Hundreds of thousands of people took part in rival rallies in Seoul Saturday, protesting for and against the impeachment of President Park Geun-Hye, after months of political turmoil in South Korea. Park was impeached by parliament in December over a corruption scandal that tapped into mounting economic and social frustrations and brought millions of people … Read more
South Korean prosecutors arrested the culture minister on Saturday, on suspicion of abuse of power for drawing up a blacklist of artists, writers and entertainers critical of the country’s impeached president, Park Geun-hye. Cho Yoon-sun became the first sitting minister ever to be arrested, the special prosecutor’s team said, before she was taken in for … Read more
A Buddhist monk is critically ill after setting himself on fire in protest at South Korea’s deal with Japan over its sexual enslavement of Korean women during World War Two. The 64-year-old man suffered third-degree burns and remains unconscious in hospital, officials say. He set himself alight during a protest on Saturday calling for the … Read more
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has hinted that he may shortly run for the presidency of his native South Korea. Mr Ban’s term as the world’s top diplomat expires at the end of December. In his final press conference as UN chief, Mr Ban said that after some rest he will return to South Korea … Read more
President Park Geun-hye faces an impeachment vote in parliament on Friday over an influence peddling scandal that could lead to her becoming South Korea’s first democratically elected leader to be removed from office in disgrace. There have been mass rallies every Saturday for the past six weeks calling for Park to quit, and opinion polls … Read more
Around 1.8 million people are attending protests in South Korea calling for scandal-plagued President Park Geun-hye to resign over alleged corruption. Meanwhile, opposition parties have introduced a long-promised impeachment bill. Seoul is once again the scene of the largest of the demonstrations, with the Korea Times reporting that 1.5 million people attended the protest in … Read more
South Korea’s three opposition parties have agreed to submit a motion to impeach President Park Geun-hye, saying they want a vote to take place on December 9. Accused of colluding with a close friend who faces embezzlement charges, Park said last week she would be willing to step down in the face of weekly mass … Read more
Hundreds of thousands rallied in central Seoul on Saturday for a fifth week of protests against President Park Geun-hye, in the largest ongoing series of demonstrations in the country since the 1987 movement to democratise South Korea. Park’s presidency has been rocked by allegations that a close friend used her ties to the leader to … Read more
Some two million people are expected to join nationwide protests in South Korea to demand the resignation of President Park Geun-hye, organisers say. They estimate 1.5 million will gather in Seoul and 500,000 in other regions – in what would be largest rallies since the demonstrations began five week ago. About 25,000 police are being … Read more
South Korean prosecutors raided the offices of Samsung Group following media reports of alleged links with a confidante of President Park Geun-hye who has been indicted in an influence-peddling scandal, a prosecution official said. Wednesday’s raid comes as Samsung faces allegations it bribed Park’s confidant Choi Soon-Sil to win state approval for a controversial merger … Read more
Scores of South Korean ruling Saenuri Party lawmakers agreed Sunday to disband their party following the largest mass rally in three decades the previous night to demand President Park Geun-hye’s resignation. About 80 Saenuri lawmakers, including members of the non-President Park faction within the governing party, held an emergency meeting, issuing a statement to declare … Read more
Hundreds of thousands of South Koreans are expected to rally in South Korea during an upcoming weekend to demand President Park Geun-hye’s resignation over scandal involving her longtime confidante and former aides. A private association aiming to let President Park step down, which is composed of about 1,500 civic groups, announced a plan to hold … Read more
Scores of South Korean civic group activists gathered in front of the defense ministry’s headquarters on Wednesday, shouting for the embattled president to stop pushing for the U. S. missile shield deployment in their soil and the military intelligence pact with Japan. A private association aiming to prevent the deployment of Terminal High Altitude Area … Read more
South Korean prosecutors have raided the offices of Samsung Electronics as part of a probe into the political scandal around President Park Geun-hye. The prosecutors are investigating allegations that Samsung gave money to the daughter of Choi Soon-sil, a close friend of the president. Ms Choi is accused of using their friendship to interfere in … Read more
South Korean President Park Geun-hye addresses the nation at the presidential Blue House in Seoul, South Korea, Nov. 4, 2016. South Korean President Park Geun-hye said on Friday that she will accept an investigation into herself, if necessary, by prosecutors over a scandal surrounding Choi Soon-sil, the president’s longtime confidante suspected of intervening into state … Read more
South Korea presidential scandal: What you need to know South Korea has been plunged into a political scandal that threatens to engulf the presidency of Park Geun-hye and has seen thousands of protesters take to the streets. Park sacked the country’s prime minister Wednesday, amid an ongoing cabinet reshuffle and the resignations of several of … Read more
South Korea’s president has named a new prime minister and finance minister amid a scandal that threatens to bring down her administration. Park Geun-hye has come under attack over the actions of her old friend and mentor Choi Soon-sil. On Monday, Ms Choi was detained by police, accused of influence peddling and interfering in state … Read more
Thousands of South Koreans rallied in Seoul Saturday, demanding the resignation of President Park Geun-hye. Police estimated that around 12,000 demonstrators attended the night-time protest, according to the country’s semi-official Yonhap news agency. South Korea’s president faces scrutiny for allegedly leaking state documents to a friend. On Friday, Park Geun-hye ordered the resignation of 10 … Read more
South Korea’s president has ordered the resignation of 10 of her senior secretaries as political turmoil grips the country. President Park Geun-hye directed the officials to step down Friday, her spokesman Jung Youn-kuk told CNN. “The President will carry out reshuffling the Office of the President in the near future,” Jung Youn-kuk said. Senior secretaries … Read more