South Korean investigators make fresh push to arrest impeached President Yoon

Seoul, South Korea Reuters South Korean authorities investigating impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol attempted to enter his residence on Wednesday morning in a new bid to arrest him over insurrection accusations related to his 3rd December martial law declaration. Video footage showed hundreds of police officers marching up the road leading to his hillside villa, […]
North Korea fires short-range missiles ahead of Trump return

Seoul, South Korea Reuters North Korea fired multiple short-range ballistic missiles off its east coast on Tuesday, South Korea’s military said, marking Pyongyang’s latest show of force just days ahead of US President-elect Donald Trump’s return to office. The missiles travelled about 250 kilometres after lifting off at around 09:30am from Kanggye, Jagang Province, near […]
Trial of South Korea’s impeached President Yoon set to begin

Seoul, South Korea Reuters Arguments are due to begin in a South Korean court on Tuesday in a trial to decide the fate of President Yoon Suk Yeol, who was impeached after his short-lived bid to impose martial law threw the country into the worst political chaos in decades. However, the Constitutional Court session is […]
South Korea’s Yoon to accept court decision even if it ends presidency, lawyer says

Seoul, South Korea Reuters South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol will accept the decision of the Constitutional Court that is trying parliament’s impeachment case against him, even if it decides to remove the suspended leader from office, his lawyer said on Thursday. “So if the decision is ‘removal’, it cannot but be accepted,” Yoon’s lawyer […]
South Korea’s embattled leader Yoon finds allies among young conservative men

Seoul, South Korea Reuters As impeached South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol fights for his political survival, the embattled leader has found an ally among young conservative men. Park Byeong-heon, 25, was a crowd favourite at a pro-Yoon rally on Sunday, cheered on as he gave a 10-minute speech in English aimed at foreign media, […]
South Korea’s impeached leader Yoon hunkers down in Seoul’s ‘Beverly Hills’

Seoul, South Korea Reuters Behind rows of barbed wire and a small army of personal security, impeached South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol remained holed up in his sprawling hillside villa with his wife, dogs and cats on Tuesday as investigators planned his arrest. Since parliament voted to impeach and suspend him last month over […]
South Korea investigators seek to extend Yoon’s arrest warrant

Seoul, South Korea Reuters South Korean investigators will seek an extension of a warrant to arrest impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol, an official said on Monday, as an anti-graft agency asked police to take over efforts to execute the arrest of the embattled leader. The requests come after a failed attempt to serve the warrant […]
South Korea’s presidential security chief defies Yoon arrest bid as deadline looms

Seoul, South Korea Reuters The chief of security for South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol said on Sunday he could not cooperate with efforts to arrest the impeached leader, in remarks that could push the political crisis towards another high-stakes confrontation. With a warrant for Yoon’s arrest on grounds of insurrection set to expire at […]
South Korean presidential guards prevent arrest of impeached Yoon after tense stand-off

Seoul, South Korea Reuters South Korea’s presidential guards and military troops prevented authorities from arresting impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol on Friday in a tense six-hour stand-off inside Yoon’s compound in the heart of Seoul. Yoon is under criminal investigation for insurrection over his 3rd December martial law bid that stunned South Korea and led […]
South Korea extends Boeing 737-800 inspections following fatal crash

Seoul, South Korea Reuters South Korea’s transport ministry has extended special inspections of all 101 of the Boeing 737-800 jets run by the country’s airlines by a week, after the worst aviation disaster on the country’s soil, a ministry official said on Friday. The ministry launched the inspections following Sunday’s crash of a Boeing 737-800 […]