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Park Chan-kyong
Park Chan-kyong is a journalist covering South Korean affairs for the South China Morning Post. He previously worked at the Agence France-Presse's Seoul bureau for 35 years. He studied political science at Korea University and economics at the Yonsei University Graduate School.
The development comes after the country’s anti-corruption agency was unable to grill Yoon Suk-yeol over his failed martial law bid.
Donald Trump’s convention-busting acknowledgement of North Korea as a nuclear power bucks years of US policy – and sets South Korea on edge.
The impeached president is using unsubstantiated claims of election interference by China and North Korea to justify his failed self-coup bid.
Dozens of protesters were arrested for assaulting police, attacking journalists or attempting to enter the court building after Yoon Suk-yeol’s arrest warrant was issued.
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South Korea’s opposition is demanding that First Lady Kim be held accountable for alleged corruption and interference in state affairs.
Investigators and police had to scale makeshift barricades set up by the impeached president’s supporters to gain access to his compound.
Some guards were ‘determined’ to use assault weapons to prevent the impeached Yoon’s arrest, a presidential security agent told local media.
Pyongyang might have acquired advanced missile technology from Moscow in exchange for its involvement in the war, analysts say.
The hypersonic missile’s reported capabilities put US bases in Guam within reach, though Kim Jong-un insists it is purely defensive.
Critics accuse Yoon Suk-yeol’s People Power Party of unfairly fanning Sinophobia to deflect criticism from the impeached president.
The anti-corruption agency abandoned the operation to arrest the impeached leader after facing resistance from his security team.
Experts argue a soil-covered foundation worsened the impact and are calling for a comprehensive review of the nation’s airport layouts.
Experts say use of ‘frangible’ materials for guidance facilities to reduce impact of crashes would have made the accident ‘far less deadly’.
The move by acting President Choi Sang-mok aims to restore stability and prevent a credit rating downgrade, following the impeachment of two predecessors.
Yoon, who also faces criminal charges of insurrection, could be held at a police station or the Seoul detention centre.
Videos of the crash show the plane managing to belly-land intact, before skidding at high speed into wall and exploding in a fireball.
The only survivors of Jeju Air flight 7C2216 were two crew members rescued from the tail section of the plane.
Han is accused of refusing to appoint judges to fill vacancies at the Constitutional Court holding hearing on Yoon Suk-yeol’s martial law.
The country’s opposition has accused acting president Han Duck-soo of obstructing justice and aiding the failed martial law bid.
Noh Sang-won, an ex-intelligence chief, has allegedly advised Yoon Suk-yeol on his martial law decree’s timing based on fortune-telling.
Noh Sang-won, former head of the Defence Intelligence Command, allegedly planned the coercive measures meant to enforce the decree.
While analysts believe the odds are stacked against Yoon, the court’s decision remains uncertain – and some suggest it may not be clear-cut.
Yoon Suk-yeol has been suspended from office while South Korea’s Constitutional Court deliberates on his future.
New details surface at opposition inquiry as the beleaguered president braces for a second impeachment bid.
Reporter behind the video featuring Kim Keon-hee says he released the clip to show the Yoon administration’s ‘irrationality and recklessness’.
Yoon Suk-yeol, frustrated by his party’s electoral defeat, repeatedly discussed martial law with aides, despite their warnings, Yeo In-hyung said.
Public suspicion about Kim Keon-hee’s influence on Yoon has grown, with many seeing the martial law decree as a desperate effort to shield her from scrutiny.
The president also defended his martial law declaration as multiple ruling party lawmakers backed Yoon’s impeachment.
Kim Yong-hyun is accused of playing a lead role in the failed imposition of martial law on December 3.
An opposition politician claims a drone flight near the border between the two Koreas was planned as a pretext for imposing martial law.
