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Jeon Ji-ye, 33, stayed up all night at a sit-in protest in front of Gyeongbok Palace in central Seoul, Saturday, after she heard the news about President Yoon Suk Yeol’s surprise release from detention.
Kim, a 34-year-old coffee shop owner near Anguk Station in Seoul, has been eagerly counting down the days until the Constitutional Court’s final ruling on President Yoon Suk Yeol’s impeachment case. She said sales have decreased by “more than 90 percent” due to ongoing protests near her shop.
The western port city of Incheon became the city with the largest population growth and the highest birthrates in the country last year, the city government announced Sunday.
Massive rallies by those calling for President Yoon Suk Yeol’s immediate ousting and those supporting the Korean president grew more heated and fierce Sunday, just two days after his surprise release from detention.
Park, a 34-year-old office worker from Seoul, is eagerly awaiting the Constitutional Court's final verdict on the impeachment of President Yoon Suk Yeol, which is set to occur later this month following his martial law imposition on the nation late last year.
Police will deploy all available resources to prevent any potential civil unrest on the day of the Constitutional Court’s ruling on the impeachment of President Yoon Suk Yeol, which is expected later this month.
Korea needs to pass legislation to formalize the current system that grants temporary residency to undocumented children of foreign national parents — many of whom are staying in the country as illegal immigrants — before it expires at the end of this month, an international nongovernmental organization said Tuesday.
The Seoul Metropolitan Government announced Tuesday that 89 Filipino caregivers will continue providing child care services to 148 families in the capital as part of an extension of the city's pilot project.
The son of a ruling party lawmaker is under police investigation for allegedly trying to obtain marijuana in a residential area.