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The first bill being voted on today – to appoint a special counsel to investigate South Korea’s first lady – has failed, falling two votes short of the 200 needed.
An ongoing political crisis has paralysed South Korean politics as president Yoon Suk Yeol is likely to become the first sitting president in the country’s democratic history to be arrested.
On 3 December 2024, at 22:27 Korea Standard Time (KST), Yoon Suk Yeol, the president of South Korea, declared martial law during a televised address. In his declaration, Yoon accused the Democratic Party (DPK), which has a majority in the National Assembly, of conducting "anti-state activities" and collaborating with "North Korean communists" to destroy the country, thereby creating a ...
South Korea's presidential guards and military troops prevented authorities from arresting impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol on Friday in a tense six hour stand-off inside Yoon's compound in the ...
Later on 4 December, all of the major newspapers in South Korea and the National Union of Media Workers unanimously condemned Yoon and called for his arrest, saying the martial law was illegal and an attempted repeat of the brutal coups of the 1980s. [98] At the same time, multiple South Korean celebrities also heavily condemned Yoon. [99]
On 3 December 2024, at 10:27 pm Korea Standard Time (KST), Yoon Suk Yeol, the president of South Korea, declared martial law during a televised address. In his declaration, Yoon accused the Democratic Party (DPK), which has a majority in the National Assembly, of conducting "anti-state activities" and collaborating with "North Korean communists" to destroy the country, thereby creating a ...
South Korean opposition Democratic Party leader Lee Jae-myung was stabbed in the neck and rushed to hospital for treatment on Tuesday, months ahead of a national parliamentary election. Lee's ...
As per Presidential Decree No. 28394, 2017. 10. 17., partially amended, the following days are declared holidays in South Korea: [31] [32] 1 January – New Year's Day; 27 January [33] to 31 January – Korean New Year; 1 March – March 1st Movement Day; 5 May – Children's Day South Korea; 5 May – Buddha's Birthday; 6 June – Memorial Day