Polarization in South Korea, has helped a political leader rally enough support to potentially thwart accountability.
Acting President Choi Sang-mok faces not only the task of steering a shaky economy and rebuilding confidence among global allies but simply staying in his job amid the worst political crisis in decades.
South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol will accept the decision of the Constitutional Court that is trying parliament's impeachment case against him, even if it decides to remove the suspended leader from office,
For weeks, impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol has remained in his compound and refused to respond to detention and search warrants.
South Korea's acting President Choi Sang-mok said on Friday the government will make an all-out effort to stabilise the economy and will monitor financial markets around the clock to act if needed.
The government has little to show for the hundreds of billions of dollars spent on pro-natal policies over nearly two decades.
President Yoon Suk Yeol’s security service stopped an effort to detain him on insurrection charges and has vowed to do so again. Its roots are in the era of military dictatorships.
The U.S. secretary of state aimed to show that his country stood by South Korea as it grapples with a political crisis, and as Donald J. Trump returns to power.
Before it suffered the deadliest crash in South Korea's history, budget airline Jeju Air was moving fast: racking up record passenger numbers and flying its aircraft more than domestic rivals and many of its global peers,
South Korea’s acting leader has accepted the resignation of the chief of the presidential security service, Park Jong-joon, as he faced police questioning over how his forces blocked law enforcement efforts to detain impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol
We cannot overlook the fact that a president of a 37-year-old democracy self-righteously declared martial law. While South Korea is still in turmoil, Yoon’s position of justifying martial law despite internal and international criticism is shocking.