2018Wed, Jun 13National Holiday 2017May 9, Dec 20 Summary The days of elections are public holidays in South Korea to encourage public participation. The presidential election rules are defined by the South Korean Constitution and the Public Official Election Act. The president is elected by direc...
South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol speaks during a cabinet meeting at the government complex in Sejong, South Korea, March 6, 2024. (PHOTO / AP) In the first public remarks since his party’s defeat in the general elections, South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol said on April 16 that he...
Lee told reporters that he plans to appeal Friday’s verdict by the Seoul Central District Court, which gave him a sentence of one year in prison, suspended for two years. Under South Korean law, Lee would lose his legislative seat and be barred from running ...
They said they would issue a "second summons," with Yonhap news agency reporting that could come on Monday. Vast protests against Yoon, with smaller rallies supporting him, have rocked the South Korean capital since his martial law...
South Koreans vote in regional by-elections
He made his comments just hours after Republican Donald Trump's victory in the 2024 U.S. presidential election. Trade Minister Cheong In-kyo cautioned that it was difficult to comment on other countries' elections but that if the United States takes protectionist m...
fresh presidential elections must take place within 60 days and opposition leader Lee Jae-myung would be the favourite to win. Lee advocates a change in foreign policy, calling for warmer relations with China and arguing that Yoon’s confrontational stance ...
A look at the South Korean leader who has been impeached after shocking martial law edict•Dec. 14, 2024, 4:53 AM ET (AP) South Korean presidential elections are typically followed by a two-month transition period, but that convention was suspended in the interest of ending the political...
South Korean Constitutional Court's Judge Lee Mi-son and Cheong Hyung-sik sit in during the first preparatory hearing of a trial on the validity of President Yoon Suk-yeol's impeachment by the National Assembly at the constitutional court of Korea on December 27, 2024 in Seoul, South Korea....
South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol on Thursday lashed out at his political opponents as "anti-state forces," said North Korea has hacked the country's elections and defended his short-lived martial law order as a legal move to protect democracy. ...