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Jan 17
South Korean investigators question arrested President Yoon in insurrection probe
SEOUL - Impeached South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol was arrested and questioned for hours by investigators on Wednesday in relation to...
Jan 17
Impeachment trial of South Korea's Yoon adjourned after he does not attend
SEOUL - South Korea's Constitutional Court adjourned the opening session of the impeachment trial of suspended President Yoon Suk Yeol...
Jan 17
Jeju Air black box data missing from crucial minutes before crash, South Korea ministry says
SEOUL - The two black boxes on the Boeing jet involved in the worst aviation disaster on South Korean soil stopped recording about four...
Jan 17
Analysis-South Korea jet crash puts fast-growing Jeju Air's safety under scrutiny
SEOUL/SEATTLE - Before it suffered the deadliest crash in South Korea's history, budget airline Jeju Air was moving fast: racking up...
Jan 4
South Korean presidential guards prevent arrest of impeached Yoon after tense stand-off
SEOUL - South Korea's presidential guards and military troops prevented authorities from arresting impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol on...
Jan 4
Dozens rescued in South Korea building fire, emergency department says
SEOUL - A fire and thick smoke engulfed an eight-story building in the South Korean city of Seongnam on Friday, sending 12 people to...
Jan 4
South Korea's Yoon, facing arrest over martial law, vows to 'fight until end'
SEOUL - South Korea's impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol told supporters in a letter he will "fight until the end" as he faces an attempt...
Jan 2
South Korea's presidential aides offer to resign amid political crisis
SEOUL - Senior aides to South Korea's impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol offered to resign en masse on Wednesday, a day after his office...
Jan 2
South Korean airport embankment in focus after deadly Jeju Air crash
SEOUL/MUAN COUNTY, SOUTH KOREA - Air safety experts on Tuesday questioned the placement of an airport embankment into which a South...
Jan 2
Empty desks and tears mark five colleagues killed in South Korean plane crash
MUAN COUNTY, South Korea - Empty desks and a calendar marking days off after Christmas sit in a South Korean office where five co-workers...
Jan 2
South Korea court approves arrest of President Yoon in martial law investigation
SEOUL - A South Korean court gave authorities approval on Tuesday to detain impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol in a criminal investigation...
Jan 2
Facts-Profiles of South Korea's Constitutional Court justices
The fate of South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol is in the hands of the country's Constitutional Court after parliament impeached him on...
Dec 29, 2024
At least 120 dead in fiery South Korea airliner crash, two crew rescued
MUAN COUNTY, South Korea - At least 120 people were killed when an airliner landed without wheels, veering off the runway and erupting in...
Dec 28, 2024
South Korea's parliament impeaches acting president Han, as Yoon goes on trial
SEOUL - South Korea's parliament impeached acting President Han Duck-soo on Friday, less than two weeks after suspending President Yoon...
Dec 28, 2024
Explainer-South Korea's leadership crisis in hands of Constitutional Court
SEOUL - South Korea's leadership crisis will play out in the Constitutional Court, which will decide the fate of President Yoon Suk Yeol...
Dec 28, 2024
Facts-Profiles of South Korea's Constitutional Court justices
The fate of South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol is in the hands of the country's Constitutional Court after parliament impeached him on...
Dec 21, 2024
Analysis-South Korea's allies cheered Yoon's foreign policy, ignored domestic discord
SEOUL - As South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol's relations with the opposition broke down this year, Western diplomats hoped the...
Dec 17, 2024
Inside South Korea's right-wing YouTube world openly embraced by Yoon
SEOUL - When South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol cited claims of election hacking and "anti-state" pro-North Korean sympathisers as...
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