SEOUL, Jan. 17 (Korea Bizwire) – Impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol again refused to appear for questioning over his failed martial law bid Friday, the third day of his detention. The Corruption Investigation Office for High-ranking Officials (CIO) had ordered him to appear for further questioning at 10 a.m. after he failed to appear the [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — North Korea’s state media on Friday published reports about impeached South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol’s detention as part of an investigation into his botched imposition of martial law, two days after he was taken into custody. The Korean Central Broadcasting Station, a radio broadcaster, and the Rodong Sinmun [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — In a significant shift, South Korea’s Presidential Security Service (PSS) facilitated the execution of a second arrest warrant for President Yoon Suk-yeol on January 15, signaling a marked departure from its earlier stance. This cooperation contrasts starkly with the events of January 3, when PSS agents and soldiers from the [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — Investigators detained impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol at his residence Wednesday and were taking him away for questioning over his short-lived imposition of martial law. A warrant to detain Yoon was executed at 10:33 a.m., according to the Corruption Investigation Office for High-ranking Officials (CIO). Live TV footage showed [...]
BUSAN, Jan. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — Busan Mayor Park Heong-joon has received an official invitation to the inauguration ceremony of U.S. President-elect Donald Trump, slated for Jan. 20, and he is carefully considering whether to fly to Washington, D.C., city officials said Tuesday. Park has become the first mayor of Busan to be invited to [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — The Constitutional Court is set to hold the first formal hearing of President Yoon Suk Yeol’s impeachment trial Tuesday with Yoon absent from the proceedings out of safety concerns. The hearing is scheduled for 2 p.m. and will be held exactly a month after the National Assembly voted to [...]
WASHINGTON/SEOUL, Jan. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — The Korean American grassroots organization, Korean American Public Action Committee (KAPAC), has publicly condemned Rep. Young Kim (R-CA) for her defense of what it described as “pro-coup forces” aligned with South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol. KAPAC criticized Kim for remarks made in a recent op-ed published by The Hill, [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — For the second year in a row, South Korea will participate in the annual North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Military Chiefs’ meeting, reflecting its growing engagement in global security discussions. According to military sources, Lieutenant General Son Jeong-hwan, head of Strategic Planning at South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS), [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — In a recent op-ed for The Hill, U.S. Congresswoman Young Kim (R-CA) argued that the political forces behind South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol’s impeachment pose a threat to the U.S.-South Korea alliance and trilateral cooperation with Japan. Kim’s comments mark the first instance of U.S. lawmakers openly criticizing the impeachment [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — The National Assembly was set to hold a revote Wednesday on two special counsel bills targeting impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol over his failed martial law bid and allegations surrounding first lady Kim Keon Hee. The special counsel bill targeting Yoon calls for the designation of special prosecutors to [...]