Yoon Suk-yeol
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Asia
Snap Insight: South Korea’s Lee Jae-myung has won the presidency. Now comes the hard part
With a progressive administration in South Korea once again in place, along with United States President Donald Trump and Pyongyang’s…
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Live: Exit polls predict South Korea presidential election victory for Lee Jae-myung
Lee Jae-myung of the left-leaning Democratic Party is on track to win South Korea’s presidential election by a landslide, exit…
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South Korea ex-President Yoon leaves PPP, urges support for party candidate Kim
SEOUL: South Korea’s ousted former President Yoon Suk Yeol said on Saturday (May 17) that he is leaving the conservative…
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South Korea jails two over courthouse riot linked to ex-president
SEOUL: A South Korean court handed two men jail terms on Wednesday (May 14) for their role in a January…
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South Korean conservative party moves to switch presidential candidates as election turmoil deepens
SEOUL: South Korea’s embattled conservative party has taken the unprecedented step of nullifying its primary and replacing presidential candidate Kim…
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Commentary: South Korea’s upcoming presidential election will dramatically change its foreign policy
US-SOUTH KOREAN ALLIANCE Mr Lee’s foreign policy instincts portend a major alliance crisis. If disputes between the US and China…
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Ousted South Korean President Yoon leaves official residence
Some 280 police were deployed around his private home on Friday ahead of the move, and Yoon is to be…
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South Korea assembly speaker proposes revising constitution to curb presidency
A Gallup Korea opinion survey last month found 54 per cent supporting constitutional revision to fix the presidential system and…
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Snap Insight: After Yoon’s impeachment, South Korea must learn the right lessons from its crisis
SNAP ELECTION WILL SHOW IF ANYTHING WAS LEARNT Whether these lessons are learnt will soon be evident. Stripped of his…
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Unanimous decision by South Korea’s Constitutional Court to oust President Yoon
SEOUL: South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol was ousted by the Constitutional Court on Friday (Apr 4), which upheld parliament’s impeachment…
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