Seoul – He imposed martial law, sent armed troops to parliament, and was unceremoniously stripped of office — but some South Koreans still believe disgraced ex-President Yoon Suk Yeol is the country’s true leader. Yoon is barred from standing in […]
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Seoul – Calligraphy by a South Korean independence hero, created while awaiting execution for assassinating a Japanese statesman, is breaking new auction records in Seoul, as the country’s ultrarich seek to bring historic artwork home. Revered in the South for
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Seoul – Twenty-five years ago, director Park Chan-wook risked jail to make a movie about friendship between North and South Korean soldiers, striking box-office gold and beginning his actors’ ascent to global stardom. Relations between the two Koreas have since
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South Korean investigators attempted to arrest impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol at his residence Friday over a failed martial law bid but were blocked by his security forces. They stood down just days before the warrant’s deadline expires on Monday.
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Seoul – South Korean investigators attempted to arrest impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol at his residence Friday over a failed martial law bid but were blocked by his security forces. They stood down just days before the arrest warrant expires
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Seoul – A factory turned into a battlefield, riot police armed with tasers and an activist who spent 100 days atop a chimney — the unrest that inspired Netflix’s most successful show ever has all the hallmarks of a TV
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Seoul – A cheerful song by one of the most successful K-pop girl groups has emerged as a protest anthem for thousands of South Koreans rallying for President Yoon Suk Yeol’s impeachment. “There’s a rough road ahead of us,” sang
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Seoul – South Korea’s Yoon Suk Yeol rose from public prosecutor to the nation’s highest office in just a few years, but as president he staggered from scandal to scandal before plunging the country into crisis by declaring martial law.
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SEOUL – South Korean police said Wednesday that security guards were blocking a raid on President Yoon Suk Yeol’s offices to investigate his brief imposition of martial law. Yoon is already banned from foreign travel as part of an “insurrection”
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Seoul – “Squid Game” is back. Netflix’s most popular show ever, a dystopian South Korean vision of divided society, held the premiere to its highly anticipated second season on Monday as the country battles real-life political chaos. The show’s return
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