South Korea’s special prosecutor on Tuesday requested the death penalty for former president Yoon Suk Yeol on charges of masterminding an insurrection over his brief imposition of martial law in December 2024. The crime carries a tough punishment in South Korean law, extending up to the death penalty if found guilty, although South Korea has […]
Read MoreSEOUL: South Korea’s special prosecutor is expected to make a sentencing request for former president Yoon Suk Yeol on charges of insurrection over his brief imposition of martial law in 2024, as a lower court trial convened on Friday for its final session. Yoon, who is accused of masterminding an insurrection, could face the death […]
Read MoreBEIJING: South Korea’s President Lee Jae Myung arrived in China on Sunday, eager to boost economic ties with Seoul’s largest trading partner while keeping a lid on potentially explosive issues such as Taiwan. Lee is the first South Korean leader to visit Beijing in six years and his four-day trip comes less than a week […]
Read MoreBy Orange Wang With less than a week to go until a presidential summit, China’s top diplomat has used talks with his South Korean counterpart to reassert Beijing’s stand on Taiwan and take aim at Tokyo. In a phone call with South Korean Foreign Minister Cho Hyun on Wednesday, China’s Wang Yi raised the spectre […]
Read MoreBy Park Chan-kyong A multibillion-dollar contract signed by Seoul this week to supply arms to Poland has underscored the strength of South Korea’s defence industry. Observers, however, warn that a growing global trend involving bloc-based arms trade could cast a shadow over the country’s future as a major weapons exporter. The consortium of Hanwha Aerospace […]
Read MoreBy Fan ChenandAlyssa Chen South Korean President Lee Jae-myung will make a state visit to China next week as the two countries try to find a way through their intense economic rivalry to improve ties. The trip will make Lee the first sitting South Korean president to travel to China since 2019, and will include […]
Read MoreAssociated Press South Korea’s Constitutional Court on Thursday formally removed the country’s impeached police chief for deploying hundreds of officers to support ousted former president Yoon Suk-yeol’s brief imposition of martial law in December 2024. The court said Cho Ji-ho “actively disrupted” legislative activities by deploying hundreds of police officers to the National Assembly and […]
Read MoreSEOUL: South Korean President Lee Jae Myung accepted the resignation of the Oceans Minister on Thursday after Chun Jae-soo said he was stepping down to focus on disproving claims he received illegal payments from the Unification Church. Chun called the claims “completely false” and said he had offered to resign to avoid hurting the work […]
Read MoreBy Maria Siow South Korea’s recent moves to lower tensions with Pyongyang – from removing its propaganda loudspeakers to downplaying the North’s human rights record – may ease frictions on the peninsula, but analysts say they are unlikely to help restart stalled denuclearisation talks between North Korea and the US. North Korean leader Kim Jong-un […]
Read MoreSouth Korean President Lee Jae Myung has called for an investigation into the suspected illegal links between a religious group and politicians, Lee’s office said on Wednesday. Lee’s order should apply “no matter whether (a politician is from the) ruling or opposition party, a high or low position”, the presidential office said in a statement. […]
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