カテゴリー: South Korea
Discovery of two injured servicemen sent from Pyongyang and disguised as Russian fighters blows apart myth that Zelenskyy’s fight is solely with MoscowThe news was sensational. It travelled quickly among Ukrainian soldiers fighting in Russia’s Kursk re…
Cheonggyecheon stream in the South Korean capital has become an attraction – and helps with flood management, fighting air pollution and cooling the cityOn a crisp December morning, office workers and tourists stroll along a tree-lined stream in centra…
Lawyers say impeached president will not attend questioning, with investigators expected to seek warrant to extend his detentionSouth Korea’s arrested president, Yoon Suk Yeol, will not attend a new round of questioning by investigators on Friday, his …
Police came better prepared than for their first attempt two weeks ago while supporters on both sides of the political divide came out to protest By 4.30am, the streets around Yoon Suk Yeol’s hilltop residence felt like rush hour, packed with police an…
Suspended president faces charges of inciting insurrection – legally separate from impeachment proceedings but likewise resulting from grab for martial lawSouth Korea’s suspended president, Yoon Suk Yeol, has been arrested amid a huge police presence o…
South Korea’s impeached president, Yoon Suk Yeol, was arrested on charges of insurrection stemming from his 3 December declaration of martial law. In a video message recorded before he was escorted to the headquarters of the anti-corruption agency, Yoo…
South Korean authorities investigating impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol attempted to enter his residence before dawn in a new bid to arrest him over insurrection accusations related to his 3 December martial law declaration. At least one police vehicl…
Impeached president questioned over martial law declaration last month after standoff at his residenceExplainer: After the arrest of Yoon Suk Yeol, what happens next?South Korea’s impeached president, Yoon Suk Yeol, was arrested and questioned for hour…
South Korea’s former president, Yoon Suk Yeol, did not attend his impeachment trial on Tuesday as proceedings ended in just four minutes. Park Beom-gye, a lawmaker in the South Korean parliament, accused Yoon of ‘contempt, humiliation and disregard tow…
In today’s newsletter: Kyiv’s interrogation footage of captured North Korean soldiers leads to questions about what it might do with the soldiers – and what the PoWs might do for themGood morning. In a grinding war where significant changes at the fron…
First of five hearings into martial law declaration lasts only minutes, while Yoon Suk Yeol remains holed up inside his presidential compoundThe first hearing in the impeachment trial of South Korea’s suspended president, Yoon Suk Yeol, ended after jus…
Yoon Suk Yeol’s failed coup attempt in December plunged country into worst political crisis in decadesThe impeached South Korean president, Yoon Suk Yeol, will receive a pay rise, official documents revealed, as he continues to resist arrest over his i…
Neither Russia nor North Korea has claimed the soldiers as their own yet, while South Korea could accept them as defectorsThe Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, has said he is ready to hand over two North Korean soldiers captured by Kyiv in exch…
Lawyer for suspended president says concerns about ‘potential incidents’ have arisen following thwarted attempt to arrest him at his residenceInside the ‘fortress’ where South Korea’s impeached president awaits his fateSouth Korea’s suspended president…
Recording of flight data ceased four minutes before Jeju Air crash that killed 179 people, says transport ministryFlight data and cockpit voice recorders on the Jeju Air plane that crashed in South Korea in December, killing 179 people, stopped recordi…