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Stock market today: Nvidia drags Wall Street lower as oil and gold rise

Dec. 09, 2024 14:00 PM EST

NEW YORK (AP) — A slide for market superstar Nvidia on Monday is helping to pull U.S. stock indexes down from their records. The S&P 500 fell by 0.3% in afternoon trading, coming off its 57th all-time high of the year so far. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was down 57 points,...

South Korea's democracy held after a 6-hour power play. What does it say for democracies elsewhere?

Dec. 09, 2024 06:48 AM EST

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — In an era of rising authoritarianism, at the heels of a six-hour martial law decree that unfolded while many South Koreans slept, something noteworthy happened: Democracy held. The past week in Seoul, officials and academics warn, is what a threat to...

South Korea's Justice Ministry imposes a travel ban on President Yoon over martial law

Dec. 09, 2024 06:44 AM EST

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea’s Justice Ministry on Monday imposed an overseas travel ban on President Yoon Suk Yeol as authorities investigate allegations of rebellion and other charges in connection with his short-lived declaration of martial law last week. Yoon’s...

South Korean prosecutors detain ex-defense chief over martial law imposition

Dec. 08, 2024 02:57 AM EST

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korean prosecutors on Sunday detained a former defense minister who allegedly recommended last week’s brief but stunning martial law imposition to President Yoon Suk Yeol, making him the first figure detained over the case. The development came a...

South Korea's president avoids an impeachment attempt over short-lived martial law

Dec. 07, 2024 20:10 PM EST

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea's embattled President Yoon Suk Yeol avoided an opposition-led attempt to impeach him over his short-lived imposition of martial law, as most ruling party lawmakers boycotted a parliamentary vote Saturday to deny a two-thirds majority needed to suspend his...

What to know about martial law and the impeachment vote threatening South Korea's president

Dec. 07, 2024 08:58 AM EST

TOKYO (AP) — For now, South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol has survived an impeachment attempt for sending heavily armed soldiers into Seoul’s streets with a baffling declaration of martial law that reminded many of the country’s past military-backed dictatorships. But even...

South Korean parliamentary motion to impeach President Yoon fails after ruling party lawmakers boycott vote

Dec. 07, 2024 07:29 AM EST
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korean parliamentary motion to impeach President Yoon fails after ruling party lawmakers boycott vote.

South Korea’s president says he’s 'very sorry' for causing anxiety with martial law declaration

Dec. 06, 2024 20:12 PM EST
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea’s president says he’s 'very sorry' for causing anxiety with martial law declaration.

South Korea's governing party head supports suspending Yoon's powers, making impeachment more likely

Dec. 06, 2024 18:35 PM EST

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea’s governing party chief expressed support Friday for suspending the constitutional powers of President Yoon Suk Yeol for imposing martial law this week, in a bombshell reversal that makes Yoon’s impeachment more likely. Opposition parties...

Han Kang, winner of the Nobel Literature Prize, is shocked by recent events in South Korea

Dec. 06, 2024 09:29 AM EST

STOCKHOLM (AP) — South Korean author Han Kang, this year's winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature, said Friday that she was shocked by this week's martial law announcement in her home country. Han, awarded by the Nobel committee “for her intense poetic prose that confronts...