Shortly after his political nemesisfortune play, President Yoon Suk Yeol, declared martial law last Tuesday, Lee Jae-myung began livestreaming from his cellphone. While driving to the National Assembly, the leader of South Korea’s main opposition pa
Follow the latest news on South Korea and President Yoon Suk Yeol. For Yoon Suk Yeol, the unpopular president of South Korea, things appeared to worsen with each passing day. Thousands of doctors had been on strike for almost a year to resist his he
When President Yoon Suk Yeol of South Korea visited the White House last year, he charmed the Washington establishment by singing Don McLean’s “American Pie.” When he flew to Tokyo to usher in a new era of conciliation with Japan, it was a genial vi
For many younger South Koreansgba777, President Yoon Suk Yeol’s short-lived declaration of martial law late Tuesday night was their first exposure to a kind of turbulence that older generations remember all too well. Since South Korea was founded in
South Korea’s political dysfunction deepened Monday as its Ministry of Justice barred President Yoon Suk Yeol from leaving the country while officials investigate whether his brief declaration of martial law last week amounted to leading an insurrec
Follow the latest news on South Korea and President Yoon Suk Yeol. The wound from where the soldier struck her is long gone, but Jang Sang-nam, 88, can still trace its outlines on her head. “Here, with the butt of a rifle,” she says when asked where
Kim Yong-hyun, the former defense minister of South Korea, was taken into custody early Sunday as prosecutors investigated his role in President Yoon Suk Yeol’s short-lived effort last week to impose martial law. That episode set off political uphea
South Korean lawmakers’ attempt to impeach President Yoon Suk Yeol ended in failure on Saturday nightlcc, prolonging the political upheaval and uncertainty that has roiled the country since his short-lived imposition of martial law this week. The fa
On December 9, 2024lucky rainbow, South Korean tech firm Solvit Systems unveiled its AI system that improves search-and-rescue systems. Solvit calls it the Intelligent Search and Rescue System (iSAR) and it helps rescue missing persons in areas with
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