South Korean authorities on Monday dismissed four of the country’s top military commanders, local media reported, for their alleged involvement in the martial law. The martial law was imposed by then-President Yoon Suk-yeol on December 3 last year, but he was forced to withdraw it within hours under intense pressure from parliament. The dismissed military […]
Read MoreSouth Korea’s impeached president on Saturday argued for his release before a Seoul judge as the court reviewed whether to grant a law enforcement request for his formal arrest. Yoon, who has been in detention since he was apprehended on Wednesday in a massive law enforcement operation at his residence, faces potential rebellion charges linked […]
Read MoreAbout four minutes before the fatal crash, one of the pilots reported a bird strike and declared an emergency before initiating a go-around and attempting to land on the opposite end of the runway. Investigators found bird feathers and blood in both engines of the Jeju Air jet that crashed in South Korea last month, […]
Read MoreSouth Korea’s impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol faced renewed questioning Thursday, a day after his dramatic arrest over a failed martial law declaration, but his lawyers said he would not take part. The Constitutional Court was also to hold its second hearing in a trial that will decide whether to uphold Yoon’s impeachment, after the […]
Read MoreAuthorities investigating the disaster that killed 179 people, the worst on South Korean soil, plan to analyse what caused the “black boxes” to stop recording, the ministry said in a statement. The flight data and cockpit voice recorders on the Jeju Air jet that crashed on Dec. 29 stopped recording about four minutes before the […]
Read MoreProtesters supporting and opposing the embattled Yoon braved freezing temperatures to stage rallies on the streets around the presidential compound on Wednesday after a court re-issued a warrant on Tuesday to arrest him. South Korea’s President Yoon Suk Yeol faces a new and potentially more robust attempt to arrest him for insurrection after a top […]
Read MoreSouth Korean anti-graft investigators secured a new court-ordered arrest warrant Tuesday for impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol, whose failed martial law bid threw the country into turmoil. The former star prosecutor has refused questioning three times after his bungled December 3 martial law decree plunged South Korea into its worst political crisis in decades. As […]
Read MoreSouth Korea’s military confirmed the launch while Japan’s coast guard also said a projectile believed to be a North Korea-fired missile had fallen. North Korea fired a ballistic missile out to sea off its east coast on Monday, coinciding with a visit by US Secretary of State Antony Blinken to Seoul during a period of […]
Read MoreYoon is under criminal investigation for insurrection over his Dec. 3 martial law bid that stunned South Korea and led to the first arrest warrant to be issued for a sitting president. 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 […]
Read MoreSouth Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol, several cabinet ministers, military commanders and police officials face indictments and criminal investigations over the president’s short-lived martial law declaration on Dec. 3. Yoon, who has been impeached, also faces a trial in the Constitutional Court that will decide whether to confirm his ouster from office or restore his […]
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