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A popular Korean bubble tea franchise has come under scrutiny after one of the store managers allegedly instructed employees to inform him before contacting their families in the event of a plane crash, according to a report in South China Morning Post. The diktat came on the same day when South Korea recorded its worst…
A motorcade carrying South Korea’s impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol leaves for Seoul Detention Center at the Corruption Investigation Office for High-ranking Officials (CIO) following his arrest, in Gwacheon, South Korea, on January 15, 2025. | Photo Credit: Reuters South Korea’s arrested President Yoon Suk Yeol will not attend a new round of questioning by…
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Seoul: South Korean investigators have called in arrested President Yoon Suk Yeol for questioning again, the Yonhap News Agency reported, as authorities face a Friday deadline to obtain a warrant to extend his detention or release the embattled leader. In order to hold Yoon in custody for longer, investigators are expected on Friday to ask…
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Seoul: South Korean authorities on Wednesday arrested impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol over insurrection accusations related to his brief declaration of martial law on December 3, investigators said. He is the first sitting president in South Korea’s history to be arrested. According to reports, the suspended President was seen leaving his heavily fortified residence in…
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Seoul: South Korean investigators made a fresh attempt to arrest impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol on Wednesday over a failed martial law bid, but were involved in clashes after being blocked by his guards. Yoon has resisted arrest since a short-lived December 3 power grab plunged the country into its worst political crisis in decades,…
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Members of the Presidential Security Service gather behind the entrance of the official residence of impeached South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol, as authorities, including the Corruption Investigation Office for High-ranking Officials, are seeking to execute an arrest warrant, in Seoul, South Korea, January 15, 2025. | Photo Credit: Reuters Two vehicles belonging to South…
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Seoul, South Korea: South Korean authorities said on Monday they will change the concrete barriers used for navigation at airports around the country after the Jeju Air crash that left 179 people dead. The Boeing 737-800 was flying from Thailand to Muan, South Korea, on December 29 carrying 181 passengers and crew when it belly-landed…
At least 3,000 North Korean soldiers have died in Ukraine. (Representational image) Seoul, South Korea: North Korean soldiers fighting in Russia’s war against Ukraine have been told by Pyongyang to kill themselves rather than be captured alive, a South Korean lawmaker said Monday after a briefing from the country’s spy agency. “Memos found on soldiers…
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Seoul, South Korea: The black boxes holding the flight data and cockpit voice recorders for the crashed Jeju Air flight that left 179 people dead stopped recording four minutes before the disaster, South Korea’s transport ministry said Saturday. The Boeing 737-800 was flying from Thailand to Muan, South Korea, on December 29 carrying 181 passengers…
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Seoul, South Korea: South Korean anti-graft investigators secured a new court-ordered arrest warrant Tuesday for impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol, whose failed martial law bid threw the country into turmoil. The former star prosecutor has refused questioning three times after his bungled December 3 martial law decree plunged South Korea into its worst political crisis…
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