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Actor Kim Sae-ron, 24, found dead
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'IU is a commie.' List of politicians, celebrities spreads online with NewJeans, Han Kang
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Acting president calls for swift pension reform
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Cabinet approves 3 years of combined parental leave
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Speculations mount of Yoon Suk Yeol's resignation
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49% favor opposition-led power shift, 45% back ruling party: poll
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Yoon aides, Cabinet members offer to resign
President Yoon Suk Yeol's entire Cabinet and all of his aides offered to step down from their posts in the aftermath of the six-hour fiasco triggered by Yoon's surprise declaration of martial law Tuesday night. Prime Minister Han Duck-soo discussed the matter with leaders of the ruling People Power Party and Yoon's aides at an emergency meeting held at 2 p.m. at the Prime Minister's office in Jongno-gu, Seoul. The closed-door meeting lasted for approximately an hour and a hal
Dec. 4, 2024
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South Korea faces unprecedented turmoil in aftermath of Yoon's martial law
-Yoon to face deepening political isolation amid growing threats of impeachment -All senior aides, Cabinet members offer to resign -Opposition submits bills to impeach Yoon, defense minister -Offering to resign, defense minister apologizes, says will take sole responsibility -Ruling party, PM convene at presidential office, PPP split on severing ties with Yoon -Supreme Court chief justice says illegality of martial law declaration will be reviewed -Armed troops forcibly enter Assembly for 1st ti
Dec. 4, 2024
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Yoon Suk Yeol postpones meeting on drug control
President Yoon Suk Yeol on Wednesday postponed his plan to attend a meeting to review drug control measures, according to the presidential office, hours after he agreed to the parliament's request to revoke martial law. "The meeting to assess the current status of drug control measures, originally set to take place at the presidential office, has been rescheduled," an official said.
Dec. 4, 2024
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President Yoon Suk Yeol declares end to martial law after six-hour chaos
President Yoon Suk Yeol conceded Wednesday morning to the National Assembly's request to lift the martial law, as he pledged he would preside over the Cabinet meeting immediately, admitting his surprise declaration of martial law was short-lived. "I will immediately accept the National Assembly's request and lift the martial law through the Cabinet," Yoon said in a televised address to the nation at around 4:20 a.m. "I convened the Cabinet immediately, but the quorum has not yet b
Dec. 4, 2024
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Presidential office press corps forced to leave
The presidential office press corps faced an eviction order from its building in Seoul, according to Park An-su, who led the headquarters of the Martial Law Command. The order came into effect as of 12:45 a.m. Wednesday. This was the latest result of President Yoon Suk Yeol's declaration of martial law on Tuesday, which the opposition-controlled National Assembly claimed had a procedural fault and was deemed invalid.
Dec. 4, 2024
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South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol declares martial law
In an emergency address to the nation Tuesday, President Yoon Suk Yeol declared martial law in South Korea. Yoon said at around 10:20 p.m. that the declaration was made to prevent "anti-state forces" from depriving South Korean citizens of their freedom and happiness. "I will wipe out anti-state forces as soon as possible and normalize the country's operation," Yoon said in a televised briefing in his office, less than an hour before the martial law went into effect na
Dec. 3, 2024
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Eyeing birthrate, Korea sets 70% target for fathers' parental leave
South Korea plans to encourage new fathers to take paternity leave for child care, aiming for a 70 percent usage rate by 2030, the government announced Tuesday. The percentage of men taking paternity leave to care for children stood at 6.8 percent, in the public sector and private sector combined, as of 2022. The Yoon Suk Yeol government aims to increase the rate to 50 percent by 2027, the final year of the administration, and to 70 percent three years later. The administration believes that its
Dec. 3, 2024
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S. Korea, Kyrgyzstan ink Comprehensive Partnership
The leaders of South Korea and Kyrgyzstan on Tuesday inked the Comprehensive Partnership at the summit in Seoul, elevating the bilateral ties for the first time since the two established their diplomatic relations 32 years ago. President Yoon Suk Yeol received Kyrgyz President Sadyr Japarov, the first Kyrgyz leader to have visited South Korea in 11 years. Yoon and Japarov last held bilateral talks in September 2023 on the margins of the United Nations General Assembly in New York. Yoon said duri
Dec. 3, 2024
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Assembly clash looms as opposition pushes vote on W4tr budget cut
The National Assembly is on a collision course as the parliament, where the main opposition Democratic Party of Korea holds the majority of seats, pushed through a budget cut proposal that would strip authorities in the Yoon Suk Yeol administration of their confidential funds. This came along with another high-stakes opposition-led move to impeach the head of the state-run Board of Audit and Inspection and three prosecutors who found Yoon's wife Kim Keon Hee not guilty of her alleged involvement
Dec. 1, 2024
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Yoon receives Ukrainian special envoy; Seoul silent on possibility of weapons aid
President Yoon Suk Yeol met with a delegation from Ukraine led by the country's Defense Minister Rustem Umerov on Wednesday at his office in Seoul, according to Yoon's office. Yoon was quoted by the presidential office as saying that he hoped South Korea and Ukraine could find a practical breakthrough to counter the security threat posed by military cooperation between North Korea and Russia. Yoon's office did not disclose what Umerov said during his meeting with Yoon. Following t
Nov. 27, 2024