South Korean leaders seek calm after Yoon is impeached

South Korea’s opposition leader offered yesterday to work with the government to ease the political tumult as officials sought a reassure allies and markets, a day

Yoon defends martial law as an act of governance and vows to ‘fight to the end’

South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol defended his martial law decree as an act of governance and denied rebellion charges, vowing yesterday to “fight to the end”

Ex-defense chief tried to kill himself after being arrested over martial law

South Korea’s previous defense minister was stopped from attempting suicide while in detention over last week’s martial law declaration, officials said yesterday, as President Yoon Suk Yeol’s

Prosecutors seek to arrest ex-defense minister over imposition of martial law

South Korean prosecutors are seeking to formally arrest the former defense minister alleged to have colluded with President Yoon Suk Yeol in imposing martial law last week,

South Korea’s Justice Ministry yesterday imposed an overseas travel ban on President  But opposition parties vowed to submit a new impeachment motion against him

Opposition parties submit a motion to impeach President Yoon over sudden martial law

South Korea’s opposition parties yesterday submitted a motion to impeach President Yoon Suk Yeol over the shocking and short-lived martial law that drew heavily armed troops to encircle parliament

MGTO warns residents on travel to S. Korea

The South Korean government declared martial law Dec. 3, only to lift it the following morning, prompting concerns among travelers, particularly from Macau. In response, Cheng

Central bank cuts key interest rate to nurse a slower economy

South Korea’s central bank lowered its key policy rate for a second straight month and said the country’s economy will grow at a slower pace than it

President denies wrongdoing in a growing scandal

South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol denied wrongdoing yesterday in a burgeoning influence-peddling scandal involving him and his wife that’s severely hurting his approval ratings and

South Korea fines Meta $15 million for illegally collecting information on Facebook users

South Korea’s privacy watchdog yesterday fined social media company Meta 21.6 billion won ($15 million) for illegally collecting sensitive personal information from Facebook users, including data

A South Korean adoptee’s journey to uncover her identity

In a small room in Seoul, South Korea, Rebecca Kimmel sat in disbelief, staring at a baby photo she had just unearthed from her adoption

Nobel Prize in literature awarded to S. Korean author for her ‘intense poetic prose’

South Korean author Han Kang was awarded the Nobel Prize in literature yesterday for what the Nobel committee called “her intense poetic prose that confronts historical traumas

Philippines, South Korea deepen security cooperation, elevating ties to a strategic partnership

South Korea and the Philippines, each faced by increasingly hostile rival nations, elevated their ties to a strategic partnership on Monday, including broader defense and security

In their 80s, these women learned reading and rap

Wearing an oversized bucket hat, silver chains and a black Miu Miu shirt, 82-year-old Park Jeom-sun gesticulates, her voice rising and falling with staccato lines about

Seoul sets a compensation plan for dog meat farmers before the 2027 ban

South Korea announced plans yesterday to compensate famers and others in the country’s dwindling dog meat industry before a formal ban goes into effect in 2027, a

Adoption fraud separated generations of South Korean children from their families

South Korea’s government, Western countries and adoption agencies worked in tandem to supply some 200,000 Korean children to parents overseas, despite years of evidence they were being

Truth commission says it found more evidence of forced adoptions in the 1980s

The report by the Truth and Reconciliation Commission yesterday came years after  The commission was launched in December 2020 to review human rights violations linked

Koreas Seoul says the North has flown more trash balloons toward South Korea

South Korea’s military says North Korea is again flying balloons likely carrying trash toward the South, adding to a bizarre psychological warfare campaign amid growing tensions

Ex-N. Korean diplomat appointed a vice minister in S. Korea the highest post for any defector

South Korea’s president yesterday appointed a former North Korean diplomat as a vice minister, the highest-level government job for any of the thousands of North Koreans

In landmark verdict, top court recognizes some rights for same-sex couples

South Korea’s top court ruled yesterday that same-sex couples are eligible to receive the same health insurance benefits as heterosexual couples, a landmark verdict hailed by

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