Yoon Suk-yeol, leader of the main conservative opposition People Power Party, won a narrow victory in the South Korean presidential election held on Wednesday, results show. Yoon garnered 48.56 percent of the votes, defeating his liberal rival Lee Jae-myung of the ruling Democratic Party, who...
He has instead relied on the use of the presidential veto, which he has employed more than any of his predecessors since the end of military rule in 1987. Image:Protests against Yoon Suk Yeol's leadership in Seoul in August last year. Pic: Reuters Initially,...
The problem with the Indo-Pacific strategy implemented by Yoon Seok-yeol’s government is that it is damaging Korea’s multifaceted democracy, which thrived under the Kissinger system. In terms of human rights, which have always been valued within Korean democracy, there are ongoing threats to t...
South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol said on Monday his government is open to talks with doctors who oppose his plan to increase medical school admissions, while accusing critics of offering no reasonable alternative to easing a doctor shortage.In a
South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol has lashed out at political opponents and defended his short-lived martial law order as a legal move to protect democracy.
Yoon Suk Yeol at the National Assembly in Seoul, South Korea, on Saturday, Dec. 14, 2024.Woohae Cho / APLee also proposed the creation of a national council where the government and the National Assembly would work together to stabilize state affairs. He said bipartisan cooperation is ...
Yoon Suk-yeol is sworn in as South Korea's president during the inaugural ceremony in the National Assembly plaza in Seoul, South Korea, May 10, 2022. (Photo by James Lee/Xinhua) SEOUL, May 10 (Xinhua) -- Yoon Suk-yeol of the biggest conservative People Power Party on Tuesday was swor...
Police officers stand guard in front of the Gwacheon Government Complex Building, where the Corruption Investigation Office for High-ranking Officials (CIO) is located, in Gwacheon, South Korea, Jan. 16, 2025. A South Korean court on Thursday rejected arrested President Yoon Suk-yeol's request...
South Korea's Prime Minister Han Duck-soo, who became the country's acting leader after President Yoon Suk Yeol's impeachment, speaks during a cabinet meeting at the government complex in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, Dec. 17, 2024. (Hong Hae-in/Y...
On day 3 of standoff at presidential palace, South Korea’s impeached premier resists arrest over martial law bid BYClaire Lee and AFP January 2, 2025 at 6:39 PM GMT+8 South Korean President Yoon Suk-Yeol speaks to the nation at the Presidential Office on December 14, 2024 in Seoul, ...