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Opposition needs ruling party support to suspend president over ‘insurrectionary’ martial law bid, while removal would need court approvalThousands have taken to the streets of South Korea’s capital, Seoul, in rival rallies as President Yoon Suk Yeol f…
Head of the People Power party claims there is a significant risk that president could order ‘extreme actions’The South Korean president, Yoon Suk Yeol, could put citizens in “great danger” if he is not suspended, the head of the ruling party said on F…
South Korea has only been governed democratically since 1988, with a previous history of military-authoritarian rule dating back to the Korean warNews report: South Korea’s president Yoon Suk Yeol faces calls to resign after martial law shock South Kor…
Six hours after stunning the country by declaring martial law, Yoon reversed his decision and faced calls to step downSouth Korea’s president, Yoon Suk Yeol, on Tuesday declared martial law, blasting the opposition as “anti-state forces” threatening th…
Lai Ching-te’s US stopover on trip to Marshall Islands, Tuvalu and Palau – three diplomatic allies of the self-governed island – prompts Beijing’s protestsThe Taiwanese president, Lai Ching-te, has begun a two-day US stopover in Hawaii as part of a Pac…
Russian defence minister says on visit that cooperation between the countries growing ‘in all areas’ while Kim Jong-un vows North will ‘invariably support’ Moscow’s war. What we know on day 1,011See all our Russia-Ukraine war coverage Continue reading….
First day of snowfall this season is heaviest on record, says weather bureauSouth Korea’s capital has been blanketed by what the weather agency said was the heaviest November snowfall since records began over a century ago. It was the first snowfall of…
Foreign ministers’ meeting in Moscow forges closer ties amid imminent deployment of thousands of North Korean troops against Ukraine. What we know on day 983See all our coverage of the Russia-Ukraine warThe North Korean foreign minister, Choe Son Hui, …
Ukrainian president warns that if west fails to respond adequately more North Korean troops will be sent to its border. What we know on day 982See all our coverage of the Russia-Ukraine war Continue reading…
Lloyd Austin says deployment near Ukraine border is a dangerous and destabilising developmentNorth Korean troops wearing Russian uniforms and carrying Russian equipment are moving to the Russian region of Kursk, near Ukraine, according to the US defenc…
Addition of North Korean soldiers will stoke regional tensions and further stretch Ukraine’s weary army in the almost three-year warNorth Korea has sent about 10,000 troops to Russia to train and fight in the Ukraine war within “the next several weeks,…
Ukraine president urged world leaders to pile ‘tangible pressure’ on Pyongyang as South Korea urges Russia to stop its ‘illegal cooperation’ with North Korea. What we know on day 976Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has warned that Russia was pla…
Blistering sharemarket rally of recent weeks recedes as expectations cool towards long-awaited ‘bazooka stimulus’ for ailing property sectorChina posted its slowest growth in a year and a half on Friday, as Beijing struggles to steady an economy shaken…
Roads have long been unused but destroying them sends clear message Pyongyang does not want to negotiate with Seoul, experts saySouth Korea has condemned North Korea after it destroyed roads linking the countries on Tuesday, in another blow to bilatera…
UN says most fatalities occurred during the second strike as first responders attempted to evacuate patients. What we know on day 949See all our Russia-Ukraine war coverage Continue reading…