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, by WON Youngsu
South Korea’s Constitutional Court finally ratified former president Yoon Suk Yeol’s impeachment on April 4, 111 days after parliament voted to remove him for his attempted December 3 self-coup. Explaining the judges’ unanimous decision, acting president of the bench Moon Hyung-bae said Yoon’s (…)
A pro-Yoon fringe movement, stoked by right-wing YouTubers, has become both more energised and extreme
Pained cries rang out in front of former South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol’s official residence on Friday, as judges of the Constitutional Court judges confirmed his impeachment.
“I (…)
, by McCURRY Justin
The court said Yoon had ‘committed a grave betrayal of the trust of the people’ over his ill-fated declaration of martial law in December
Moment South Korean court removed Yoon Suk Yeol from presidency – video
South Korea’s suspended president, Yoon Suk Yeol, has been removed from office (…)
, by McCURRY Justin
Officials point to ultra-dry conditions as death toll reaches 27 and fires threaten Unesco heritage sites
Authorities in South Korea are battling wildfires that have doubled in size in a day in the country’s worst ever natural fire disaster.
At least 27 people have died and hundreds of (…)
, by HONG Myungkyo
Hong Myungkyo highlights the central role working-class and social movements played in thwarting South Korean President Yoon Seok-yeol’s attempted coup in December 2024 and considers new openings for the Left.
From stopping martial law to the articles of impeachment
On December 3, 2024, at (…)
, by Kap Seol
South Korea’s right-wing president, Yoon Suk-yeol, has finally been arrested after his attempt to stage a coup. But Yoon’s supporters are still mobilizing aggressively, hoping that Donald Trump will take their side over false claims of electoral fraud.
On January 15, law enforcement officials (…)
, by LEE Heejo
IBK Industrial Bank of Korea’s labor union, which is on strike over wage hikes, is raising its voice, asking “to lift IBK from other public institutions.” This is because the Industrial Bank of Korea can adjust employees’ wages without being controlled by the government only when they are (…)
, by Korea Times
Unionized workers of Industrial Bank of Korea, one of the key policy lenders in Korea, staged a strike Friday for a hike in wages and other benefits.
Some 3,200 workers joined the strike, slightly over 50 percent of the staff at branches nationwide, according to the labor union.
The policy (…)
, by CLARK Caitlyn
In the nail-biting new season of Netflix’s hit series Squid Game, players’ desperate circumstances push them to make fatally risky bets on individual success even when collective action might save them.
If the debut season of the Korean Netflix series Squid Game laid bare the ails of modern (…)
, par WALKER Yoon
On Friday morning, officials abandoned an attempt to detain South Korea’s embattled president, throwing the country deeper into chaos.
It was a tumultuous end to 2024 for South Korea. On December 14, the country’s president, Yoon Suk Yeol, was impeached over his short-lived declaration of (…)
, by CARVALHAES Ana C., DUTRA Israel
A military coup attempt (or self-coup, as some prefer) by an elected and unpopular president triggered, at the beginning of this month in the distant yet familiar South Korea, a mass mobilisation led by young people aged 20 to 30, to the sound of a hit by a female K-Pop group. And for now, it (…)
, by WON Youngsu
Eleven historic days of popular struggle between President Yoon Suk-yeol’s failed self-coup on December 3 and his impeachment on December 14 sealed Yoon’s fate. Yoon’s impeachment represents a tremendous triumph of people power amid a slow-motion political suicide committed by reactionary (…)
, by WON Youngsu
President Yoon Suk-yeol broke his silence on December 12, delivering a speech to the nation in which he claimed his declaration of martial law on December 3 was simply a warning to the opposition and not intended as a revolt. Unsurprisingly, his ridiculous excuses backfired, with the leader of (…)
, by ROUSSET Pierre
President Yoon Suk Yeol’s imposition of martial law on 3 December was quickly defeated. Good news, but not the only news.
The reasons behind President Yoon’s ill-prepared putsch remain unclear (as does Emmanuel Macron’s decision to dissolve the National Assembly at a highly inauspicious (…)
, by SHIN Mitch
With the ruling party holding a meeting to avoid the vote, the National Assembly was short of a quorum.
On December 7, South Korea’s ruling People Power Party (PPP) succeeded in preventing South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol from being impeached over his short-lived declaration of martial (…)
, by WON Youngsu
President Yoon Suk Yeol’s declaration of martial law has sparked outrage in the streets and concern among South Korea’s international allies.
President Yoon Suk Yeol’s self-coup failed within 153 minutes. Though the situation remains volatile, people are safe from the threat of military (…)
, by HYND Alexander M.
On Tuesday night, South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol sent shockwaves through the world by declaring martial law in the country.
Yoon’s opponents in the National Assembly immediately sought to mass at the legislature to block the decree. This led to a dramatic confrontation with soldiers over (…)
, by Crisis24
KCTU union launches indefinite general strike across South Korea Dec. 4; other strikes continue. Transport, business disruptions likely.
Workers represented by the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions (KCTU) launched an indefinite nationwide labor strike on Dec. 4. Labor leaders assert that (…)
, by CHOO Chon Kai
Yoon Suk-yeol, South Korea’s right-wing president, tried to emulate previous dictatorial leaders, such as Park Chung-hee and Chun Doo-hwan, to maintain his power through the implementation of martial law. But he failed within just six hours, because the Korean people rose up against him (…)
, by KCTU
The unimaginable has happened. Martial law has been declared for the first time in 44 years. On December 3rd, Yoon Suk-yeol announced an emergency statement at the Presidential Office in Yongsan late at night and declared martial law. While the stated reason for declaring martial law is “to (…)
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