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'Human Wall' Blocks Arrest of South Korea's President

Corruption Investigation Office suspends efforts to arrest Yoon Suk Yeol over safety concerns

(Newser) - South Korean investigators suspended efforts to arrest impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol on Friday after an hours-long standoff that saw 200 soldiers and members of the Presidential Security Service form a "human wall" to protect Yoon, per CNN . Some 80 police officers and investigators from the Corruption Investigation Office...

Supporters Try to Keep Officers From Impeached President

South Korea's anti-corruption agency sends investigators to Yoon Suk Yeol's residence

(Newser) - South Korean investigators on Friday were attempting to detain impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol over his short-lived martial law decree last month, as hundreds of his supporters gathered at his residence in Seoul, vowing to block their approach. About 20 investigators from the Corruption Investigation Office for High-Ranking Officials and...

Arrest Warrant Issued for South Korean President

Though experts say it's unlikely he will actually be detained

(Newser) - A South Korean court issued warrants Tuesday to detain impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol and search his office and residence over his short-lived declaration of martial law, the AP reports. The country's anti-corruption agency said it is investigating whether his declaration amounted to rebellion. But experts still say there...

Lawmakers Vote to Impeach S. Korea's Acting President

Han Duck-soo had been in role for less than 2 weeks

(Newser) - South Korea's opposition-controlled National Assembly voted Friday to impeach acting President Han Duck-soo despite vehement protests by governing party lawmakers. The move further deepens the country's political crisis set off by President Yoon Suk Yeol's stunning imposition of martial law and ensuing impeachment , the AP reports.
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After 'Shocking Stunt,' an Impeachment Vote in S. Korea

Nation's parliament votes to impeach President Yoon Suk Yeol after short-lived martial law decree

(Newser) - South Korea's parliament on Saturday impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol over his stunning and short-lived martial law decree, a move that ended days of political paralysis but set up an intense debate over Yoon's fate, as jubilant crowds roared to celebrate another defiant moment in the country's...

Impeachment Still Looming, Yoon Vows to 'Fight to the End'

South Korean president defends recent martial-law decree, denies charges of rebellion

(Newser) - South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol defended his martial law decree as an act of governance and denied rebellion charges, vowing Thursday to "fight to the end" in response to attempts to impeach him and intensifying investigations into last week's dramatic move. The main opposition Democratic Party quickly...

South Korea's President Now Under a Travel Ban

Ban is related to Yoon Suk Yeol's short-lived martial law decree

(Newser) - South Korea's Justice Ministry on Monday imposed an overseas travel ban on President Yoon Suk Yeol as authorities investigate allegations of rebellion and other charges in connection with his short-lived declaration of martial law last week, the AP reports. Yoon's martial law decree last Tuesday, which brought special...

S. Korean President Avoids Impeachment, at Least for Now

Vote scrapped after not enough ballots are cast, though opposition has chance to try again

(Newser) - South Korea's embattled President Yoon Suk Yeol avoided an opposition-led attempt to impeach him over his short-lived imposition of martial law, as most ruling party lawmakers boycotted a parliamentary vote Saturday to deny a two-thirds majority needed to suspend his presidential powers, per the AP . The Washington Post reports...

Opposition to Yoon: Resign or Be Impeached
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Dec 4, 2024 5:46 AM CST

South Korea Opposition Moves to Impeach

Opposition parties file motion after initially urging S. Korean leader Yoon Suk Yeol to resign

(Newser) - South Korea's opposition parties submitted a motion on Wednesday to impeach President Yoon Suk Yeol over the shocking and short-lived martial law that drew heavily armed troops to encircle parliament, before lawmakers climbed walls to reenter the building and unanimously voted to lift his order, per the AP . The...

Why South Korea's President Declared Martial Law

Yoon Suk Yeol made 'foolhardy' move after series of political setbacks

(Newser) - In one of the most momentous nights in recent South Korean history, President Yoon Suk Yeol declared martial law and then lifted the decree hours later after lawmakers voted unanimously to reject it. On Tuesday night, Yoon said temporary military rule was being imposed to "crush anti-state forces that...

Hours After Declaring Martial Law, Yoon Backs Down

South Korea's president lifts martial law decree

(Newser) - South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol's government has lifted the martial law he imposed during a tense night of political drama in which troops surrounded parliament and lawmakers voted to reject military rule . Yoon said his government withdrew military personnel following a bipartisan parliamentary vote that rejected martial law,...

Seoul Sees Biggest November Snowfall in a Century

2 people are dead and flights are grounded

(Newser) - The biggest November snowstorm to hit South Korea's capital in more than a century came on Wednesday, grounding hundreds of flights, disrupting commuter traffic, and leaving at least two dead. South Korea's weather agency said 7.8 to 10 inches of snow fell in the northern areas of...

The World Reacts to Trump's Victory

Stormy Daniels, Volodymyr Zelensky, Hamas weigh in

(Newser) - People around the world are absorbing the news that Donald Trump will retake the White House, with world leaders from Israel to Hungary offering up congratulations, along with praise. Several leaders described the win as "historic." More than one called it the biggest comeback in US history. Other...

South Koreans Crash Site Trying to Sign Petition

They want parliament to impeach President Yoon Suk Yeol

(Newser) - Hundreds of thousands of South Koreans want to see their president impeached for "the omnishambles that South Korea is facing," reports the Korea Times . And they're showing up in droves at an online petition calling for that very thing. Time reports the parliamentary website that hosts the...

Kim Jong Un Finding New Ways to Vent Against South
Kim's New Tactic Against
South Korea: Removing Lights
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May 12, 2024 3:15 PM CDT

Kim's New Tactic Against South Korea: Removing Lights

North Korean leader has streetlights removed from inter-Korean roads

(Newser) - Amid bombastic threats of war, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has found a much smaller-scale way to vent against South Korea. He had crews remove streetlights from the only remaining roads that connect the two countries, reports the Korea Herald . The pair of inter-Korean roads were built about 20...

For Dogs in South Korea, 'History in the Making'

Production, sales of dog meat banned as of 2027, enraging dog farmers

(Newser) - South Korea's Parliament on Tuesday passed a landmark ban on production and sales of dog meat, as public calls for a prohibition have grown sharply over concerns about animal rights and the country's international image. Some angry dog farmers said they plan to challenge the bill's constitutionality...

Kim's New Year's Message: Threat to 'Totally Annihilate' US

And South Korea, if provoked, the North Korean leader warned Monday

(Newser) - North Korean leader Kim Jong Un ordered his military to "thoroughly annihilate" the United States and South Korea if provoked, state media reported Monday, after he vowed to boost national defense to cope with what he called an unprecedented US-led confrontation. Kim is expected to ramp up weapons tests...

In Rare Camp David Summit, 3 Nations Will Gather
'Something Special' Is About
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Aug 18, 2023 8:23 AM CDT

'Something Special' Is About to Go Down at Camp David

In rare summit at Maryland retreat, President Biden, Japan PM, South Korean president to meet

(Newser) - On Friday, President Biden will host a summit at Camp David with Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol, "bridging generations of friction between the two Asian powers to forge mutual security arrangements in the face of an increasingly assertive China," reports the...

Congress Cheers South Korean Message

Yoon Suk Yeol addresses alliance, 'American heroes' of the Korean War

(Newser) - South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol urged ever more strengthening of the US-led security alliance against nuclear-armed North Korea on Thursday, drawing cheers from Congress as he saluted the "great American heroes" who helped preserve his country's democracy in the Korean War. Democratic and Republican lawmakers rose to...

Yoon Suk Yeol Surprises WH Guests, Sings 'American Pie'

President Biden then presented South Korean president with guitar signed by Don McLean

(Newser) - South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol and his wife, Kim Keon Hee, were the guests of honor at the White House on Wednesday, and the evening was capped with show tune performances by Broadway stars. But Yoon himself was part of the night's entertainment, after the commissioned singers sang...

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