The two candidates who will fight it out to win election as South Korea’s next president overcame great odds to get where they are. Lee Jae-myung was a teenage sweatshop worker whose family survived on rotten fruits. Kim Moon-soo was imprisoned and tortured for anti-government activism. Both survived weeks of political and legal turbulence that…
As its trade negotiators rushed to Washington to seek a reprieve from President Donald J. Trump’s blanket tariffs, South Korea on Wednesday announced new measures to soften the blow of levies on the country’s carmakers. The two efforts underlined the delicate balance that South Korea needs to strike after the country, one of the most…
South Korea’s Constitutional Court on Friday upheld the impeachment of President Yoon Suk Yeol, removing him from office four months after his short-lived imposition of martial law on Dec. 3. Protesters who have been demanding his ouster erupted in cheers at the ruling, waving flags and pumping their fists in the air. For weeks leading…
South Korean fire crews battled what the acting president said on Wednesday were some of the worst wildfires ever in the country. At least 18 people have died, according to the authorities, as strong winds and dry conditions helped fuel the fires. Two ancient Buddhist temples were among the more than 200 buildings damaged or…
Prime Minister Han Duck-soo of South Korea was restored to office as acting president on Monday, after the country’s Constitutional Court overturned his impeachment by the National Assembly. Mr. Han had served as South Korea’s acting president after the Assembly impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol on Dec. 14, suspending Mr. Yoon from office in connection…
South Korea: दक्षिण कोरियाई संसद ने कार्यवाहक राष्ट्रपति हान डक-सू के खिलाफ शुक्रवार (27 दिसंबर) को महाभियोग चलाया गया. इसके लिए संसद में वोट किया गया, जिसके बाद देश के वित्त मंत्री चोई सैन-मोक को कार्यवाहक प्रेसिडेंट बनाया गया है. इससे पहले शुक्रवार को एक सत्र शुरू किया महाभियोग की प्रक्रिया शुरू की गई. रॉयटर्स…