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South Korea’s anti-graft agency recommends insurrection charges for Yoon

Corruption Investigation Office for High-ranking Officials says president sought to ‘disrupt the constitutional order’.

Al Jazeera · Jan 23, 2025

S. Korea Investigators Recommend Yoon Be Charged With Insurrection, Abuse Of Power

South Korean investigators recommended Thursday that impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol be charged with insurrection and abuse of power, as they handed over the results of their probe into his ill-fated declaration of martial law to prosecutors.

International Business Times · Jan 23, 2025

Political Crisis Hits South Korea Growth: Central Bank

South Korea's economic growth slowed in the last quarter of 2024, data from the central bank showed Thursday, as the country struggled with the fallout from impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol's brief declaration of martial law.

International Business Times · Jan 23, 2025

South Korea to shrink biomass energy subsidies after criticism over link to deforestation

The South Korean government has announced it will reduce indirect subsidies for biomass energy

The Independent UK · Jan 22, 2025

The Guardian view on the South Korean leader’s arrest: democracy is a work in progress

Editorial: The first arrest of a sitting president, over his declaration of martial law, shows the strength of the nation’s safeguards – but also that more must be done

The Guardian - UK · Jan 21, 2025

Trump asks US troops surprising question about South Korea

Donald Trump asked US troops serving in South Korea "How's Kim Jong Un?" as he spoke to them on a video link at the Commander-In-Chief Ball following his presidential inauguration on Monday, 20 January.

The Independent UK · Jan 21, 2025

South Korean democracy was nearly toppled by its president. It was saved by its people

Despite scandal after scandal, Koreans have shown their solidarity with one another, and the resilience of their institutions, says Youngmi Kim, director of the Scottish Centre for Korean Studies

The Guardian - UK · Jan 21, 2025

South Korea's Impeached President Denies Ordering Military Action

South Korea's impeached president faces allegations of ordering military to remove lawmakers, sparking political turmoil and deepening divisions in the cou...

Top News · Jan 21, 2025

South Korea’s Yoon Suk Yeol denies ordering troops to ‘drag out’ lawmakers

Impeached president appears in constitutional court following last month’s short-lived martial law order

The Guardian - UK · Jan 21, 2025

South Korea's Yoon defends his martial law decree in his first public appearance since his arrest

South Korea’s impeached president has denied that he ordered the military to drag lawmakers out of the National Assembly to prevent them from voting to reject his martial law decree last month, as he appeared for the first time before the Constitutional Court that will determine his fate

The Independent UK · Jan 21, 2025