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South Korea's Yoon will not attend first impeachment trial hearing, Yonhap says, citing lawyer

South Korea's impeached president, Yoon Suk Yeol, will not attend the first hearing of the trial to determine whether he is removed him from office or reinstated, due to concerns about his safety, Yonhap News reported on Sunday,

Inquirer on MSN · 3h

South Korea’s Yoon will not attend first impeachment hearing

South Korea’s suspended President Yoon Suk Yeol will not attend the first hearing of his impeachment trial next week because of safety concerns, his lawyer said on Sunday. Yoon has been holed up in the presidential residence and protected by an elite guard force since being suspended and impeached last month following a short-lived declaration of martial law that plunged the country into political chaos.

LA Times on MSN · 2d

South Korea’s far right borrows from Trump’s playbook to bolster impeached Yoon

The president's conservative supporters contend that the country has been overrun by North Korea sympathizers conspiring to destroy South Korea’s freedoms.

South Korea air crash recorders missing final 4 minutes

The Associated Press on MSN · 17h

Black boxes from South Korea plane crash failed to record final 4 minutes, officials say

Officials say the black boxes of a Boeing jetliner that crashed in South Korea last month stopped recording about four minutes before the accident.

U.S. News & World Report · 1d

South Korea Jeju Air Jet Blackboxes Stopped Recording 4 Minutes Before Crash, Ministry Says

The flight data and cockpit voice recorders on the Jeju Air jet that crashed on Dec. 29 stopped recording four minutes before the airliner hit a concrete structure at South Korea's Muan airport, the transport ministry said on Saturday.

UPI News on MSN · 21h

Jeju Air black boxes stopped working minutes before deadly crash in South Korea

The two flight recorders on board a South Korean airliner stopped working before the jet crashed during an emergency landing and subsequent crash that killed 179 of the 181 people on board, officials said Saturday.

Seoul confirms Ukraine captured 2 North Korean soldiers

BBC · 1d

Ukraine says it captured two injured North Korean soldiers in Russia

Two wounded North Korean soldiers have been captured as prisoners of war by Ukrainian troops in Russia's Kursk Oblast, President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Saturday. The two men are receiving "necessary medical assistance" and are in the custody of the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) in Kyiv,

Barron's · 9h

Seoul Confirms Ukraine Captured 2 North Korean Soldiers

South Korea's National Intelligence Service said Sunday it confirmed Ukraine captured two wounded North Korean soldiers this week in Russia, after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said they were being questioned.

Daily Wrap on MSN · 4h

North Korean soldiers' capture exposes unforeseen battlefield ties

The South Korean intelligence service confirmed the capture of two North Korean soldiers by Ukraine. One of them admitted that North Korean forces suffered significant losses. The South Korean intelligence service (NIS) confirmed reports of the capture of two North Korean soldiers by Ukrainian troops in the Russian Kursk region.

New York Sun2h

Standoff in South Korea Raises the Specter of Bloody Clashes No Doubt Welcomed by Kim Jong-un in North Korea

The danger of violence begins with the security service defending the president — and extends to firebrands confronting one ...

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South Korea’s acting leader accepts resignation of presidential security chief

South Korean police has questioned the chief of the presidential security service as the two agencies clashed over attempts ...

Two weeks in, South Korea's latest leader Choi walks political tightrope

Acting President Choi Sang-mok faces not only the task of steering a shaky economy and rebuilding confidence among global ...

2don MSN

Flights, shipping delayed as South Korea struggles in grip of extreme low temperatures

South Korea was experiencing the coldest day of the winter so far Thursday with temperatures ranging from 14 degrees ...

4don MSN

What to know about the siege outside South Korea’s presidential compound

For weeks, impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol has remained in his compound and refused to respond to detention and search ...

Analysis-South Korea jet crash puts fast-growing Jeju Air's safety under scrutiny

Before it suffered the deadliest crash in South Korea's history, budget airline Jeju Air was moving fast: racking up record ...

Anadolu Ajansi2d

Top Japanese diplomat to visit Seoul amid political crisis in South Korea

Japan’s Foreign Minister Takeshi Iwaya will fly to Seoul for talks with his counterpart on Monday amid an ongoing political ...

Season’s coldest wave hits South Korea, temperatures dip below minus 10 deg C

SEOUL - The season’s coldest temperatures swept over South Korea on Jan 9 with a cold wave advisory issued in most parts of ...

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