The former prosecutor plunged democratic South Korea into political turmoil when he declared martial law on December 3, suspending civilian rule and sending soldiers to parliament. The attempt only lasted six hours as the opposition-led parliament defied troops to vote the declaration down, later impeaching him over the move. Yoon was detained in mid-January on […]
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 […]
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 […]
Yoon’s shock bid to impose martial law on South Korea for the first time in over four decades plunged the country into the deepest turmoil in its modern democratic history and caught its close allies around the world off guard. The United States, which stations nearly 30,000 troops in South Korea, initially voiced deep concern […]
Yoon’s shock bid to impose South Korea’s first martial law in over four decades plunged the country into the deepest turmoil in its modern democratic history and caught its close allies around the world off guard. The United States, which stationed nearly 30,000 troops in South Korea to protect it from the nuclear-armed North, initially […]
Relations between the two Koreas have deteriorated since North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in January defined Seoul as his country’s “principal enemy” and said the North was no longer interested in reunification. After months of laying fresh mines and ramping up security on the border, the country this week blew up roads and railways […]
Both teams battled hard, denying any advantage to the other side, however, Jugraj Singh found the net in the dying minutes of the game to secure India’s victory. Notably, defending champions India walked into the final unbeaten in the tournament. They defeated South Korea 4-1 in the semi-final, thanks to skipper Harmanpreet Singh’s brace. The […]
Pakistan’s second fixture in the ongoing tournament ended in a 2-2 draw as they failed to defend their narrow one-goal lead in the final quarter. South Korea opened the scoring in the dying minutes of the second quarter, courtesy of Hyun Jigwang. Their lead remained intact until the third quarter when it appeared that Pakistan […]
The Japanese defence ministry “confirmed that these vessels sailed north-eastwards through the Tsushima Strait towards the Sea of Japan from Saturday to Sunday”, it said in a press release on Monday. Japan’s Self-Defence Forces “conducted vigilance monitoring and intelligence gathering” with a vessel and patrol plane, the ministry said, releasing photos of the ships. It […]
Politics cannot function without public trust,” Kishida said in a press conference on Wednesday to announce his decision not to seek re-election as the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) leader. “I will now focus on supporting the newly elected LDP leader as a rank-and-file member of the party,” he said. His decision to quit triggers a […]
