South Korea’s impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol has spent his first night incarcerated as a pre-trial inmate at the Seoul Detention Centre after a court issued a formal detention warrant on Sunday to hold him for up to 20 days.
South Korea cuts 2025 growth forecast over political crisis
SEOUL – South Korea’s central bank said on Jan 20 it had slashed its 2025 growth forecast because of the political crisis triggered by President Yoon Suk Yeol’s declaration of martial law last month.
Exports to slow in January due to fewer business days: trade minister
Trade Minister Cheong In-kyo said Monday that South Korea’s exports are anticipated to experience a slowdown this month due to a reduced number of business days as a result of the Lunar New Year …
S. Korea’s 2025 growth outlook to be slashed to 1.6-1.7 pct amid martial law crisis: BOK
The Bank of Korea (BOK) said Monday its outlook for South Korea’s economic growth this year may be lowered to as low as 1.6 percent due to a political crisis sparked by suspended President Yoon Suk …
S. Korea’s 2025 growth outlook to be slashed to 1.6-1.7 pct amid martial law crisis: BOK
The Bank of Korea (BOK) said Monday its outlook for South Korea’s economic growth this year may be lowered to as low as 1.6 percent due to a political crisis sparked by suspended President Yoon Suk …
Protesters storm South Korea court after it extends Yoon’s detention
Supporters of impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol pushed past lines of police to enter the court, some destroying furniture and blasting fire extinguishers at officers trying to suppress them.
31 Vietnamese fall victim to South Korea employment scam
A man in Can Tho in the Mekong Delta has been arrested for defrauding 31 individuals out of more than VND3 billion ($118,437) with promises of employment in South Korea.
Philippines, South Korea partner to promote digital transformation, innovation
The Philippines has partnered with South Korea to pursue digital transformation and innovation efforts to drive economic growth.
The Henri Cartier-Bresson of South Korea
Han Youngsoo chronicled the postwar transformation of mid-century Seoul, complicating popular depictions of that era as one solely of deprivation and hardship.
North Korea warns of responding ‘more intensively’ to U.S. drills with South Korea, Japan
North Korea warned Friday that it would exercise its right to self-defense “more intensively” as it condemned recent joint air drills among South Korea, the United States and Japan.