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  South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol removed from office as Constitutional Court upholds impeachment

  World | April 04, 2025 10:57 IST

  South Korea's Constitutional Court has ruled that President Yoon Suk-yeol's martial law declaration on December 3 did not meet legal criteria for a national crisis. The ruling raises political and legal questions over the government’s handling of protests and security concerns.

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  South Korea issues arrest warrant for impeached President Yoon- What happens next?

  News | December 31, 2024 17:09 IST

  South Korea's anti-corruption agency announced that the Seoul Western District Court has issued a detention warrant for impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol, along with approval to search his presidential office.

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  South Korea: People hold protest in Seoul against impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol

  News | December 28, 2024 17:35 IST

  South Korea: Demonstrators in Seoul peacefully protested against impeached South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol. The impeachment of South Korea's acting President Han Duck-soo has plunged the country into further political turmoil.

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  South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol impeached by Parliament over short-lived martial law

  World | December 14, 2024 17:36 IST

  South Korea’s National Assembly impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol after his controversial martial law decree on December 3, which caused widespread political unrest. Yoon’s martial law, the first in over four decades, lasted only six hours but sparked protests and legal investigations.

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  South Korean police raids President Yoon Suk Yeol's office over martial law declaration: Report

  World | December 11, 2024 9:25 IST

  South Korea’s police raided the presidential office as part of an investigation into President Yoon Suk Yeol’s martial law declaration. Top police officials detained, while opposition pushes for impeachment amid political turmoil.

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  South Korea: Martial law implemented, reversed within a chaotic night | In Pics

  World | December 04, 2024 13:14 IST

  South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol implemented martial law in the democratic country citing an 'anti-state' plot in collaboration with North Korea as the reason. However, six hours later the law was lifted.

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  South Korea martial law: What led to military rule decision that caused upheaval? EXPLAINED

  Explainers | December 04, 2024 13:05 IST

  South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol on late Tuesday night announced martial law in the country citing an 'anti-state' plot against the government. However, after massive outrage and a bipartisan vote, he was compelled to lift the law.

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  South Korean President lifts martial law after massive public outrage, lawmakers opposition

  World | December 04, 2024 6:50 IST

  The south Korean President announced martial law late Tuesday night, after which the military proclaimed that parliament and other political gatherings that could cause “social confusion” would be suspended. In all, the martial law was in effect for about six hours.

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  North Korea: Kim Jong Un's sister warns of 'horrible disaster' if Seoul flies drones over Pyongyang

  World | October 13, 2024 14:40 IST

  Kim Yo Jong called South Korea "childish" and "ignorant" and accused it of evading responsibility for flying drones over Pyongyang. This came after North Korea's foreign ministry on Friday accused South Korea of sending drones into Pyongyang at night this week and the last.

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  North Korea's attempt to put second military spy satellite into orbit failed, exploded in mid-air

  World | May 27, 2024 21:44 IST

  South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff said in that a North Korean rocket was launched in a southern direction off the Korean Peninsula’s west coast. It said four minutes after the launch, many fragments were spotted in the waters.

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  South Korean lawmaker attacked with rock-like object, hospitalised: Police

  World | January 25, 2024 16:40 IST

  According to local media, the 15-year-old unidentified assailant attacked lawmaker Bae Hyun-jin in southern Seoul with a rock-like object. This is the second attack on a South Korean lawmaker this month after opposition Democratic Party leader Lee Jae-myung was stabbed in the neck in Busan on Jan 2.

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  North Korea fires 'several cruise missiles' into sea, claims South Korea

  World | July 22, 2023 7:32 IST

  North Korea remained freely quiet for a fifth day on the fate of an American soldier who bolted into the North across the heavily armed Korean boundary this week.

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  South Korean flight with 194 passengers onboard flies with open door I What happened NEXT? VIDEO

  World | May 26, 2023 17:42 IST

  According to the statement released by the Transport Ministry, the incident happened on Asiana Airlines Airbus A321 aircraft where some fellow passengers even tried to stop the person from opening the door, but it was eventually opened partially.

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  North Korea: Kim Jong Un tests nuclear-capable undersea drone

  World | March 24, 2023 8:10 IST

  North Korea: Kim Jong Un has vowed to make his rivals "plunge into despair" and recently tested a nuclear-capable underwater attack drone.

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  North Korea fires long-range ballistic missile towards East Sea ahead of South Korea-Japan summit

  World | March 16, 2023 7:45 IST

  North Korea launches ICBM: The launch, the North’s first ICBM test in a month and third weapons testing this week, also comes as South Korean and US troops continue joint military exercises that Pyongyang considers a rehearsal to invade.

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  North Korea fires three ballistic missiles amid tensions over drone flights with South Korea

  World | December 31, 2022 7:32 IST

  North Korea fires missile: South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said in a statement it detected the three launches from an inland area south of Pyongyang, the North’s capital, on Saturday morning.

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  South Korean police admit to 'not effectively handling crowd surge' during Halloween festivities

  World | November 01, 2022 13:46 IST

  South Korean government is facing massive public scrutiny over whether the crowd surge Saturday night in Seoul’s Itaewon district could have been prevented and who should take the responsibility for the country’s worst disaster in years.

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  Seoul Halloween stampede: At least 151dead in crowd surge

  World | October 30, 2022 15:06 IST

  A mass of mostly young people celebrating Halloween in Seoul became trapped and crushed as the crowd surged into a narrow alley, killing at least 151 people and injuring 153 others in South Korea’s worst disaster in years.

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  Seoul Halloween Stampede: Heartbreaking visuals of people performing CPR on streets go viral

  Trending | October 30, 2022 7:59 IST

  Halloween festivities in Seoul, South Korea turned tragic when a stampede resulted in the deaths of over 150 people, mostly in their 20s, in a popular nightlife center in the city.

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  Seoul Halloween stampede: At least 151 killed after crowd surge; over 150 injured

  World | December 16, 2022 12:00 IST

  Seoul Halloween stampede: Choi Seong-beom, chief of Seoul’s Yongsan fire department, said the death toll could rise further and that an unspecified number among the injured were in critical condition.