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North Korean leader Kim inspects nuclear facility as Pyongyang pressures Trump administration

Jan. 29, 2025 03:08 AM EST

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un inspected a facility that produces nuclear material and called for bolstering the country’s nuclear fighting capability, state media reported Wednesday, as the North looks to increase pressure on the United States following the...

What to expect after South Korea's impeached president was indicted on rebellion charges

Jan. 27, 2025 19:55 PM EST

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol has become the country's first leader to be indicted, less than two weeks after he was the first to be detained. The impeached, jailed president, who had been holed up in his presidential compound for weeks after...

South Korean prosecutors indict impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol over his martial law

Jan. 26, 2025 10:56 AM EST

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korean prosecutors on Sunday indicted impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol on rebellion in connection with his short-lived imposition of martial law, a criminal charge that could incur the death penalty or life imprisonment if convicted. This is the...

South Koreans turn funeral wreaths and K-pop light sticks into political protest tools

Jan. 25, 2025 13:51 PM EST

SEOUL (AP) — South Koreans are repurposing flower wreaths and K-pop light sticks as political protest tools amid the nation’s deepest political crisis in decades, sparked by President Yoon Suk Yeol’s short-lived martial law declaration in December. Hundreds of wreaths,...