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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.
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.
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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.
Yoon Suk-yeol survived an impeachment attempt over the weekend, but calls for him to go are growing.
Earlier, while thousands rallied, hoping the president would be impeached, a boycott by some of his PPP party meant an impeachment motion failed.
Political figures who have met him three days after a short-lived martial law decree say the embattled leader still believes he has done nothing wrong.
The police are investigating Yoon Suk-yeol for ‘insurrection’ while Washington is concerned about his ‘illegitimate’ martial law decree.
Deputy Secretary of State Kurt Campbell’s remarks also cast doubt on Yoon’s claims of threats from North Korea and anti-state forces.
As South Korea’s political crisis deepens, the world will closely monitor the outcome of the impeachment motion filed against Yoon Suk-yeol.
The president’s failed gamble, called an ‘international embarrassment’, reflects South Koreans’ determination to defend democracy.
The South Korean president’s failed martial law decree has led to turmoil, calls for his resignation and a motion to impeach him.
Analysts say Kim has used previous plenary meetings to announce diplomatic strategies, including messages aimed at the US and South Korea.
Opposition members want Yoon Suk-yeol impeached for a shock move that led troops to surround parliament in a night of political drama.
Ukraine has long sought to acquire air defence missiles and artillery shells from South Korea, which is wary of doing so due to its laws.
President Yoon Suk-yeol has boycotted the mine’s commemoration in Japan, purportedly over Tokyo’s failure to recognise forced Korean workers.
A Ukrainian team is bringing a weapons wish list to Seoul but analysts say the Yoon administration is unlikely to swiftly approve the request.
South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol appears to be pursuing a more balanced approach to relations with Washington and Beijing, analysts say.
The arrests expose the human trafficking crisis in Thailand, and the need for better protections for Rohingya refugees.
Seoul’s pivot away from weapons shipments comes amid tepid public support for the move – and Trump’s vow to negotiate an end to the war.
Trade, US support in the region and climate issues hang in the balance as Trump looks to advance US interests ‘with additional gusto’, analysts say.
Trump and Kim met twice in Singapore in 2018 and Hanoi in 2019 but the summits failed to yield a commitment by Pyongyang to denuclearise.
Kim Jong-un’s daughter is emerging in the public eye, but her future leadership role in North Korea remains a mystery.
