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South Korean opposition urges swift removal of impeached President Yoon

Lawmakers voted on Saturday to remove Yoon from office over his "insurrectionary" suspension of civilian rule, which plunged South Korea into some of its worst political turmoil in years.

Biden calls alliance with South Korea 'linchpin for peace' in region

South Korean lawmakers voted on Saturday to impeach Yoon over his brief declaration of martial law

Martial law fiasco: South Korea’s President Yoon impeached

South Korean lawmakers yesterday impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol over his failed martial law bid, with the opposition declaring a “victory of the people”.

South Korean President Yoon vows to 'fight to the end'

He faces a second impeachment vote in parliament expected on Saturday

South Korea's President Yoon banned from foreign travel

Police probe him for insurrection over his ill-fated declaration of martial law

South Korea's Yoon apologises for martial law

Yoon said he would not seek to avoid legal and political responsibility for his decision to declare martial law for the first time in South Korea since 1980. He said the decision was born of desperation.

South Korea's President Yoon reverses martial law after lawmakers defy him

Protesters outside the National Assembly parliament shouted and clapped. “We won!” they chanted, and one demonstrator banged on a drum.

April 27, 2018
April 27, 2018

US hopes Korean summit will lead to 'future of peace': WH

Donald Trump's White House voice hope that a Korean summit would "achieve progress toward a future of peace," as the leaders of the two countries sat down to talk.

April 27, 2018
April 27, 2018

Korean leaders aim for end of war, "complete denuclearisation" after historic summit

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and South Korean President Moon Jae-in embrace after pledging to work for the "complete denuclearisation of the Korean peninsula," punctuating a day of smiles and handshakes at the first inter-Korean summit in more than a decade.

April 23, 2018
April 23, 2018

SKorea turns off loudspeaker broadcasts into North before Korea summit

South Korea halts the propaganda broadcasts it blares across the border at North Korea ahead of their first summit in a decade, as US President Donald Trump cautioned the nuclear crisis on the peninsula was a long way from being resolved.

April 12, 2018
April 12, 2018

SKorean kills neighbour's dog, invites him to share meat

A South Korean farmer killed and cooked a neighbour's barking dog before inviting its unsuspecting owner to join him for a dog-meat dinner, police say in a case that has sparked online outrage.

April 6, 2018
April 6, 2018

SKorea's Park jailed for 24 years for corruption

South Korea's disgraced former president Park Geun-hye is jailed for 24 years for corruption, closing out a dramatic fall from grace for the country's first woman leader who became a figure of public fury and ridicule.

March 5, 2018
March 5, 2018

S Korean delegation meets N Korean leader Kim

A South Korean delegation meets North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, a South Korean official said, after arriving in the North on a visit aimed at encouraging North Korea and the United States to talk.

February 12, 2018
February 12, 2018

No concerns over NKorea 'hijack': Olympics chief

Olympics chief Thomas Bach dismisses concerns that North Korea has tried to "hijack" the Winter Games for political purposes, as officials reveal he will visit the isolated country after the tournament in South Korea.

February 10, 2018
February 10, 2018

Don't mention nukes: SKoreans learn how to talk to the enemy

When a hotel on South Korea's east coast is asked at short notice to host nearly 280 North Korean visitors, the problem is't finding enough rooms. It is to learn how not to offend them.

February 9, 2018
February 9, 2018

Koreas share historic handshake at Olympic opening ceremony

It is a historic moment, and it happens even before the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics had officially begun.

January 21, 2018
January 21, 2018

NKorea teams arrive in South for pre-Olympics inspection

North Korean delegates arrive in South Korea to inspect venues and prepare cultural performances for next month's Winter Olympics, in the first visit by Pyongyang officials to the capitalist South for four years.