Air crash tests South Korea's acting president two days into the job
When South Korea's acting President Choi Sang-mok arrived at the scene of the deadliest air disaster on the country's soil on Sunday, he had been on the job for less than 48 hours. Choi, the country's finance minister,
South Korea lawmakers move to impeach acting president in bid to break political deadlock
The country’s politicians are in a stalemate battle over the constitutional court that will decide the future of impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol.
South Korea’s Acting President Has Only Been in Office Since Friday
The plane crash is the first major test for South Korea’s acting president, Choi Sang-mok, who had been appointed the interim leader only on Friday, as the country grapples with a political crisis at the highest levels.
A plane crash in Kazakhstan, another impeachment in South Korea and a protest against an EU law – the world this week
From 38 people being killed in an Azerbaijan Airlines flight crash and Qatar threatening to halt gas exports to the EU to Donald Trump’s former attorney general pick being accused of misconduct, a lot has happened in the world this week.
South Korean lawmakers impeach acting president as crisis deepens
The vote was the second major impeachment in two weeks after President Yoon’s ill-fated martial law bid set off turmoil. The country’s currency has plunged.
A night of chaos: Inside South Korea’s six hours of martial law
President Yoon Suk Yeol Yoon imposed martial law in the middle of the night earlier this month, plunging South Korea into its worst political crisis in decades.
S. Korean prosecutors say Yoon authorised 'shooting' during martial law bid
South Korea's suspended president Yoon Suk Yeol authorised the military to fire their weapons if needed to enter parliament during his failed bid to impose martial law, according to a prosecutors' report seen by AFP on Saturday.
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Japan and South Korea will celebrate 60 years of normalized relations in 2025, but given the current situation, they will ...