination, we need to speed up korea-u.s.-japan trilateral security cooperation to counter increasing north korean nuclear threats." yoon became the seventh south korea leader to address congress, underscoring the close relationship ...
After the five-year period, police officers will guard the impeached leader. Meanwhile, the South Korean military has been ordered to put on vigilance against the Democratic People's Republic of Korea given South Korea's current political situation, according to the Yonhap news agency....
South Korean President Park Geun-hye was ousted on Friday as the country's head of state after the constitutional court upheld a motion to impeach the scandal-scarred leader.