Colonel Kim Hyun-tae, who leads the country’s elite 707th Special Mission Group, was in charge of troops attempting to stop lawmakers from voting down Yoon’s shock order. He said his superior officer, former chief of the special warfare command General Kwak Jong-keun, also asked him if troops could fight their way into the parliament building […]
Yoon, who is expected to attend the hearing, threw the nation into chaos on December 3 when he attempted to suspend the civilian rule, citing the need to combat threats from “anti-state elements”. Soldiers the president directed to storm parliament failed to stop lawmakers from voting down martial law just six hours after his shock […]
The impeachment of Prime Minister Han, the acting president since Yoon was impeached on Dec. 14 for declaring martial law on Dec. 3, has pushed South Korea’s once-vibrant democratic success story into uncharted territory. Finance Minister Choi Sang-mok, who assumed the position of acting president while the cases of Yoon and Han were considered by […]
Speaking at a press briefing at the Foreign Press Center, State Department Spokesperson Matthew Miller said that any election irregularities need to be fully investigated, answered, and dealt with consistent with the rule of law. “And that is true for Pakistan; it is true for every country in the world”. The BJP had accused the […]
Yoon was removed by South Korea’s parliament on Saturday over his short-lived attempt to suspend civilian rule, which plunged the country into its worst political turmoil in years. The Constitutional Court has around six months to determine whether to uphold the impeachment. Fresh elections must be held within two months if he is removed. Prime […]
A major United States (US) ally and Asia’s fourth-largest economy were thrown into a constitutional crisis by last week’s unexpected martial law declaration, which sent shockwaves across the diplomatic and economic fronts and raised fears of a power vacuum. Following a week of quiet, KCNA released a story on the martial law problem and the […]
Separately, Kim Yong-Hyun, former defence minister and a close confidant of Yoon, attempted suicide at a detention centre where he is held after being arrested, a Justice Ministry official told a parliament hearing. A presidential security service official confirmed that the police raided Yoon’s office. The national police agency declined to immediately confirm the search. […]
In a statement, Foreign Office Spokesperson Mumtaz Zahra Baloch said Israeli military strikes against the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Iran are a grave violation of the UN Charter and international law. She said these strikes undermine the path to regional peace and stability and also constitute a dangerous escalation in an already volatile region. […]
“It is our job to present the law and opposition’s work to critically discuss it,” talking in the House, a federal law minister said while discussing a set of amendments to the Constitution. “Did you forget the references filed against Shaukat Aziz Siddiqui and Qazi Faez Isa,” the minister asked. The law minister said he […]
The Ministry of Human Resources and Social Development of Saudi Arabia announced that changes involve revising 38 articles, deleting seven, and adding two new articles to the Labor Law. These amendments align with the Saudi employment market strategy and international agreements ratified by the Kingdom. The new regulations will take effect 180 days after their […]
