He Might Be South Korea’s Next President. All He Has to Do Is Impeach the Current One.
Following the short-lived attempt by President Yoon Suk Yeol to impose martial law, opposition leader Lee Jae-myung is now within striking distance of his nation’s top job.
South Korean prosecutors weigh arresting president for insurrection
Police tried to raid President Yoon Suk Yeol’s office in martial law investigation. Yoon’s former defense minister, who has been arrested, attempted suicide in detention.
South Korea police try to raid presidential office in martial law investigation
With South Korean Presdient Yoon Suk Yeol showing no indications of resigning following his failed attempt at imposing martial law, police Wednesday raided the presidential office.
‘No one knows who is in charge’: South Korea’s president clings to office
Asked by the Financial Times who is running South Korea, a presidential spokesperson said: “There is no official answer to that question.” “No one knows who is in charge of the military, and not even the president’s office can say who is in charge of the country,
South Korean police search President Yoon's office over martial law imposition, reports say
Yonhap news agency says police are searching President Yoon Suk Yeol’s office. Yonhap says the search is happening on Wednesday over Yoon’s Dec. 3 martial law declaration. Police didn't immediately confirm the report.
Ex-defense chief in South Korea tried to kill himself after being arrested over martial law
South Korea’s previous defense minister was stopped from attempting suicide while in detention over last week’s martial law declaration, officials said Wednesday, as President Yoon Suk Yeol’s office resisted a police attempt to search the compound.
South Korea's Yoon gave orders to 'drag out' MPs during martial law, officer says
South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol gave an order to "drag out" lawmakers from parliament after he declared martial law, an army commander said amid concerns of a power vacuum with Yoon's office saying it had "no official position" on who was running the country.
South Korea's detained ex-defense minister tried to kill himself, official says
He was arrested on insurrection charges on Sunday following the president's since-retracted martial law declaration.
Atrocities Made a South Korean City Infamous. A Novelist Made It Immortal.
The last time South Korea imposed martial law, Gwangju endured a deadly crackdown. Han Kang, the Nobel Prize-winning author, ...
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South Korea is still haunted by the Gwangju Uprising
The news that President Yoon had instated martial law on Tuesday hit me hard. The last time martial law was declared in South ...
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Han Kang says 1979 martial law in hometown of Gwangju still affects her
Han was nine years old when her family left Gwangju in January 1980, roughly four months before the 1980 May 18 Gwangju ...
South Korea’s martial law crisis stirs memories of 1980 Gwangju massacre
In the uncertain hours early Wednesday, many recalled the nation’s last martial law, which came after a coup installed a ...
Gwangju Conference Call for "Impeachment of President and Immediate Arrest"
Participants in the Gwangju Metropolitan City Conference, which included heads of local governments in Gwangju, university ...
After Yoon's martial law order, South Korean protester recalls strongman military rule
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VOX POPULI: Yoon’s martial law order brings 1980 uprising in Gwangju to mind
In May 1980, a South Korean woman, who lost her adolescent son in Gwangju, is overcome with grief in the cemetery where his ...
"Light of Hope" Han Kang won the Nobel Prize for Literature...A series of celebrations in Gwangju and Jeollanam-do
Anchor] Various celebrations were held in Gwangju and South Jeolla Province to celebrate Han Kang's first Asian woman to win the Nobel Prize in ...
For Some Koreans, Martial Law Brought Back Frightening Memories
I immediately thought of 1980, and the fear and desperation we felt,” said a 60-year-old lawmaker who lived through the ...
Han Kang, winner of the Nobel Literature Prize, is shocked by recent events in South Korea
South Korean author Han Kang, this year’s winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature, says she was shocked at this week’s ...
BABYMONSTER announces concert at Prudential Center in New Jersey: What to know
The girl group BABYMONSTER is getting ready to bring the drip to New Jersey’s Prudential Center for their first solo world ...