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Dec 13, 20243 min read
South Korea opposition leader urges president's party to support impeachment over martial law
SEOUL - South Korean opposition leader Lee Jae-myung said on Friday the best way to restore order in the country is to impeach President...
Dec 13, 20243 min read
Explainer-What do we know about investigations faced by South Korean President Yoon?
SEOUL - South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol, several cabinet ministers, military commanders and police officials face criminal...
Dec 10, 20242 min read
South Korea opposition passes slashed budget without government consent
SEOUL - South Korea's opposition-controlled parliament on Tuesday passed a government budget bill for 2025 that was slashed from the...
Dec 10, 20243 min read
South Korean broadcaster targeted by martial law feared for his life
SEOUL - Veteran South Korean broadcaster Kim Ou-joon said he left home and went into hiding minutes after President Yoon Suk Yeol...
Dec 10, 20243 min read
K-pop light sticks fire up impeachment protests in South Korea
SEOUL - While South Korean protesters have long employed songs, dances and chants, customised light sticks popular with K-pop fans have...
Dec 10, 20241 min read
South Korea's parliament approves 2025 government budget with cuts
SEOUL - South Korea's opposition-controlled parliament on Tuesday approved a government budget of 673.3 trillion won ($470.64 billion)...
Dec 9, 20244 min read
South Korea's President Yoon banned from foreign travel, official says
SEOUL - South Korea President Yoon Suk Yeol has been banned from foreign travel, a justice ministry official told a parliament committee...
Nov 29, 20241 min read
Members of K-pop group NewJeans say they are leaving agency after dispute
SEOUL - Members of NewJeans, one of the most popular K-pop groups, said on Thursday that they were leaving their agency ADOR, a...
Nov 2, 20243 min read
North Korea leader says longest ICBM test 'appropriate military action' against enemies
SEOUL/TOKYO - North Korea said it tested an intercontinental ballistic missile on Thursday, upgrading what it called the "world's most...
Oct 11, 20244 min read
South Korea's experimental novelist Han Kang wins 2024 Nobel literature
STOCKHOLM - South Korean author Han Kang won the 2024 Nobel Prize in Literature for "her intense poetic prose that confronts historical...
Sep 27, 20242 min read
South Korea offers incentives, adoptions ahead of ban on farming dogs for food
SEOUL - South Korea will help rehome almost half a million dogs bred for food and give dog farmers subsidies and incentives to help them...
Sep 4, 20243 min read
Kimchi no more? Climate change puts South Korea's beloved cabbage dish at risk
GANGNEUNG, South Korea - South Korea's famous kimchi is falling victim to climate change, with scientists, farmers and manufacturers...
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