South Korea Archives

March 24, 2025 10:46 AM

Who is Han Duck-soo, South Korea’s PM who returns as acting president?

Prime Minister Han Duck-soo, who was reinstated on Monday as South Korea's acting president, is a technocrat whose experience and reputation as a safe pair of hands transcended party lines and helped him serve in senior posts under five presidents. ...

March 19, 2025 8:39 PM

South Korea unveils plan to train 30,000 aerospace professionals by 2045 in bid to become global space power

South Korea’s national space agency, the Korea Aerospace Administration (KASA), unveiled a comprehensive plan on Wednesday to establish a cross-sectoral education system aimed at nurturing 30,000 aerospace professionals by 2045. This initiative is ...

March 10, 2025 12:16 PM

South Korean police prepare for ‘worst-case scenarios’ ahead of Yoon impeachment ruling

Police will be out in force, and subway stations and at least one school will be closed over safety concerns when South Korea's Constitutional Court rules whether to oust or reinstate impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol. Yoon's political fate hangs in...

March 6, 2025 12:16 PM

South Korea air force jets accidentally drop bombs on homes, injuring 15

Fifteen people were injured in South Korea on Thursday after bombs dropped by fighter jets landed in a civilian district, damaging houses and a church during military exercises in Pocheon, the Air Force and the fire department said. The Gyeonggi-do ...

February 28, 2025 3:33 PM

North Korea’s Kim orders nuclear readiness after missile test, KCNA says

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un supervised a test-launch of strategic cruise missiles and ordered full readiness to use nuclear attack capability, which would ensure the most effective defence for the country, state media said on Friday. The test wa...

February 25, 2025 4:31 PM

South Korea court hears closing statements in Yoon’s impeachment trial

South Korean parliamentary lawyers seeking President Yoon Suk Yeol's removal over his short-lived imposition of martial law compared him to a dictator in final arguments during his impeachment trial on Tuesday. Yoon was expected to make a closing st...

February 20, 2025 4:23 PM

South Korea’s Yoon attends his first criminal trial hearing

South Korea's impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol appeared at a Seoul court on Thursday for the first hearing of his criminal trial over insurrection charges, during which his lawyers demanded his release from jail. TV footage aired by local broadcast...

January 21, 2025 5:42 PM

South Korea’s Yoon defends actions at impeachment hearing over martial law decree

South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol attended on Tuesday a Constitutional Court hearing of his impeachment trial where he denied ordering military commanders to drag lawmakers out of parliament during his short-lived bid to impose martial law. Near ...

January 15, 2025 7:31 PM

What you need to know about the arrest of South Korea’s Yoon

South Korean investigators arrested impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol on Wednesday for alleged insurrection over his bid to impose martial law, after weeks of defiance and claims by Yoon and his lawyers that the arrest warrant was invalid. Here is w...

Police officers stand guard as people gather near the presidential residence to show support for impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol after the anti-corruption agency for high-ranking officials received a new court warrant to arrest Yoon, in Seoul, South Korea, January 8, 2025. Photo by Daniel Ceng/Anadolu via Getty Images/Files

January 15, 2025 4:26 PM

South Korean investigators question arrested President Yoon in insurrection probe

Impeached South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol was arrested and questioned by authorities on Wednesday in relation to a criminal insurrection investigation, saying he was only cooperating with what he called an illegal probe to avoid violence. His a...