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South Korea's impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol arrives at the Corruption Investigation Office for High-ranking Officials (CIO), in Gwacheon, South Korea, January 15, 2025. Photo: KOREA POOL/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo
Asia

South Korea's President Yoon attends court hearing on extending detention

After the hearing, Yoon returned to Seoul Detention Centre to await the court's decision, which is expected on Saturday or Sunday

South Korea's impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol arrives at the Corruption Investigation Office for High-ranking Officials (CIO), in Gwacheon, South Korea, January 15, 2025. Photo: KOREA POOL/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo
Asia

South Korea's President Yoon to attend court hearing on extending detention

People stand as the wreckage of an aircraft lying on the ground after it went off the runway and crashed at Muan International Airport is pictured, in Muan, South Korea, December 30, 2024. REUTERS/Kim Soo-hyeon/File Photo
Asia

Bird feathers, blood found in both engines of crashed jet in South Korea, source says

South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol delivers an address to the nation at his official residence in Seoul, South Korea, December 14, 2024. The Presidential Office/Handout via REUTERS
Asia

South Korea's Yoon to avoid fresh questioning after dramatic arrest

A motorcade believed to be carrying impeached South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol following his arrest drives down a road, in Seoul, South Korea, January 15, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Tyrone Siu
Asia

South Korea's Yoon likely to be held in a solitary cell

An effigy of impeached South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol is covered in snow during a protest against him near his official residence on a snowy day in Seoul, South Korea, January 5, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Tyrone Siu
Asia

What you need to know about the arrest of South Korea's Yoon

Police officers and investigators of the Corruption Investigation Office for High-ranking Officials gather in front of the entrance to the official residence of impeached South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol, as authorities seek to execute an arrest warrant, in Seoul, South Korea, January 15, 2025. Photo: Yonhap via REUTERS
Asia

South Korean investigators arrest impeached President Yoon, ending weeks-long standoff

South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol delivers his speech during a celebration to mark 76th anniversary of Korea Armed Forces Day, in Seongnam, South Korea, October 1, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji/Pool/File Photo
Asia

Impeachment trial of South Korea's Yoon adjourned after he does not attend

South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol delivers an address to the nation at the Presidential Office in Seoul, South Korea, December 12, 2024. The Presidential Office/Handout via REUTERS/File Photo
Asia

Trial of South Korea's impeached President Yoon set to begin

South Korean special envoy to pay ‘goodwill’ visit to Bangladesh on 22-23 Jan
Bangladesh

South Korean special envoy to pay ‘goodwill’ visit to Bangladesh on 22-23 Jan

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World+Biz

South Korea to adapt airport concrete barriers after plane crash

A North Korean soldier looks toward the south as a South Korean soldier stands guard in the truce village of Panmunjom inside the demilitarized zone (DMZ) separating the two Koreas, South Korea, August 28, 2019. Photo :Reuters
World+Biz

Seoul says 300 North Korean soldiers killed fighting Ukraine

South Korea's foreign minister Cho Tae-yul waves as he leaves on the second day of the G7 foreign ministers' meeting in Fiuggi, Italy, November 26, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Remo Casilli/File Photo
Asia

South Korea, Japan foreign ministers to meet amid political turmoil in Seoul