After 24-hour standoff at Seoul's Namtaeryeong pass, police have agreed to let some tractors from the Korean Peasants League proceed toward President Yoon's residence, following negotiations mediated by opposition lawmakers.1/ Amidst ongoing protests against impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol, farmers driving tractors and trucks have been locked in a standoff with police at Seoul's southern Namtaeryeong pass in freezing temperatures since noon yesterday.
SpaceX Falcon 9 successfully places South Korea's spy satellite into orbit: defense ministry
Rival protests take place in downtown Seoul over Yoon impeachment
South Korea's 3rd spy satellite lifts off from Vandenberg Space Force Base
1 week agoSouth Korean authorities make new attempt to raid presidential office, Yonhap reports
Il Pentagono conferma: "I soldati nordcoreani hanno combattuto a Kursk con i russi, insieme alle forze russe". "Abbiamo indicazioni che hanno subito vittime, sia uccise che ferite", secondo il @PentagonPresSec MajGen Pat Ryder.
US Treasury Department website announces new sanctions package related to North Korea and Russia
1 week agoSouth Korean Prosecutors are seeking an Arrest Warrant for Lieutenant General Lee Jin-woo, the Head of Capital Defense Command, for his involvement in the Martial Law Plot led by Impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol. Lee has been detained since Friday, with him being Questioned on Saturday by Investigators
Presidente Zelensky: Oggi ci sono già dati preliminari che indicano che i russi hanno iniziato a usare soldati della Corea del Nord negli assalti, un numero significativo. I russi li stanno includendo in unità consolidate e li stanno usando in operazioni nelle aree della regione di Kursk. Anche le perdite in questa categoria sono già significative
1 week agoCome affermato, attacco nordcoreano al fronte di Kursk
1 week agoSouth Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol was impeached on Saturday after lawmakers voted at the National Assembly, with many protesters celebrating in the streets
South Korean President Yoon has been impeached over his decision to impose martial law last week. He will lose authority but stay in office while the Constitutional Court hears the case. PM Han Duck-soo, who is also under criminal investigation, will be acting president
Nat'l Assembly begins vote on Yoon impeachment motion
Police are considering filing an arrest warrant for South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol and raiding the presidential residence, as part of their investigation into insurrection charges against him over his botched bid to impose martial law
Civic organisations in South Korea plan to organise more large-scale protests ahead of Saturday’s vote and millions of South Korean citizens are expected to take part in protests across the country
Protesters gather in front of the parliament in Seoul
South Korea's election committee condemned Yoon for "denying (the legitimacy of) the very voting system that made himself president" with his claims of potential voting fraud, saying Yoon's martial law that saw troops raid the committee's HQ a "significant.threat to democracy."
South Korean protesters confronted by police in Seoul
1 week agoSouth Korean police make second attempt to raid presidential office compound as President Yoon Suk Yeol vows to fight "until the very last minute"
1 week agoSouth Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol calls his political opponents as "anti-state forces", said North Korea has hacked the country's elections and defended his short-lived martial law order as a legal move to "protect democracy": "I will fight to the end"
South Korean president vows to fight to defend himself 'until the last moment'
North Korea state media have begun covering martial law in the South. 21 photos of protestors with K-pop light sticks on homepage of 'Workers Daily' [an article with photo ran in the print edition which is disseminated widely in the country]
South Korean police say security guards were blocking a special investigative team from raiding the main building of President Yoon Suk Yeol's offices
South Korea police raid President Yoon's office over his martial law declaration, arrested the chief of the police
Police raid National Police Agency, Seoul Metropolitan Police, National Assembly Police Guards over martial law declaration
2 week agoSenior officials from U.S, ROK and Japan met today in Tokyo and shared the view that the deepening military cooperation between the DPRK and Russia "are deeply destabilizing and pose a grave threat to regional and global security," per Department of the State
South Korean President Yoon banned from leaving the country
South Korea prosecutors open case on president Yoon Suk Yeol
Main opposition calls for immediate arrest, probe of Yoon
South Korea PM says maintaining alliance with U.S. and trilateral security cooperation with U.S., Japan crucial
