SEOUL, April 5 (Korea Bizwire) — The impeachment and removal of former President Yoon Suk-yeol on Friday has thrown the South Korean government’s labor reform agenda into disarray, raising uncertainty over the future of key workplace policies just as the country enters a snap presidential election cycle. While the ruling party had continued to push [...]
SEOUL, April 5 (Korea Bizwire) — In the aftermath of the Constitutional Court’s historic ruling to remove President Yoon Suk Yeol from office, small business owners across South Korea expressed cautious optimism that the political turmoil that gripped the country for the past four months might finally ease—though few expect an immediate turnaround in the [...]
WASHINGTON, April 4 (Korea Bizwire) – U.S. experts on Friday anticipated a tough road ahead for the Seoul-Washington alliance in the coming months, noting the bilateral relationship would remain in limbo until South Korea elects a successor to now-dismissed President Yoon Suk Yeol. Some pointed to Yoon’s ouster in accordance with constitutional procedures as another [...]
SEOUL, April 4 (Korea Bizwire) — The European Union (EU) expressed respect Friday for South Korea’s Constitution and legal proceedings after the Constitutional Court ruled to remove President Yoon Suk Yeol from office, while reaffirming the strategic partnership with Seoul. “The EU respects the Constitution and legal proceedings in the Republic of Korea,” an EU [...]
SEOUL, April 1 (Korea Bizwire) — The Constitutional Court said it will deliver its ruling on President Yoon Suk Yeol’s impeachment over his short-lived martial law bid at 11 a.m. Friday. The verdict will be delivered from the court and live broadcasts will be allowed, along with attendance by the public, the court said in [...]
SEOUL, March 25 (Korea Bizwire) — A group of farmers calling for President Yoon Suk Yeol’s impeachment rallied with tractor-laden trucks in southern Seoul on Tuesday, ahead of a highly anticipated court ruling. The Korean Peasants League members drove their trucks, which carried tractors, to Namtaeryeong pass but were unable to proceed further north as [...]
SEOUL, March 19 (Korea Bizwire) – Police will deploy about 14,000 riot police officers in Seoul on the day of President Yoon Suk Yeol’s impeachment ruling by the Constitutional Court to respond to possible social unrest, police officials said Wednesday. The number represents 60 percent of all available riot control forces to be mobilized nationwide [...]
SEOUL, March 11 (Korea Bizwire) — Acting President Choi Sang-mok on Tuesday pledged “zero tolerance” for any acts of violence as the Constitutional Court is set to deliver its ruling on whether to reinstate or remove impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol. The court is expected to announce its decision as early as this week, raising [...]
SEOUL, March 3 (Korea Bizwire) — About two dozen students, alumni and others gathered at Ewha Womans University in Seoul last week, denouncing the National Assembly’s impeachment of President Yoon Suk Yeol as “invalid,” only to encounter another group of students holding an in-school rally calling for Yoon’s ouster at the same time. The encounter [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — Impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol was set to attend the first preliminary hearing of his criminal trial Thursday on charges of leading an insurrection, making him the nation’s first sitting president to stand criminal trial. With his impeachment trial at the Constitutional Court nearing its final stage, the preliminary [...]