SEOUL (AFP): Impeached South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol appeared set to evade arrest ahead of a Monday night deadline after anti-graft investigators asked for more time to enforce a warrant. The former star prosecutor has defiantly refused questioning three times over a bungled martial law decree last month and remained holed up in his residence...
SEOUL (Reuters) -South Korea's acting president faces an impeachment vote on Friday, intensifying a political crisis as the Constitutional Court meets for its first hearing on suspended President Yoon Suk Yeol's short-lived martial law declared on Dec. 3. The push to impeach Prime Minister Han Duck-soo, who has been acting president since Yoon was impeached on...
Jennie, a member of four-member K-pop girl group Blackpink, will release her first solo studio album in 2025. The 28-year-old made the announcement in a 4½-minute video which went live on YouTube on Dec 23, and was linked to her website on Dec 25. In the video, the South Korea-born star shared that she hopes listeners will...
The stars of the popular South Korean variety show Running Man will be coming to Malaysia on Feb 15 next year. Through the Running Man Run 2 U Live In Kuala Lumpur tour, the six main cast members of the show will take the stage at the Mines International Exhibition and Convention Centre (MIECC), Seri Kembangan, Kuala Lumpur. The...
Harbin, which has been confirmed for a Christmas release in South Korea, is poised to redefine Korean cinema by reimagining the legendary historical figure Ahn Jung-geun with world-class visuals and sound. (The film is set to hit cinemas in Malaysia on Jan 2, 2025.) While Korean films revisiting the period of Japanese colonisation and the independence movement...
SEOUL: Troops mobilised under the Dec 3 martial law decree brought with them thousands of rounds of live ammunition for their operations, reports revealed on Dec 17. The 707th Special Missions Group of the Army’s Special Warfare Command brought 3,960 live ammunition rounds, 1,980 blank rounds and 100 cartridges for stun guns when they were deployed...
SEOUL: South Korea is urging tourists to continue visiting the East Asian country, as also actively engaging with foreign governments regarding the safety of tour groups following political tensions triggered by a failed martial law attempt. "There is a slight concern that tourist arrivals may decline next year,” Culture Minister Yu In-Chon said in an interview...
BEIJING (SCMP): A man in China was sentenced to four years in prison after he accidentally threw his six-month-old daughter out of their flat window, resulting in her death and sending shock waves through the community. A court in the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region of Western China recently sentenced the father, surnamed Zhao, for manslaughter, as...
SEOUL: Whatever South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol thought of when he suddenly declared martial law on Tuesday (Nov 4), it didn't work. Less than 24 hours later, he has revoked the martial law after lawmakers defied him, and his own position now is in jeopardy. South Koreans hold signs reading "Expulsion of Yoon Suk Yeol" during...
SEOUL: Malaysian Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim on Monday met with South Korean President Yoon Suek Yeol at the Yongsan Presidential Office, here. The two leaders, accompanied by several ministers, held a bilateral meeting starting at 11.10am (10.10am Malaysian time) for about an hour where they touched on the achievements and progress made since both...
