Korea Times Digital Content Reporter
Kwak Yeon-soo is a digital editor at The Korea Times creating, editing and curating digital content for the newspaper’s website, mobile app and social media. She previously covered a diverse array of cultural, political and business topics.
President Yoon Suk Yeol escaped impeachment on Saturday, as the National Assembly failed to pass the motion to oust him over his short-lived martial law, which sent shockwaves through Korea and triggered massive street protests.
The National Assembly is set to vote, Saturday, on President Yoon Suk Yeol’s impeachment, following his short-lived declaration of martial law, which is widely regarded as a violation of the Constitution.
President Yoon Suk Yeol’s sudden declaration of emergency martial law on Tuesday night stunned the nation, leaving many fuming over his rash action, according to political pundits, Wednesday.
Nearly 60 percent of international survey respondents are skeptical about the possibility of North Korea giving up its nuclear weapons as the reclusive country continues to advance its nuclear and missile programs, results showed Tuesday.
Rival parties clashed during a plenary parliamentary session, Monday, over the National Assembly’s decisions to postpone tabling a budget bill for next year and introduce a motion to impeach the chief state auditor and three prosecutors related to the relocation of the presidential office and first lady investigation.
The main opposition Democratic Party of Korea's (DPK) attempt to impeach the state auditor chief and prosecutors is drawing backlash from ruling party lawmakers and political commentators, who say that the DPK is exploiting its majority to play party politics, according to political pundits Friday.
Foreign Minister Cho Tae-yul said Thursday that he takes full responsibility for a dispute surrounding Japan’s Sado mines memorial ceremony and added that the government will urge Japan to hold a sincere memorial next year to honor Korean forced laborers from the wartime period.
President Yoon Suk Yeol held closed-door talks with a Ukrainian delegation in Seoul, Wednesday, and discussed support measures for the country amid its war with Russia, according to the presidential office.
Cho Min, the daughter of former Justice Minister and current Rebuilding Korea Party Chairman Rep. Cho Kuk, launched a beauty brand called CEROLABS, according to reports.
North Korea is intensifying internal control over its military and citizens in what seems to be an effort to suppress any dissent regarding the regime's troop deployment to support Russia's war against Ukraine, the Ministry of Unification said, Tuesday.