Korea Times Finance Reporter
Lee Hyo-jin covers the Bank of Korea, the banking industry and broader financial news. Her previous beats include foreign affairs, North Korea and general reporting on Korean society.
An unprecedented act of mob violence by President Yoon Suk Yeol's staunch supporters at a Seoul court, in protest of his formal arrest, sparked widespread condemnation from both political and judicial circles, Sunday.
The Constitutional Court's second hearing on President Yoon Suk Yeol's impeachment proceeded without his attendance on Thursday, as the detained president failed to appear.
Nearly 70 percent of Koreans consider U.S. President-elect Donald Trump’s return to the White House to be unfavorable for Seoul, the highest percentage among the 23 countries surveyed, according to a multi-country polling report published on Wednesday.
President Yoon Suk Yeol’s impeachment trial at the Constitutional Court got off to a rocky start as the first formal hearing on Tuesday ended after just four minutes due to his absence.
Foreign Minister Cho Tae-yul and his Japanese counterpart Takeshi Iwaya said Monday that the trilateral partnership between Seoul, Washington and Tokyo will remain robust under the incoming U.S. Donald Trump administration.
As U.S. President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration ceremony on Jan. 20 approaches, all eyes are on which Korean figures will attend the event amid the ongoing political turmoil at home.
Rep. Kim Min-jeon of the ruling People Power Party (PPP) is facing criticism for supporting a controversial civic group calling itself the "anti-communist youth group," which pledges to stop investigators from detaining President Yoon Suk Yeol.
President Yoon Suk Yeol will comply with legal procedures if he is indicted or a formal arrest warrant is sought over his short-lived martial law, rather than the current warrant for temporary detention, his lawyers said, Wednesday.
Joseph Yun, former U.S. special representative for North Korea policy, has been appointed as the charge d'affaires to South Korea following the departure of U.S. Ambassador Philip Goldberg, according to diplomatic sources on Tuesday.
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken suggested Monday that Moscow might be planning to share advanced space and satellite technology with North Korea. This development, if true, could aid the isolated regime in advancing its goal of deploying multiple spy satellites to monitor its adversaries.